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Diffstat (limited to 'pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix')
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1 files changed, 8 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix index 0c05b3be18d..44dc45fdfb2 100644 --- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix +++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/default.nix @@ -100,11 +100,15 @@ let map (up: "${up}/${urlName}.tar.xz") urlPrefixes ); - # Upstream refuses to distribute stable tarballs, - # so we host snapshots on IPFS or on our own servers. - # Common packages should get served from the binary cache anyway. - # See discussions, e.g. https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/issues/24683 + # The tarballs on CTAN mirrors for the current release are constantly + # receiving updates, so we can't use those directly. Stable snapshots + # need to be used instead. Ideally, for the release branches of NixOS we + # should be switching to the tlnet-final versions + # (https://tug.org/historic/). urlPrefixes = args.urlPrefixes or [ + # Snapshots hosted by one of the texlive release managers + https://texlive.info/tlnet-archive/2019/10/19/tlnet/archive + # Mirror hosted by @veprbl http://146.185.144.154/texlive-2019 |