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authorNicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>2023-06-04 10:38:11 +0200
committerNicolas Goaziou <mail@nicolasgoaziou.fr>2023-07-18 18:12:49 +0200
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guix: texlive-build-system: Generate TeX formats.
* guix/build-system/texlive.scm (texlive-build): Add #:CREATE-FORMATS argument. * doc/guix.texi (Build Systems): Document it. * guix/build/texlive-build-system.scm (texlive-input?): New function. (generate-font-metrics): Use new function above. (create-formats): New function. (%standard-phases): Add function above to phases.
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@@ -10008,7 +10008,9 @@ Different build targets can be specified with the @code{#:build-targets}
argument, which expects a list of file names.
It also generates font metrics (i.e., @file{.tfm} files) out of METAFONT
-files whenever possible.
+files whenever possible. Likewise, it can also create TeX formats
+(i.e., @file{.fmt} files) listed in the @code{#:create-formats}
+argument.
The build system adds only @code{texlive-bin} and
@code{texlive-latex-base} (both from @code{(gnu packages tex}) to the