Morning Marc,

On Wed, Jul 08, 2026 at 10:25:37AM +0200, Marc Espie wrote:
> > Is this because update-plist will not include files that are commented in the
> > hints file?
> 
> Yep, it does the same thing your stuff does, that part of the code is fairly
> trivial.
> 
> I still advise you to remove the actual stuff that's handled by -t,
> and just keep the texinfo and the extra texmf-dist asymptote stuff.
> 
> You can also remove the exclusion of beforesubst/.port.orig.
> 
> update-plist will whine about them but not include them.

Great. Understood, and thanks for clarification.

I'll have a go at this when I find some time. May be a few days, so bear with
me.

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Edd Barrett

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