[OS X TeX] [ANN] TeX Live Utility 0.6

[Maxwell, Adam R]

On 01/12/09 08:08, "Peter Vamos" <P.Vamos at exeter.ac.uk> wrote:

> Tahnks Adam fir the prompt response.
> 
> At 15:01 +0000 12/1/09, Adam R. Maxwell wrote:
>> 1) can you reproduce the problem?
> 
> yes happens every time I try

Okay, I'm downloading the original MacTeX 2008 and will see if I can
reproduce the problem.

>> 2) if so, what is the blue URL link at the bottom of the window?
> 
> http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008/
> 
> I tried to change this in the Preferences to the one in Berlin, same result

That definitely should not be mirror.ctan.org, especially if you change it
in preferences.  Very odd.

While TLU is running, do you see any output in its run log (the bottom
pane)?  When that dialog comes up, hit Cancel to avoid the failure, and then
you can copy all of that output and send it to me.
 
> Concerning TLU this info may help, but even if not, the drop down
> dialog should still exit gracefully rather than stick, maybe with the
> message: Sorry mate your installation is so messed up I cannot help
> you.

Well, it's essentially crashing because of an inconsistency in the program.
This is annoying, but it avoids messing up your system by installing under
conditions that violate my assumptions in the code.

thanks,
Adam