[OS X TeX] Installing "MacTeXtras" using MacPorts

[Enrico Franconi]

On 2 Mar 2007, at 09:41, Peter Dyballa wrote:

> Am 01.03.2007 um 23:10 schrieb Michael Williams:
>
>>> Some routines in i-Installer are dead-sure that gs is in /usr/local/
>>> bin and nowhere else to find – so you better be more flexible and
>>> create a sym-link!
>>
>> OK, but I'm not using i-Installer (the TeXLive tree is just copied
>> straight into /usr/local without package receipts, etc.), so I guess
>> that doesn't matter?
>
> Mac TeX uses some code from i-Installer ... It's not that much  
> effort to 'sudo ln -s /opt/bin/gs /usr/local/bin/gs' or such!

Could this please be fixed? I don't think it is wise to have absolute  
paths built-in.
cheers
--e.
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