[tex-live] error while updating

George N. White III gnwiii at gmail.com
Sun Mar 21 19:48:50 CET 2010


On Sun, Mar 21, 2010 at 9:32 AM, Bernhard Kleine
<bernhard.kleine at gmx.net> wrote:
> Am Samstag, den 20.03.2010, 10:00 -0300 schrieb 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?
>>
>
> Yes

Good.

>> what platform are you using?
>
> Ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala
>>
>> 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?
>>
> installed from TL-install, links are in /usr/local/bin
>
>> have you used tlmgr successfully in the past?
>>
> for quite some time: yes
>
>> what is the version of tlmgr?
>>
> tlmgr was update immediately before the error happened
>
>> do you use a root account or some normal user account for TL administration?
>>
>
> I start from gksu with tlmgr --gui
>
>> is this a routine update or are you trying to recover from some problem?
>>
>
> routine update
>

 I have Ubuntu 9.10 on two machines here, but with some minor
differences:

1) the 32-bit machine is updated from the SVN repository

2) I use a regular user account to administer CTAN TL (the systems
also have debian TL2009 test version).

3) I did not create symbolic links

Have you tried another update/install to check if things are working now?

>> > /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
>
>> snip
>
>> > /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
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>
>
> Since a reading the list, please do not sent to my private account
>
> Greetings from the Black Forest
> Bernhard
>



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George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
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