[tex-live] texlive.tlpdb cosmetics

Norbert Preining preining at logic.at
Sat Nov 18 00:36:35 CET 2017


> existing files, which are described in fmtutil.cfg, are not recreated
> in the case of --missing, and nonexistent files are not created in
> the case of --refresh, that is, --missing + --refresh = --all.

It has been like this since 2015, git blame fmtutil.pl gives me:
fd0e2370d69b (Norbert Preining 2015-03-18 06:34:46 +0000  471)   # we just identify 'all', 'refresh', 'missing'
fd0e2370d69b (Norbert Preining 2015-03-18 06:34:46 +0000  472)   # I don't see much point in keeping all of them
fd0e2370d69b (Norbert Preining 2015-03-18 06:34:46 +0000  473)   $doit = 1 if ($what eq 'all');
fd0e2370d69b (Norbert Preining 2015-03-18 06:34:46 +0000  474)   $doit = 1 if ($what eq 'refresh');
fd0e2370d69b (Norbert Preining 2015-03-18 06:34:46 +0000  475)   $doit = 1 if ($what eq 'missing');

Nobody has complained about this missing feature by now. We could simply
adapt the man page to reflect reality.

> I think it is better to fix that, if it is not working,
> in the new fmtutil-user, and fmtutil-sys.

Nothing to do with the -user/-sys changes, that above change happened
much earlier.

Akira, do you think it is *necessary* to have these features? If yes, I
will look into it.

Norbert

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