tlmgr deleted texlive-scripts

Pablo González L pablgonz at educarchile.cl
Mon Nov 3 22:39:05 CET 2025 

Reproduce the problem with `tlmgr option autobackup 0`. I first restored
to the previous version and then deleted the copy and disable backup.

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C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups>tlmgr restore texlive-scripts 76705
Do you really want to restore texlive-scripts to revision 76705 (y/N): y
Restoring texlive-scripts, 76705 from
C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/backups/texlive-scripts.r76705.tar.xz
running mktexlsr ...
done running mktexlsr.
running updmap-sys ...
done running updmap-sys.
tlmgr.pl: package log updated: C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
tlmgr.pl: command log updated:
C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr-commands.log


C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups>dir
 El volumen de la unidad C es driveC
 El número de serie del volumen es: DA38-3A48

 Directorio de C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups

03-11-2025  18:23    <DIR>          .
03-11-2025  18:18    <DIR>          ..
               0 archivos              0 bytes
               2 dirs  77.071.872.000 bytes libres

C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups>tlmgr option autobackup 0
tlmgr.pl: setting option autobackup to 0.
tlmgr.pl: updating C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb

Now the plan is to upgrade `texlive-scripts` and have the download
_fail_ to test what happens to the directories and files:

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C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups>tlmgr update --self --all -v
D:tlmgr version 75204 (2025-05-13 23:48:24 +0200)
D:maintree=C:/texlive/2025
D:appending to package log file: C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
D:appending to command log file:
C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr-commands.log
D:Setting env var HTTPS_CA_FILE to
C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt
D:tlmgr.pl:main: ::tldownload_server hash::
{enabled:1,errorcount:0,initcount:1,ua:LWP::UserAgent=HASH(0x22a48c3bbe8)}
D:setup_programs: preferring system versions
D:(w32) trying to set up tar, default
C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/tar.exe, arg --version
D:Using shipped C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/tar.exe for tar (tested).
D:program curl found in path
D:program wget not usable from path
D:(w32) trying to set up wget, default
C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/wget/wget.exe, arg --version
D:Using shipped C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/wget/wget.exe for wget (tested).
D:TLUtils::setup_programs: checking for ssl enabled wget
D:TLUtils::setup_programs: wget has ssl, final wget args:
--no-check-certificate --user-agent=texlive/wget --tries=4
--timeout=30 -q -O
D:program lz4 not usable from path
D:(w32) trying to set up lz4, default
C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/lz4/lz4.exe, arg --version
D:Using shipped C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/lz4/lz4.exe for lz4 (tested).
D:program gzip found in path
D:program xz not usable from path
D:(w32) trying to set up xz, default
C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/xz/xz.exe, arg --version
D:Using shipped C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/xz/xz.exe for xz (tested).
D:Using checksum method digest::sha
D:Testing for gpg in gpg
D:Testing for gpg in gpg2
D:Testing for gpg in C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/gpg/gpg.exe
D:tlmgr.pl: No gpg found, verification implicitly requested,
continuing without verification
D:persistent connection set up, trying to get
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
(for C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\QG0SNgYz5O)
D:TLDownload::get_file: response error: 501 Protocol scheme 'https' is
not supported (LWP::Protocol::https not installed) (for
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512)
D:TLUtils::download_file: persistent connection ok, but download
failed: https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
D:TLUtils::download_file: retrying with other downloaders.
D:TLUtils::_download_file_program: curl
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\QG0SNgYz5O
D:downloading https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
using curl --user-agent texlive/curl --retry 4 --retry-delay 4
--connect-timeout 30 --fail --location --silent --output
D:download of https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
succeeded
D:TLUtils::download_file: downloading using curl succeeded
D:gpg prog not defined, no checking of signatures
D:verify_checksum: returning -3 and no gpg available
D:C:\texlive\2025\texmf-dist\scripts\texlive\tlmgr.pl: TLPDB: no gpg
available, continuing anyway!
D:TLPDB.pm: trying to initialize from
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
D:trying to download
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
to C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\o1VJOra7LL
D:persistent connection set up, trying to get
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
(for C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\o1VJOra7LL)
D:TLDownload::get_file: response error: 501 Protocol scheme 'https' is
not supported (LWP::Protocol::https not installed) (for
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz)
D:TLUtils::download_file: persistent connection ok, but download
failed: https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
D:TLUtils::download_file: retrying with other downloaders.
D:TLUtils::_download_file_program: curl
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\o1VJOra7LL
D:downloading https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
using curl --user-agent texlive/curl --retry 4 --retry-delay 4
--connect-timeout 30 --fail --location --silent --output
D:download of https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
succeeded
D:TLUtils::download_file: downloading using curl succeeded
D:decompressing
C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\o1VJOra7LL to
C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\MMEiGlmCpx
D:TLUtils::system_pipe: calling
C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\installer\xz\xz.exe -dcf <
"C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\o1VJOra7LL" >
"C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\MMEiGlmCpx"
D:TLUtils::system_pipe: removing
C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\o1VJOra7LL
D:found the uncompressed xz file
D:persistent connection set up, trying to get
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
(for C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\4l9M1qEjxC)
D:TLDownload::get_file: response error: 501 Protocol scheme 'https' is
not supported (LWP::Protocol::https not installed) (for
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512)
D:TLUtils::download_file: persistent connection ok, but download
failed: https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
D:TLUtils::download_file: retrying with other downloaders.
D:TLUtils::_download_file_program: curl
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\4l9M1qEjxC
D:downloading https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
using curl --user-agent texlive/curl --retry 4 --retry-delay 4
--connect-timeout 30 --fail --location --silent --output
D:download of https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
succeeded
D:TLUtils::download_file: downloading using curl succeeded
D:gpg prog not defined, no checking of signatures
D:verify_checksum: returning -3 and no gpg available
D:C:\texlive\2025\texmf-dist\scripts\texlive\tlmgr.pl: TLPDB: no gpg
available, continuing anyway!
D:texlive-scripts remote revision 76736, texlive-scripts local revision 76705
D:tlmgr:setup_one_remote_tlpdb: writing out remote tlpdb to
C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.main.602f87c2c45bb0a25d888908b9120b34
tlmgr.pl: package repository
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet (not verified: gpg
unavailable)
tlmgr.pl: no self-updates for tlmgr available
D:tlmgr.pl: new pkgs:
D:tlmgr.pl: deleted :
D:tlmgr.pl: forced  :
D:texlive-scripts upd package
[1/1, ??:??/??:??] update: texlive-scripts [557k] (76705 -> 76736) ...
D:tlchecksum(C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\UI5nrdpEom/__BACKUP_texlive-scripts.r76705.tar):
===d06167395bf69dde1138593cfd9720405678af7f4115f9548dacc52c41214614958e6dc8ed02d2de00aafbba94c07f47f46f3225893f56c8baa4a4d7e6f3789b===
D: done __BACKUP_texlive-scripts.r76705.tar, size 3000320, csum
d06167395bf69dde1138593cfd9720405678af7f4115f9548dacc52c41214614958e6dc8ed02d2de00aafbba94c07f47f46f3225893f56c8baa4a4d7e6f3789b
D:announce_execute_actions: given disable (for texlive-scripts)
D: TLPDB::remove_package: running remove postinstall
D:running postaction=remove for texlive-scripts
D:TLPDB::_install_data:
what=https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz,
target=C:/texlive/2025, size=115040,
checksum=eccec385e7274c2226a65d02d80ff2c4fb50c73ac9c59ca6c184d868181df080063890a1d60aceef27072f99f785a51feeeb1eca773010236e54a5a46f274ae9,
tmpdir=C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\Yy1i91Ahh8
D:persistent connection set up, trying to get
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
(for C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\Yy1i91Ahh8/texlive-scripts.tar.xz)
D:TLDownload::get_file: response error: 501 Protocol scheme 'https' is
not supported (LWP::Protocol::https not installed) (for
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz)
D:TLUtils::download_file: persistent connection ok, but download
failed: https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
D:TLUtils::download_file: retrying with other downloaders.
D:TLUtils::_download_file_program: curl
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\Yy1i91Ahh8\texlive-scripts.tar.xz
D:downloading https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
using curl --user-agent texlive/curl --retry 4 --retry-delay 4
--connect-timeout 30 --fail --location --silent --output
D:TLUtils::_download_file_program: wget
https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\Yy1i91Ahh8\texlive-scripts.tar.xz
D:downloading https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
using C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\installer\wget\wget.exe
--no-check-certificate --user-agent=texlive/wget --tries=4
--timeout=30 -q -O
D:TLUtils::download_file: tried to download using lwp curl wget, none succeeded
TLPDB::_install_data: downloading did not succeed (download_file
failed) for https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
tlmgr.pl: Installation of new version of texlive-scripts failed,
trying to unwind.
tlmgr.pl: Restoring of old package did NOT succeed.
tlmgr.pl: Error message from unpack: don't know how to unpack
tlmgr.pl: Most likely repair: run tlmgr install texlive-scripts and hope.
done
tlmgr.pl: action update returned an error; continuing.
D:starting handle_execute_actions
running mktexlsr ...
done running mktexlsr.
running updmap-sys ...

