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Diffstat (limited to 'reproduce/software')
| -rw-r--r-- | reproduce/software/make/high-level.mk | 16 |
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/reproduce/software/make/high-level.mk b/reproduce/software/make/high-level.mk index 3cf3fb9..1c306ac 100644 --- a/reproduce/software/make/high-level.mk +++ b/reproduce/software/make/high-level.mk @@ -780,6 +780,18 @@ $(ibidir)/swig: $(tdir)/swig-$(swig-version).tar.gz # the final PDF). So we'll make a simple ASCII file called # `texlive-ready-tlmgr' and use its contents to mark if we can use it or # not. + +# TeX Live mirror +# --------------- +# +# The automatic mirror finding fails sometimes. So we'll manually set it to +# use a fixed mirror. I first tried the LaTeX root webpage +# (`ftp.dante.de'), however, it is far too slow (when I tested it). The +# `rit.edu' server seems to be a good alternative (given the importance of +# NY on the internet infrastructure). +tlmirror=http://mirrors.rit.edu/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet + +# The core TeX Live system. $(itidir)/texlive-ready-tlmgr: $(tdir)/install-tl-unx.tar.gz \ reproduce/software/config/installation/texlive.conf @@ -797,7 +809,7 @@ $(itidir)/texlive-ready-tlmgr: $(tdir)/install-tl-unx.tar.gz \ # TeX Live's installation may fail due to any reason. But TeX Live # is optional (only necessary for building the final PDF). So we # don't want the configure script to fail if it can't run. - if ./install-tl --profile=texlive.conf; then + if ./install-tl --profile=texlive.conf -repository $(tlmirror); then # Put a symbolic link of the TeX Live executables in `ibdir'. The # main problem is that the year and build system (for example @@ -837,7 +849,7 @@ $(itidir)/texlive: reproduce/software/config/installation/texlive.mk \ # Before checking LaTeX packages, update tlmgr itself. tlmgr option backupdir $$backupdir - tlmgr update --self + tlmgr -repository $(tlmirror) update --self # Install all the extra necessary packages. If LaTeX complains # about not finding a command/file/what-ever/XXXXXX, simply run |