[comp.text.tex] web2c releases

karl@CS.UMB.EDU (06/21/91)

> Could you say a few words to this list (+ UKTeX & TeXhax) about
> installation of updates to web2c?
I'm not sure what you mean by ``updates''.

All the web2c releases I have made consist of two files:
1) web2c-<version>.tar.Z
2) web-<version>.tar.Z

The web-*.tar.Z archive is just the master web files.  These can be
retrieved from anywhere; labrea.stanford.edu is The Ultimate Source.
They are put into a slightly different directory structure than on
labrea.

The web2c-*.tar.Z file is all the remaining files needed to compile TeX.
It untars into the same directory structure as the web-* archive, of
course.

Neither archive has TeX macros, fonts, or other things needed for a
complete distribution.  You can order a Unix TeX distribution which
includes all these things from the University of Washington (email
elisabet@max.acs.washington.edu); or you can ftp from
byron.u.washington.edu.  (The Unix TeX distribution on labrea is old.)

I have never released any patches or other partial updates or
distributions.

David, I don't know what uktex's address is, so feel free to forward this
there.

karl@cs.umb.edu