tlmgr.pl: updmap-sys failed (status 1), output:
C:\texlive\2025\bin\windows\runscript.tlu:953:
C:\texlive\2025\bin\windows\runscript.tlu:876: no appropriate script
or program found: updmap
D:finished handle_execute_actions, errors=2
tlmgr.pl: package log updated: C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
tlmgr.pl: command log updated:
C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr-commands.log
tlmgr.pl: An error has occurred. See above messages. Exiting.
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Now see dirs:

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C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups>dir
 El volumen de la unidad C es driveC
 El número de serie del volumen es: DA38-3A48

 Directorio de C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups

03-11-2025  18:23    <DIR>          .
03-11-2025  18:31    <DIR>          ..
               0 archivos              0 bytes
               2 dirs  77.030.993.920 bytes libres

C:\texlive\2025\texmf-dist\scripts\texlive>dir
 El volumen de la unidad C es driveC
 El número de serie del volumen es: DA38-3A48

 Directorio de C:\texlive\2025\texmf-dist\scripts\texlive

03-11-2025  18:31    <DIR>          .
14-10-2025  22:14    <DIR>          ..
14-10-2025  21:41             8.225 mktexlsr
14-10-2025  21:41            20.068 NEWS
14-10-2025  21:41               134 tl-errmess.ps1
14-10-2025  21:41           361.470 tlmgr.pl
14-10-2025  21:41            91.330 tlmgrgui.pl
14-10-2025  21:41             2.410 uninstall-windows.pl
14-10-2025  21:41               287 uninstq.ps1
               7 archivos        483.924 bytes
               2 dirs  77.021.016.064 bytes libres
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I hope this helps.

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