[tex-k] Patch for a bug in mktexlsr.pl

[Norbert Preining]

Hi Martin,

thanks a lot for the report!

> there is a bug (actually two) in mktexlsr.pl with the handling
> of VCS ("hidden") files and directories like .git or CVS.

I guess that comes from the fact that nobody uses mktexlsr.pl, only the
MkTeXUpd facility which expects an already present ls-R file.

Thanks for looking into it!

BTW, what are your use-cases for mktexlsr.pl? The shell script is by far
faster then the perl script, so there is no real reason to use it.

> To trigger the bug, just create a CVS directory (with some
> files inside!) into some subdirectory of some texmf tree,
> and you will (very likely) observe that "mktexlsr.pl" does
> not generate output for all files of that tree; essentially,
> it "stops" when it meets the CVS directory.

Ok, I will try that out later on.

> You can find my patch with both fixes attached to this email
> or in the link below.

Thanks greatly appreciated.

Best regards

Norbert

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