file random is missing

Philip Taylor P.Taylor at Hellenic-Institute.Uk
Sat Apr 11 20:17:12 CEST 2020


Bréal Frédéric wrote:

> Good evening,
>
> The folder genmisc is missing.
>
> Thanks and regards.
>
> F Bréal

Earlier, Jonathan Spratte wrote :

> Hello,
>
> I've installed TL2020 today and found that `genmisc` is not installed
> though it used to be included in TeX Live.
>
> Is there any particular reason for `genmisc` being removed or did this
> happen on accident?
>
> Best,
> Jonathan Spratte

to which Karl Berry responded :

> genmisc was a leftover from the beginning which combined many disparate
> (generally single-file) packages. Before the 2020 release, I moved these
> into their separate packages (or removed them, if they were
> nonfree). One benefit is now that those tiny packages have the
> description from their catalogue entries ... --best, karl.

/Philip Taylor/
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