FS#49797 - [texlive-bin] build biber from source
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Opened by Andreas Bilke (abilke) - Wednesday, 22 June 2016, 09:13 GMT
Last edited by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) - Sunday, 24 July 2016, 16:47 GMT
Opened by Andreas Bilke (abilke) - Wednesday, 22 June 2016, 09:13 GMT
Last edited by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) - Sunday, 24 July 2016, 16:47 GMT
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Description:
Would it be possible to build the biber executable from source instead of downloading the binary from sourceforge? Reason: Downloading binary packages via http (and "secure" it with a unsecure md5 hash) is not the best option I think. Biber also offer there source via github (and https). |
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Closed by Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng)
Sunday, 24 July 2016, 16:47 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
Sunday, 24 July 2016, 16:47 GMT
Reason for closing: Fixed
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Rémy Oudompheng (remyoudompheng) -
Sunday, 24 July 2016, 16:47 GMT
Done. For TeXLive 2016, there is now a separate "biber" package
built from source.