From edd at debian.org  Fri Jan 25 13:27:21 2013
From: edd at debian.org (Dirk Eddelbuettel)
Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2013 06:27:21 -0600
Subject: [Rd] Suggested updated to doc/manual/R-exts.texi
Message-ID: <20738.31273.50759.944360@max.nulle.part>


The R-exts manual still says

  Note also that for running @LaTeX{}, the Debian @acronym{GNU}/Linux
  @acronym{CRAN} check systems use the Debian TeXLive at footnote{currently
  the long obsolete TeXLive 2009.} distribution
  (@uref{http://packages.debian.org/@/en/@/sid/@/texlive}); the Fedora and

and what is in the footnote has not been true for quite some time as a visit
to the URL (or to the even more detailed

  http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/t/texlive-base/texlive-base_2012.20120611-5/changelog

will attest. In Debian, Texlive 2011 arrived last March, Texlive 2012 a
little later and is also current on Ubuntu.  

So I suggest to use something like

  Note also that for running @LaTeX{}, the Debian @acronym{GNU}/Linux, Fedora
  and Solaris check systems on @acronym{CRAN} use current TexLive; 

Thanks,  Dirk

-- 
Dirk Eddelbuettel | edd at debian.org | http://dirk.eddelbuettel.com



[Rd] Suggested updated to doc/manual/R-exts.texi
Dirk Eddelbuettel