[tex-live] Oddities concerning listbib package

Christian Mandel c.mandel at gmx.net
Tue Apr 24 11:47:55 CEST 2012


Hi,

I tried to get the listbib package running and discovered some oddities
in its TeX Live incarnation:

  find . -iname "*listbib*"

gives the following files within the dist tree:

  tex/latex/listbib/listbib.sty
  tex/latex/listbib/listbib.cfg
  source/latex/listbib/listbib.ins
  source/latex/listbib/listbib.dtx
  source/latex/listbib/listbib.drv
  source/latex/listbib/listbib-doc.drv

  doc/latex/listbib/listbib.tex

    listbib.tex isn't documentation but a file supporting the listbib
    shell script and should IMHO be found by kpsewhich and therefore go
    to tex/latex/listbib/?

  doc/latex/listbib/listbib-doc.pdf
  doc/latex/listbib/listbib.doc

  doc/latex/listbib/listbib

    This file is a shell script. Should it be executable? I don't know
    the TeX Live policy concerning such scripts, but some similar
    scripts are symlinked from the bin directory, what would IMO make
    sense also in this case.

Additionally, the listbib package uses a listbib.bst file which is
neither part of the TeX Live installation nor on CTAN as far as I can
see (also not in the dtx), maybe a CTAN maintainer follows this list ...

Regards, Chris



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