[OS X TeX] Cannot change Tex Distrib. after upgrade to Maverics

[Herbert Schulz]

On Apr 22, 2014, at 12:24 PM, <gsearby at free.fr> <gsearby at free.fr> wrote:

> Hi folks,
> 
> I have just upgraded from OSX 10.8.6 to Mavericks 10.9.2 and find I can no longer choose between my TEX distributions
> 
> After upgrading, all the distributions showed up in the TeX pref pane but non were selected (most recent was TexLive-2012). 
> When I selected one, the system asked for an admin passwd and then replied « failure » (in French) on /usr/texbin.
> So I then installed MacTeX-2013. The TexLive-2013 radio button in the pref pane is now active, but none of the others. 
> The system still asks for a passwd when I try to select one, but nothing happens when I give it.
> 
> O.K. TexLive-2013 now works, and I know you will say that I should be happy with it, but I am co-authoring a book with a colleague, we are nearly finished and would like to be able to go back to TexLive-2012 so that we work with identical distributions (my colleague does not like updating software that has no problems). 
> Has anyone else seen this problem? 
> 
> I see no problem with the PATH
> echo $PATH
> /usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/opt/X11/bin:/usr/texbin
> 
> /usr/texbin   points here:
> ls -als texbin
> 8 lrwxr-xr-x  1 root  wheel  63 19 avr 09:51 texbin -> /Library/TeX/Distributions/.DefaultTeX/Contents/Programs/texbin
> 
> /Library/TeX/Distributions/ seems OK:
> cd /Library/TeX/Distributions/
> ls -als
> total 64
>  0 drwxr-xr-x  14 root  admin    476 18 avr 16:25 .
>  0 drwxr-xr-x@  7 root  admin    238 18 avr 16:25 ..
>  0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin    102 18 avr 16:25 .DefaultTeX
>  0 drwxr-xr-x  11 root  admin    374 18 avr 16:25 .FactoryDefaults
>  0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin    102 18 déc  2010 Fink-teTeX.texdist
>  0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin    102 17 déc  2011 MacPorts-TeXLive.texdist
>  0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin    102 18 déc  2010 MacPorts-teTeX.texdist
> 64 -rw-r--r--@  1 root  admin  31302 18 déc  2010 TeXDist-description.rtf
>  0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin    102 18 déc  2010 TeXLive-2010-64.texdist
>  0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin    102 18 déc  2010 TeXLive-2010.texdist
>  0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin    102 17 déc  2011 TeXLive-2011.texdist
>  0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin    102 14 déc  2012 TeXLive-2012.texdist
>  0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin    102 18 avr 16:25 TeXLive-2013.texdist
>  0 drwxr-xr-x   3 root  admin    102 18 déc  2010 gwTeX-2003-2005.texdist
> 
>  Any Ideas anyone?
> 
> P.S. The cocoaspell pref panel was also broken by the upgrade,  but solved by re-installation
> 
> Thanks in advance,
> 
> Geoff Searby

Howdy,

Sigh... the TeX Distribution Preference Pane is broken under Mavericks. We expect to have a fixed version for MacTeX-2014 which is presently being built and tested. Can't give a release date.

If you want to go back to TL2012 please get in touch with me off-list. I have a bit of a technical method for fixing that up.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)