pretesting: tlmgr

[Siep Kroonenberg]

On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 10:22:09PM +0200, Zdenek Wagner wrote:
> čt 4. 4. 2019 v 21:50 odesílatel Siep Kroonenberg <siepo at bitmuis.nl> napsal:
> >
> > On Thu, Apr 04, 2019 at 07:36:38PM +0200, Bernhard Kleine wrote:
> > >
> > > Am 04.04.2019 um 10:08 schrieb Siep Kroonenberg
> > > > Yes, it can fail, presumably because of windows file locking. You
> > > > should have seen a dialog box telling you beforehand how to do it
> > > > from the command-line in case of failure.
> > >
> > > BTW the successfull update from the command line does not have
> > > administrator rights, still it works, while the update from tlmgr fails.
> > > I wonder which rights the command line (from a user) has that tlmgr (the
> > > same user) does not.
> >
> > The problem is not access rights but file locking - which may
> > manifest itself as `Access denied'.
> >
> It can also be caused by antivirus which locks the files during their
> examination.

It may be better to disable updating tlmgr from the shell altogether
on windows, but considering the release schedule it may be better to
postpone this till after release. Karl?

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Siep Kroonenberg