[tex-live] Choosing a mirror
Ken Brown
kbrow1i at gmail.com
Mon Nov 23 20:18:06 CET 2009
On 11/23/2009 12:41 PM, Joel C. Salomon wrote:
> Is it reasonable to set the repository to
> <http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet>, or should I choose a
> mirror and stick to it? I last updated from a more-recently-refreshed
> mirror and now running “tlmgr update --list” is alternately telling me
One strategy is to run 'tlmgr update --list' until it chooses a mirror
that you like. Then rerun 'tlmgr update ...', explicitly specifying the
good mirror on the command line. Choosing a mirror and sticking to it
forever is not likely to be reliable.
Ken
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