[tex-live] 'tlmgr list' became unusable

[jack]

On Sun, December 10, 2017 7:54 pm, Norbert Preining wrote:
>> For years, "tlmgr list" would output a list of all packages and
>> collections, on one line each.  Those that were installed had their line
>>  begin with an "i".
>>
>> Today I needed "tlmgr list", and when I did it, I found that it now
>> spits out so much verbose information that it's unusuable.  For each
>> item, it
>
> Sorry, a feature loss during rewrite. Fixed in the repository. If you
> want to fix it yourself till the next texlive.infra update, patch
> texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl with the following patch: ---
> a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl +++
> b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl @@ -1537,6 +1537,8 @@ sub
> action_info { }
> # loading of tlpdb is done below
> }
> +  } elsif (!$what || $what =~ m/^(collections|schemes)$/i) {
> +    $fmt = "list";
> } else {
> $fmt = "detail";
> }
>

Thanks, but the patch does not apply to tlmgr.pl.  E.g., the original file
contains no "is done below" string.  Perhaps this patch is against master
rather than what is available to users.

-jack