[OS X TeX] Updated MacTeX packages

[Adam M. Goldstein]

On May 22, 2007, at 8:17 PM, Axel E. Retif wrote:

> On 22 May, 2007, at 18:51 , Bruno Voisin wrote:
>
>> Le 23 mai 07 à 00:04, Axel E. Retif a écrit :
>>
>>> On 22 May, 2007, at 16:37 , Roussanka Loukanova wrote:
>>>
>>>> What about the revised TeXDist control panel: How can I update  
>>>> it directly, like BibDesk, etc., without downloading and  
>>>> updating the entire MacTeX-2007.dmg?
>>>
>>> I think the latest gwTeX (19 MB update) has it:
>
> [...]
>
>
>> I don't think so. The latest version of the TeXDist pref panel is  
>> build 14, announced by Jérôme Laurens on 21 May
>
> And gwTeX is 2007/05/18
>
>> gwTeX has probably build 11, announced there on 11 May.
>>
>> How to check the version: Ctrl-Click (or Right-Click for people  
>> with a Mighty Mouse) on TeX Distribution Helper or  
>> TeXDistPrefPane.prefPane, select Show Package Contents and open  
>> Contents/Info.plist (it will be opened in Property List Editor in  
>> case you have Xcode installed). The string TeXDistSourceVersion is  
>> the build number, I think.
>

The pref pane can be found in /Library/PreferencePanes. (I had to  
hunt around).

> In my case, both the Preference Pane and the .app say 6.
>

Like Axel, my Preference pane Info.plist reads 6; the Get Info window  
for the Preference Pane says 1.1; and texdist -version gives me 1.5.

This is with a successfully updated (I think) gwTeX, i.e., the latest  
version recently announced here.

--
Dr. Adam M. Goldstein
amgoldstein <at> mac <dot> com
http://homepage.mac.com/amgoldstein




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