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[PATCH] guix: Restore profile hook for TeX Live font maps.

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From: Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org>
To: Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net>
Cc: 53613 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: [bug#53613] [PATCH] guix: Restore profile hook for TeX Live font maps.
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2022 22:20:33 +0100

Hello!

Ludovic Courtès <ludo <at> gnu.org> skribis:

> Ricardo Wurmus <rekado <at> elephly.net> skribis:
>
> [...]
>
>> Unfortunately, this change threw out the font-map-sized baby with the
>> texmf.cnf-infested bath water.  The effect of that was barely noticeable
>> because font maps are weird and aren’t always used.  Besides, we had a
>> couple of other font-related problems (e.g. invalid assumptions about
>> directory links in kpathsea), which masked this newly introduced
>> problem.
>>
>> This patch pulls the baby out of the drain: we’re again generating font
>> maps (such as pdftex.map) based on the contents of the profile.
>
> Oh, I see, makes perfect sense.
>
> Should some of this go in the commit log?

To be clear, I think you can go ahead and commit it, possibly with an
extra comment if you feel so inclined.

Thanks again,
Ludo’.

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