From b459da3172f2546e6867bee886d03d7a8a80d297 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vincenzo Mantova <1962985+xworld21@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Apr 2023 00:34:53 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] texlive.bin.core: avoid unnecessary dependency on texlinks
 (#222323)

---
 pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix | 7 +++++--
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
index 255c208783f9..77c195962b3a 100644
--- a/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
+++ b/pkgs/tools/typesetting/tex/texlive/bin.nix
@@ -121,8 +121,11 @@ core = stdenv.mkDerivation rec {
   installTargets = [ "install" "texlinks" ];
 
   # TODO: perhaps improve texmf.cnf search locations
-  postInstall = /* links format -> engine will be regenerated in texlive.combine */ ''
-    PATH="$out/bin:$PATH" ${buildPackages.texlive.bin.texlinks}/bin/texlinks --cnffile "$out/share/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil.cnf" --unlink "$out/bin"
+  postInstall =
+    /* links format -> engine will be regenerated in texlive.combine
+       note: for unlinking, the texlinks patch is irrelevant, so we use
+       the included texlinks.sh to avoid the dependency on bin.texlinks */ ''
+    PATH="$out/bin:$PATH" sh ../texk/texlive/linked_scripts/texlive-extra/texlinks.sh --cnffile "$out/share/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil.cnf" --unlink "$out/bin"
   '' + /* a few texmf-dist files are useful; take the rest from pkgs */ ''
     mv "$out/share/texmf-dist/web2c/texmf.cnf" .
     rm -r "$out/share/texmf-dist"