Manage package versioning #988
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@DuncanBloemers This question comes up often, and unfortunately we don't have a clean answer for packages that combine TeX dependencies with external programs like To override Tectonic's built-in biblatex files on the TeX side, you can drop alternative versions into the directory containing your TeX input files. I don't believe that CTAN archives different versions of packages, so I think you'd have to dig into the biblatex GitHub release archive and pull out the file you need. Unfortunately I'm not sure whether one can get away with updating just If you can downgrade your version of the biber program, that might be easier. We could potentially patch the Tectonic version of the biblatex package to try a special executable name, or something, to try to give people a way to have multiple versions of biber installed, if needed. |
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@pkgw It may be a good idea to search for local files, not just in the current folder. Because if we need to replace or add some `.sty' file, there is a good chance that this will not be the case for just one project. |
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How can the versioning of packages installed via tectonic be managed? I have biber 2.18 installed but tectonic has installed biblatex 3.17 (3.18 is compatible). How could I update this?
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