[tex-live] unix/windows inst, binaries

Reinhard Kotucha reinhard.kotucha at web.de
Sun Oct 10 01:16:09 CEST 2004


>>>>> "Gerben" == Gerben Wierda <Gerben.Wierda at rna.nl> writes:

    > For older versions of Mac OS X you need bash because the scripts
    > of TL do not work with sh.

Mac OS X TeX is derived from teTeX, AFAIK.  teTeX requires sh but not
bash.  Some time ago I asked Thomas how to write portable shell
scripts.  His answer was amazingly simple:

Use the most ancient UNIX manual pages you can find.

Regards,
  Reinhard

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