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been the server, because trying it now worked without any problem.<br>
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Alan<br>
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<span>Adam R. Maxwell wrote:</span><br>
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  <div>This should work fine, and the next version of TLU will include
this mirror in the historic list. I'd like to see more of the log, but I
 assume that you can't connect because of a firewall issue or because
the server hit the max number of connections.</div>
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  <div>On May 9, 2019 at 10:11 AM, Alan Munn <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:amunn@gmx.com"><amunn@gmx.com></a>
wrote:<br><br></div>
  <div><blockquote type="cite"><div class="msg-quote"><div
class="_stretch"><span class="body-text-content">Hi, I'd like to update
my old TL2018 distribution to the last version<br>(at the time of the
freeze). I tried changing my distribution back to<br>TL2018 and then
setting the repository to<br><a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="ftp://tug.org/historic/systems/texlive/2018/tlnet-final/"
data-mce-href="ftp://tug.org/historic/systems/texlive/2018/tlnet-final/">ftp://tug.org/historic/systems/texlive/2018/tlnet-final/</a>
 but TL Utility<br>didn't like this. It reports:<br><br>2019-05-09
16:44:08 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase texliveYear][15587]<br>Failed to use
 this repository 48.4 seconds ago. Using that result.<br><br>2019-05-09
16:44:08 +0000 Notice -[TLMMainWindowController<br>_refreshUpdatedPackageListFromLocation:][15587]
 Not updating package<br>list, since the repository database version
could not be determined<br><br> Is there a way to do what I want (either
 with TL Utility or tlmgr<br>directly)?<br><br>Alan<br><br>-----------
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