[tex-live] error while updating

[George N. White III]

On Sat, Mar 20, 2010 at 3:43 AM, Bernhard Kleine
<bernhard.kleine at gmx.net> wrote:
> Hallo,
>
> I want to bring to your attention the following output from the tlmgr of
> this morning.
>
> Bernhard
>
>
> [3/75, 00:08/33:33] update: arabxetex [618k] (17320 ->
> 17470) ... /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container
> __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/arabxetex/examples/ednotes_example.pdf does not
> exist

"tlmgr --help" gives a brief description of the backups:

           "tlmgr" always makes a temporary backup when updating packages, in
           case of download or other failure during an update.  In contrast,
           the purpose of this "--backup" option is to allow you to save a
           persistent backup in case the actual content of the update causes
           problems, e.g., introduces an incompatibility.

           The "restore" action explains how to restore from a backup.

My guess is that tlmgr is not able to find files that should be installed.
I think this sometimes happens when packages are reorganized, so the
locations in the new package differ from the current install, but since
I have arabxetex 17470  (Ubuntu 9.1, both amd64 and i686 linux ) and
have not seen the backup problem there may have been something
amiss with your configuration.


Some additional information might be helpful:

Does TL work for your documents after the updates?

what platform are you using?

how did you install TeX Live? (e.g., linux distro, install CTAN, etc.)?
  did you use the option to create links to the binaries in /usr/local/bin?

have you used tlmgr successfully in the past?

what is the version of tlmgr?

do you use a root account or some normal user account for TL administration?

is this a routine update or are you trying to recover from some problem?

> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/arabxetex/examples/ednotes_example.tex does not
> exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/doc/xelatex/arabxetex/examples/minimal.tex does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabicdigits.map does
> not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-farsi-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-farsi-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-farsi-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-kashmiri-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-kashmiri-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-kashmiri-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-kurdish.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-maghribi-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-maghribi-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-maghribi-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-malay-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-malay-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-malay-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-pashto-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-pashto-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-pashto-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-sindhi-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-sindhi-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-sindhi-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-turk-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-turk-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-turk-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-uighur.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-urdu-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-urdu-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-urdu-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2alif-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-farsi-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-farsi-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-farsi-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-kashmiri-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-kashmiri-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-kashmiri-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-kurdish.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-maghribi-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-maghribi-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-maghribi-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-malay-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-malay-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-malay-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-pashto-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-pashto-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-pashto-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-sindhi-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-sindhi-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-sindhi-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-turk-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-turk-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-turk-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-uighur.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-urdu-fullvoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-urdu-novoc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-urdu-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/arabtex-fdf2noalif-voc.map does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/farsidigits.map does
> not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/fixlamalif.map does
> not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/fixlamalif.tec does
> not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/mirrorpunct.map does
> not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_arabxetex.r17320.tar)
> texmf-dist/fonts/misc/xetex/fontmapping/arabxetex/mirrorpunct.tec does
> not exist
> done
>
> [42/75, 06:02/11:12] update: oberdiek [20311k] (17292 -> 17478) ...
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_oberdiek.r17292.tar)
> texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/embedfile.sty does not exist
> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr: (make_container __BACKUP_oberdiek.r17292.tar)
> texmf-dist/tex/generic/oberdiek/kvdefinekeys.sty does not exist
>
>



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