MacTeX Install - Final Data Point

[Frank Mittelbach]

Hi Dick,

wouldn't it in that case perhaps not better not to generate the formats 
at all and let the post install handle that (after the papersize default 
has been determined)? This way there woul be only a single format 
generation - no?

cheers
frank


Am 23.02.25 um 16:11 schrieb Richard Koch via tex-live:
> Folks,
> 
> News this morning is better.
> 
> But in addition, I may have found part of
> the cause. Reading the post-install script very carefully, I came to the
> section when the script determines the user's paper size. When
> I run the TeX Live install script to create the data in the installer,
> I set paper size to "letter". It the script determines that the user's
> paper size is actually "a4", then it runs the following command:
> 
>     /usr/local/texlive/2025/bin/universal-darwin/tlmgr paper a4
> 
> The script has a warning that this rebuilds formats. So most
> Europeans actually build the formats twice.
> 
> Now I need to check with Karl that the paper command rebuilds
> ALL formats. If so, a slight script rewrite will remove the second
> call to rebuild formats for those who build them earlier.
> 
> Dick
>