[tex-live] pdftex and other binaries updates

[Victor Ivrii]

I am a bit confused: I noticed that tlmgr updates binaries almost
every day despite the fact that their compilation dates 5 weeks ago.

Victor

See transcript

sudo tlmgr --location=http://ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008 update --all
Password:
tlmgr: installation location http://ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/2008
update: bin-dvipdfm (first remove old, then install new)
remove: bin-dvipdfm
remove: bin-dvipdfm.universal-darwin
install: bin-dvipdfm
install: bin-dvipdfm.universal-darwin
update: bin-dvipdfm done
update: bin-dvipsk (first remove old, then install new)
remove: bin-dvipsk
remove: bin-dvipsk.universal-darwin
install: bin-dvipsk
install: bin-dvipsk.universal-darwin
update: bin-dvipsk done
update: bin-kpathsea (first remove old, then install new)
remove: bin-kpathsea
remove: bin-kpathsea.universal-darwin
install: bin-kpathsea
install: bin-kpathsea.universal-darwin
update: bin-kpathsea done
update: bin-tetex (first remove old, then install new)
remove: bin-tetex
remove: bin-tetex.universal-darwin
install: bin-tetex
install: bin-tetex.universal-darwin
update: bin-tetex done
update: classicthesis (first remove old, then install new)
remove: classicthesis
install: classicthesis
update: classicthesis done
update: collection-latexextra (first remove old, then install new)
remove: collection-latexextra
install: collection-latexextra
update: collection-latexextra done
update: pdftex (first remove old, then install new)
remove: pdftex
remove: pdftex.universal-darwin
install: pdftex
install: pdftex.universal-darwin
update: pdftex done
running mktexlsr
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2008/../texmf-local/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-config/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-dist/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-doc/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Updating /usr/local/texlive/2008/texmf-var/ls-R...
mktexlsr: Done.
regenerating fmtutil.cnf
running fmtutil-sys --missing


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Victor Ivrii, Professor, Department of Mathematics, University of Toronto
http://www.math.toronto.edu/ivrii