binary not added to PATH by tlmgr

[Norbert Preining]

Hi Hendrik,

Yes, tlmgr path only links what is installed at the time of invocation, and does not add links automatically later on.

This has been like this for maybe 5-10 years. We will not change this behaviour.

There are too many things that can go wrong with this linking, and this automatic action is not advisable.

Best

Norbert

On April 16, 2019 7:53:07 PM GMT+09:00, Hendrik Maryns <hendrik at hendrikmaryns.name> wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>See the discussion on
>https://latex.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=32423&p=108859#p108859.  I
>have the impression this is a bug, but correct me if I’m wrong.
>
>Short summary: if I do
>
>sudo tlmgr install texdoc
>
>I expect texdoc to work afterwards.  Instead, I first have to do
>
>sudo tlmgr path add
>
>as well.  Why is the latter not done automatically?
>
>Cheers, H.


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