[OS X TeX] TeX Live Utility: installfont persistently listed

[Joshua Smith]

>> All,
>>
>> When I use TeX Live Manager to update TL2010, it lists the  
>> following three packages with status "forcibly removed":
>>
>> installfont
>> installfont.universal-darwin
>> installfont.x86_64-darwin
>>
>> Once I update any other packages, tlmgr says that no updates are  
>> available, but these three packages remain in the main window,  
>> still with the status "forcibly removed."  What are these packages  
>> and why do they always appear?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Josh
>
> Howdy,
>
> Try to select the three packages and use Actions->Reinstall Selected  
> Packages and see if that fixes the problem. This rarely happens but  
> sometimes the tlmgr database is not the same between different  
> repositories and things get out of sync; rare but possible.
>
> Good Luck,
>
> Herb Schulz
> (herbs at wideopenwest dot com)

Herb,

That cleared everything out.

Thanks,
Josh