[OS X TeX] TeX Live Utility - fails to update infrastructure - cannot find TeX Live root

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Dec 24, 2014, at 9:49 AM, Murray Eisenberg <murrayeisenberg at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I'm running TeX Live Utility Version 1.19, with TeX Live 2014, under OS X 10.9.5 (Mavericks). 
> 
> When I just opened the TeX Live Utility, it informed me there was a critical update of the infrastructure (texlive.infra), which I proceeded in the usual way to update from within the app. The update failed. I've never encountered this before.
> What could be wrong?
> 
> From the log:
> 
> 2014-12-24 15:30:17 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[34396]	./runme.sh: Cannot find TeX Live root using kpsewhich --var-value=SELFAUTOPARENT.
> 2014-12-24 15:30:17 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[34396]	./runme.sh: Please set your PATH as needed, otherwise it's hopeless.
> 2014-12-24 15:30:17 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation _runUntilChildExit][34204]	kqueue noted that pid 34397 exited (/var/folders/3r/qjcl9jzd195_9yzs2xkrc43h0000gn/T/TLMInfraUpdateOperation.V7Q2kX/update-tlmgr-latest.sh --nox11)
> 2014-12-24 15:30:17 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[34396]	child process pid = 34397 exited
> 2014-12-24 15:30:18 +0000 Error tlu_ipctask[34396]	Value of errno is Operation not permitted
> 2014-12-24 15:30:18 +0000 Error tlu_ipctask[34396]	*** ERROR *** exit status of pid = 34397 was 1
> 2014-12-24 15:30:18 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation _runUntilChildExit][34204]	waitpid returned 34396, WIFEXITED(256) = 1, errno = 93 (Attribute not found)
> 2014-12-24 15:30:18 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation _runUntilChildExit][34204]	queue noted that tlu_ipctask (pid = 34396) exited with status 1
> 
> 
> NOTE: But I _can_ see value of SELFAUTOPARENT from a Terminal command line:
> 
> [murray:~]$ kpsewhich --var-value=SELFAUTOPARENT
> /usr/local/texlive/2014
> 
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Howdy,

This has been reported to the author of TLU. For now run

sudo tlmgr update --self

in Terminal; giving your admin password when requested. Once that completes you will be able to run TLU for the rest of the updates.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)