[tex-live] pretest -> update texlive 2017

[Philip Taylor]

Philip Taylor wrote:
> I get a 550 ("failed to change directory")

and ftp://ctan.math.ca/tex-archive/ does indeed indicate that there is no such second-level directory as "tlpkg" (without or without the double slash prefix/delimiter).
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> Bob Tennent wrote:
>>  >|> Is TL2017 not yet available at CTAN mirrors? Here's what I
>>  >|> get when I try to update from a pretest installation:
>>  >|>
>>  >|> /usr/local/bin/tlmgr:
>>  >|>  open tlpdb(ftp://ctan.math.ca/tex-archive//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb) failed:
>>  >|>  at /usr/local/texlive/2017/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPDB.pm line 360.
>>  >|>
>>  >|I already did updates from my mirror.
>>
>> I've tried many mirrors and I get the same result. Also on
>> other systems.  
>>
>> I presume I could re-install but I'd rather not have to do
>> that if the problem could be fixed more easily.
>>
>> Bob T.

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