[OS X TeX] Re: MacOSX-TeX Digest, Vol 53, Issue 14

[Murray Eisenberg]

On 3/20/12 11:40:27 -0500, Herbert Schulz<herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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> Subject: Re: [OS X TeX] TeXLive Utility package updating problem again
> 	- with	fonts?
>
> On Mar 20, 2012, at 10:42 AM, Murray Eisenberg wrote:
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>> >  I just used the TeXLive Utility 0.96 app to update packages in TeXLive 2011. It upgraded them but then said it couldn't complete. The Log includes these entries (with times deleted):
>> >
>> >  Warning tlu_ipctask[98417]	Scanning for Map entries
>> >  Warning tlu_ipctask[98417]	ERROR:  The following map file(s) couldn't be found:
>> >  Warning tlu_ipctask[98417]	lucida lucida.map mtpro2.map
>> >  Warning tlu_ipctask[98417]	
>> >  Warning tlu_ipctask[98417]	Did you run mktexlsr?
>> >  :
>> >  :
>> >  Warning tlu_ipctask[98417]	done running fmtutil-sys --byhyphen /usr/local/texlive/2011/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.dat.lua.
>> >  Notice -[TLMLogServer _parseMessageAndNotify:][97675]	Unhandled status "exiting "
>> >  Notice tlu_ipctask[98417]	exiting tlmgr:
>> >  Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation _runUntilChildExit][97675]	kqueue noted that pid 98418 exited (/usr/texbin/tlmgr --repositoryhttp://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet  --machine-readable --persistent-downloads update --all)
>> >  Error tlu_ipctask[98417]	Value of errno is Invalid argument
>> >  Error tlu_ipctask[98417]	*** ERROR *** exit status of pid = 98418 was 1
>> >  Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation _runUntilChildExit][97675]	waitpid returned 98417, WIFEXITED(256) = 1, errno = 0 (No error)
>> >  Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation _runUntilChildExit][97675]	kqueue noted that tlu_ipctask (pid = 98417) exited with status 1
>> >
>> >  On my single-user system, where I belong to Administrator group, I have_all_  my local files in ~/Library/texmf rather than in /usr/local/texlive/texmf-local. And of course I did run "sudo mktexlsr" after putting them there and whenever I manually modified things. In fact, I ran it after the previous TeXLive Utility run of updates, with no error reported as I recall.
>> >
>> >  What's wrong and how to fix?
>> >
>
> I thought that it came out that by default TeX Live Utility effectively runs tlmgr us though it was being run under `sudo -H' which will NOT search your personal texmf tree.
>
> What happens if you run
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> sudo tlmgr update --all
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> in Terminal? Note that sudo is not being run with the -H option. If that runs fine then you might try unchecking TeX Live Utility->Preferences->Install updates for all users. This should put the map files in a personal texlive tree (not your personal texmf tree) and things should work.

Executing "sudo tlmgr update --all" produced no errors.

I then did uncheck
    TeX Live Utility->Preferences->Install updates for all users

So far, now, normal updating packages through the TeXLive Utility 
proceeds without error. In the log I see that mktexlsr has run OK.

Remaining question: In the log I don't see any reference about scanning 
for map entries. So would the error I originally encountered involve an 
action only when packages are updated that involve fonts? or whenever a 
packages update is run through the Utility?

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