[tex-live] minor problems with install-tl
Werner LEMBERG
wl at gnu.org
Tue Oct 28 16:55:44 CET 2008
> > The problem is that the warning messages w.r.t. to Perl-Tk should
> > *immediately* appear after starting the script, before doing
> > anything else. IMHO, it's always a good idea to check the
> > prerequisites,
>
> Ok, but since we continue either way in text mode we have to load
> the tlpdb in any case ... right?
Of course. I just ask you to change the order.
> I see that point and will try to find a solution for that. It is
> not that trivial since the install-tl script can be used for many
> other things, too.
Hmm, -gui always starts up the GUI, doesn't it? Then you always have
to check for perl-tk, right?
> So what you want is that if you ask
> install-tl -gui
> and the gui cannot be loaded, then
> 1) give a warning message that we drop into text mode
Perhaps with a
proceed? Y/N
waiting for user input.
> 2) then start loading the tlpdb
> this way you could cancel the loading and first reinstall missing
> perl-tk, and then restart, without the need to download the tlpdb
> two times, the first time completely useless.
Exactly. BTW, are there plans to introduce a caching mechanism, for
example, having an MD5 checksum of the tlpdb (in a separate file) to
check whether it should be downloaded again?
> > If I start with -gui, I would like that a windows pops up
> > immediately (similar to, say, Emacs), and all future messages are
> > echoed in that window. It would be fully sufficient to have
> > something like this:
>
> Uhhh, maybe, but the messages would scroll by *very* fast.
Ha! Not for my bad connection in the train :-)
> I will see if I can add a temporary window that pops up that informs
> users that the tlpdb is being loaded and that it might take some
> time.
Very good.
Werner
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