[tex-live] TL 2011: permission error on Windows 7 x64 (solved)

[Stephan Hennig]

Hi,

this is a report about a permission error during TL 2011 installation on
Windows 7 x64.  Actually, I doubt the problem I encountered was caused
by TL 2011, but I thought I'd better drop this here for the archive so
that other users can find it.

I have tried to install TL 2011 logged-on as administrator while being
logged-on as a user at the same time (OS is Windows 7, x64).  During the
installation I had this error

> [...]
> Installing [053/585, time/total: 04:15/56:21]: caption [1810k]
> Installing [054/585, time/total: 04:27/56:06]: carlisle [34k]
> Installing [055/585, time/total: 04:29/56:28]: cbfonts [64861k]
> tar: Could not change access and modification times of fonts/type1/public/cbfont
> s: Permission denied
> untar: untarring F:\texlive\2011\temp\cbfonts.tar failed (in F:\texlive\2011\tex
> mf-dist)
> untarring F:\texlive\2011\temp\cbfonts.tar failed, stopping install.
> Installation failed.
> Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.
> Or you can restart by running the installer with:
>   install-tl.bat --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]
> Writing log file to current working directory.
> Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .

After restarting the installer I got the same error at the 'asymptote'
package that installed fine in the first run.  I had to log-off the
user to complete the installation.  It went fine then.

My guess is, the arbitrary permission error was caused by a (hidden)
user process that was accessing the installation directory, e.g., the
desktop search engine[1] (yes, I think there are processes for every
user) in conjunction with a slow CPU.  But I have no definite
explanation and have now way to track it down further.  Attached is the
log file of the restarted installation session for anyone who wants to
have a look.

Best regards,
Stephan Hennig

[1] In lack of a better free alternative this one
<URL:http://www.copernic.com/en/products/desktop-search/index.html>.


> Automated TeX Live installation using profile: installation.profile
> Installing TeX Live 2011 from: ftp://ftp.cstug.cz/pub/tex/local/tlpretest
> Platform: win32 => 'Windows'
> Distribution: net  (downloading)
> Using URL: ftp://ftp.cstug.cz/pub/tex/local/tlpretest
> Directory for temporary files: F:/ZS/Benutzer/Meister/Temp
> Loading ftp://ftp.cstug.cz/pub/tex/local/tlpretest/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
> Installer revision: 22689
> Database revision: 22710
> Settings:
>   TEXDIR: "F:/texlive/2011"
>   TEXMFCONFIG: "~/.texlive2011/texmf-config"
>   TEXMFHOME: "~/texmf"
>   TEXMFLOCAL: "F:/texlive/texmf-local"
>   TEXMFSYSCONFIG: "F:/texlive/2011/texmf-config"
>   TEXMFSYSVAR: "F:/texlive/2011/texmf-var"
>   TEXMFVAR: "~/.texlive2011/texmf-var"
>   binary_alpha-linux: "0"
>   binary_amd64-freebsd: "0"
>   binary_amd64-kfreebsd: "0"
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>   binary_i386-kfreebsd: "0"
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>   binary_i386-netbsd: "0"
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>   collection-mathextra: "1"
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>   collection-publishers: "0"
>   collection-science: "0"
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>   collection-texworks: "0"
>   collection-wintools: "1"
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>   in_place: "0"
>   inst_platform: "win32"
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>   n_collections_selected: "85"
>   n_systems_available: "19"
>   n_systems_selected: "1"
>   option_autobackup: "1"
>   option_backupdir: "tlpkg/backups"
>   option_desktop_integration: "0"
>   option_doc: "1"
>   option_file_assocs: "0"
>   option_fmt: "1"
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>   option_post_code: "1"
>   option_src: "1"
>   option_sys_bin: "/usr/local/bin"
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>   option_sys_man: "/usr/local/man"
>   option_w32_multi_user: "0"
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>   portable: "0"
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>   src_splitting_supported: "1"
>   this_platform: "win32"
>   total_size: "0"
> Installing to: F:/texlive/2011
> Installing [001/585, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [376k]
> Installing [002/585, time/total: 00:00/00:00]: FAQ-en [5271k]
> Installing [003/585, time/total: 00:02/02:44]: MemoirChapStyles [669k]
> Installing [004/585, time/total: 00:02/02:26]: Type1fonts [516k]
> Installing [005/585, time/total: 00:02/02:15]: a2ping [48k]
> Installing [006/585, time/total: 00:02/02:14]: a2ping.win32 [1k]
> Installing [007/585, time/total: 00:02/02:14]: accfonts [37k]
> Installing [008/585, time/total: 00:02/02:14]: accfonts.win32 [1k]
> Installing [009/585, time/total: 00:02/02:14]: ae [84k]
> Installing [010/585, time/total: 00:03/03:18]: aeguill [29k]
> Installing [011/585, time/total: 00:03/03:17]: afm2pl [30k]
> Installing [012/585, time/total: 00:03/03:17]: afm2pl.win32 [11k]
> Installing [013/585, time/total: 00:03/03:16]: amscls [1651k]
> Installing [014/585, time/total: 00:04/03:32]: amsfonts [4993k]
> Installing [015/585, time/total: 00:08/04:30]: amslatex-primer [527k]
> Installing [016/585, time/total: 00:08/04:20]: amsmath [2589k]
> Installing [017/585, time/total: 00:09/04:08]: amstex [519k]
> Installing [018/585, time/total: 00:10/04:27]: amstex.win32 [2k]
> Installing [019/585, time/total: 00:10/04:27]: anysize [35k]
> Installing [020/585, time/total: 00:10/04:26]: arabxetex [618k]
> Installing [021/585, time/total: 00:12/05:09]: around-the-bend [441k]
> Installing [022/585, time/total: 00:12/05:01]: ascii-chart [26k]
> Installing [023/585, time/total: 00:12/05:01]: asymptote [2033k]
> untar: untarring F:\texlive\2011\temp\asymptote.doc.tar failed (in F:\texlive\2011)
> untarring F:\texlive\2011\temp\asymptote.doc.tar failed, stopping install.
> Installation failed.
> Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.
> Or you can restart by running the installer with:
>   install-tl.bat --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]


The console output:

> [...]
> Installing [021/585, time/total: 00:12/05:09]: around-the-bend [441k]
> Installing [022/585, time/total: 00:12/05:01]: ascii-chart [26k]
> Installing [023/585, time/total: 00:12/05:01]: asymptote [2033k]
> tar: Could not change access and modification times of texmf/doc/asymptote/examp
> les/diatom.csv: Permission denied
> untar: untarring F:\texlive\2011\temp\asymptote.doc.tar failed (in F:\texlive\20
> 11)
> untarring F:\texlive\2011\temp\asymptote.doc.tar failed, stopping install.
> Installation failed.
> Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.
> Or you can restart by running the installer with:
>   install-tl.bat --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]
> Writing log file to current working directory.
> Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .