[tex-live] Bugs in install-tl for win32

[George N. White III]

Another test install on linux:

My first attempt died with:

mktexlsr: Done.
writing fmtutil.cnf data to /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
writing updmap.cfg to /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/web2c/updmap.cfg
writing language.dat data to
/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.dat
writing language.def data to
/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/tex/plain/config/language.def
Tk::Error: Cannot open
/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.us.def at
tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line 1330.
 TeXLive::TLUtils::_create_config_files at tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line 1330
 TeXLive::TLUtils::create_language_def at tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line 1324
 main::do_postinst_stuff at install-tl/install-tl line 951
 main::do_installation at install-tl/install-tl line 452
 main::__ANON__ at tlpkg/installer/install-menu-perltk.pl line 352
 Tk callback for .frame1.frame14.button
 Tk::__ANON__ at
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Tk.pm line
250
 Tk::Button::butUp at
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Tk/Button.pm
line 175

The second attempt used mirror.unl.edu (16 hops, one of the closest
mirrors), but ended with
the following error:

writing fmtutil.cnf data to /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
writing updmap.cfg to /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/web2c/updmap.cfg
writing language.dat data to
/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.dat
writing language.def data to
/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/tex/plain/config/language.def
Tk::Error: Cannot open
/usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/tex/generic/config/language.us.def at
tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line 1330.
 TeXLive::TLUtils::_create_config_files at tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line 1330
 TeXLive::TLUtils::create_language_def at tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm line 1324
 main::do_postinst_stuff at install-tl/install-tl line 951
 main::do_installation at install-tl/install-tl line 452
 main::__ANON__ at tlpkg/installer/install-menu-perltk.pl line 352
 Tk callback for .frame1.frame14.button
 Tk::__ANON__ at
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Tk.pm line
250
 Tk::Button::butUp at
/usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.8/i386-linux-thread-multi/Tk/Button.pm
line 175

I used "install-tl -gui, from the .tar.gz file downloaded today (July
5), version 9245/9232.

and gave the
error with language.us.def.

On Wed, Jun 25, 2008 at 8:27 PM, Staszek Wawrykiewicz <staw at gust.org.pl> wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Jun 2008, Dan Luecking wrote:
>
>> [...]
>> 2. The install-tl set-up provides perl, wget and lzma. I have all three
>> of those installed on my system as well as TeXLive 2007. Could any
>> of those accidentally get invoked instead of the provided ones? If so,
>> I could disable them temporarily and see if it makes a difference.
>
> As I can recall from your previous mails, You are installing on windows.
> I only suspect that TEXMFCNF env. variable set by TL2007 installer can
> mess the final steps of the TL2008 installer. perl, wget and lzmadec
> are provided for TL2008 and they work internally, that is they are
> not seen and available for other tasks.
> On the other hand we had so many changes in the TL's structure last days,
> so please start your testing again. Eg. 2-3 days ago I also encountered
> missing language.us.def, but that was cured shortly.
>
> All the best,
>
> --
> Staszek Wawrykiewicz
> StaW at gust.org.pl
>
>
>



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George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia