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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">OK, I think I can attempt an answer to
      Norbert ..</div>
    <br>
    <blockquote type="cite"
      cite="mid:855c1a3d-f44a-631e-06a1-eb991776cc09@Hellenic-Institute.Uk">
      <pre>><i> C:\Windows\system32>tlmgr option repository <a href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://texlive.info/tlpretest/</a>
</i>><i> tlmgr.pl: setting default package repository to <a href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://texlive.info/tlpretest/</a>
</i>><i> tlmgr.pl: updating C:/TeX/Live/2020/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
</i>><i> 
</i>><i> C:\Windows\system32>tlmgr repository
</i>><i> List of repositories (with tags if set):
</i>><i>        <a href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://texlive.info/tlpretest/</a> (main)
</i>><i> 
</i>><i> C:\Windows\system32>tlmgr update --list
</i>
Not reproducible:</pre>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    Well, yes, I would have expected that.  If it were reproducible
    everywhere (or even just on a typical installation), I would not
    have been the first to report it !<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote type="cite"
      cite="mid:855c1a3d-f44a-631e-06a1-eb991776cc09@Hellenic-Institute.Uk">
      <pre><blockquote type="cite"><pre>

><i> SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc
</i>><i> syswgetrc = C:\Program files (x86)\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc
</i>><i> SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc
</i>><i> syswgetrc = C:\Program files (x86)\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc</i></pre>
</blockquote><i>
</i>
Could it be that your wget and wgetrc are simply hosed?</pre>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    No, as I wrote earlier, I used "wget" on a daily basis and in fact
    used it to fetch the last 10% of the TeX Colleection ISO.   My
    "wgetrc" has only one non-commented line :<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote type="cite">waitretry = 10 </blockquote>
    <br>
    But :<br>
    <br>
    <pre><pre>><i> SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc 

doesn't exist.

</i></pre></pre>
    <blockquote type="cite"
      cite="mid:855c1a3d-f44a-631e-06a1-eb991776cc09@Hellenic-Institute.Uk">
      <pre>BTW, this repeats every year, most of the time it is one of your
particularly strange settings ... ;-)</pre>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    Well, with the <i>greatest</i> respect, I don't think that this has
    ever been established.   Each year you claim that it is because my
    setup is non-standard, each year I reply that all I am doing is
    using the same configuration options that I have been using
    (successfully !) since 2008, and that there is no point in exposing
    these configuration options if end-users are not intended to use
    them, and at that point the conversation seems to dry up ...<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote type="cite"
      cite="mid:855c1a3d-f44a-631e-06a1-eb991776cc09@Hellenic-Institute.Uk">
      <pre>What about running
        tlmgr -v --repository <a href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest/" moz-do-not-send="true">https://texlive.info/tlpretest/</a> update --list
Mind the "-v" and see what is shown?
</pre>
    </blockquote>
    <br>
    "To hear is to obey" :)<br>
    <br>
    <blockquote type="cite">Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]<br>
      Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation.  All rights reserved.<br>
      <br>
      C:\Windows\system32>tlmgr -v --repository
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest/">https://texlive.info/tlpretest/</a> update<br>
       --list<br>
      D:appending to package log file:
      C:/TeX/Live/2020/TeX-MF/Var/web2c/tlmgr.log<br>
      D:tlmgr.pl:main: ::tldownload_server hash::
      {enabled:1,errorcount:0,initcount:0,<br>
      initcout:1,ua:LWP::UserAgent=HASH(0x3801d84)}<br>
      D:setup_programs: preferring system versions<br>
      D:(w32) trying to set up tar, default
      C:/TeX/Live/2020/tlpkg/installer/tar.exe,<br>
      arg --version<br>
      D:Using shipped C:/TeX/Live/2020/tlpkg/installer/tar.exe for tar
      (tested).<br>
      D:program curl not usable from path<br>
      D:(w32) trying to set up curl, default
      C:/TeX/Live/2020/tlpkg/installer/curl/cur<br>
      l.exe, arg --version<br>
      D:Default program C:/TeX/Live/2020/tlpkg/installer/curl/curl.exe
      not readable?<br>
      D:program wget found in path<br>
      D:program lz4 not usable from path<br>
      D:(w32) trying to set up lz4, default
      C:/TeX/Live/2020/tlpkg/installer/lz4/lz4.e<br>
      xe, arg --version<br>
      D:Using shipped C:/TeX/Live/2020/tlpkg/installer/lz4/lz4.exe for
      lz4 (tested).<br>
      D:program gzip found in path<br>
      D:program xz not usable from path<br>
      D:(w32) trying to set up xz, default
      C:/TeX/Live/2020/tlpkg/installer/xz/xz.exe,<br>
       arg --version<br>
      D:Using shipped C:/TeX/Live/2020/tlpkg/installer/xz/xz.exe for xz
      (tested).<br>
      D:Using checksum method digest::sha<br>
      D:Testing for gpg in gpg<br>
      D:Testing for gpg in gpg2<br>
      D:Testing for gpg in C:/TeX/Live/2020/tlpkg/installer/gpg/gpg.exe<br>
      D:tlmgr.pl: No gpg found, verification implicitly requested,
      continuing without<br>
      verification<br>
      D:TLPDB.pm: trying to initialize from
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texl">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texl</a><br>
      ive.tlpdb<br>
      D:trying to download
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz</a> to C<br>
      :\Users\**********\AppData\Local\Temp\h0QyEY1eSX\o3BgaZ0YVC<br>
      D:persistent connection set up, trying to get
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tl">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tl</a><br>
      pkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz (for
      C:\Users\**********\AppData\Local\Temp\h0QyEY1eSX\o3Bg<br>
      aZ0YVC)<br>
      D:TLDownload::get_file: response error: 501 Protocol scheme
      'https' is not suppo<br>
      rted (LWP::Protocol::https not installed) (for
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//t">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//t</a><br>
      lpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz)<br>
      D:TLUtils::download_file: persistent connection ok, but download
      failed: https:/<br>
      /texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz<br>
      D:TLUtils::download_file: retrying with other downloaders.<br>
      D:TLUtils::_download_file_program: wget
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/te">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/te</a><br>
      xlive.tlpdb.xz
      C:\Users\**********\AppData\Local\Temp\h0QyEY1eSX\o3BgaZ0YVC<br>
      D:downloading
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz</a> using wget<br>
      --user-agent=texlive/wget --tries=4 --timeout=30 -q -O<br>
      SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc<br>
      syswgetrc = C:\Program files (x86)\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc<br>
      D:TLUtils::download_file: tried to download using lwp curl wget,
      none succeeded<br>
      D:TLPDB: downloading
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz</a> didn<br>
      't succeed, try
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb</a><br>
      D:persistent connection set up, trying to get
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tl">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tl</a><br>
      pkg/texlive.tlpdb (for
      C:\Users\**********\AppData\Local\Temp\h0QyEY1eSX\TKqjjT6<br>
      58g)<br>
      D:TLDownload::get_file: response error: 501 Protocol scheme
      'https' is not suppo<br>
      rted (LWP::Protocol::https not installed) (for
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//t">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//t</a><br>
      lpkg/texlive.tlpdb)<br>
      D:TLUtils::download_file: persistent connection ok, but download
      failed: https:/<br>
      /texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb<br>
      D:TLUtils::download_file: retrying with other downloaders.<br>
      D:TLUtils::_download_file_program: wget
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/te">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/te</a><br>
      xlive.tlpdb
      C:\Users\**********\AppData\Local\Temp\h0QyEY1eSX\TKqjjT658g<br>
      D:downloading <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb</a>
      using wget --u<br>
      ser-agent=texlive/wget --tries=4 --timeout=30 -q -O<br>
      SYSTEM_WGETRC = c:/progra~1/wget/etc/wgetrc<br>
      syswgetrc = C:\Program files (x86)\GnuWin32/etc/wgetrc<br>
      D:TLUtils::download_file: tried to download using lwp curl wget,
      none succeeded<br>
      <br>
      C:\TeX\Live\2020\texmf-dist\scripts\texlive\tlmgr.pl:
      TLPDB::from_file could not<br>
       initialize from:
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb">https://texlive.info/tlpretest//tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb</a><br>
      C:\TeX\Live\2020\texmf-dist\scripts\texlive\tlmgr.pl: Maybe the
      repository setti<br>
      ng should be changed.<br>
      C:\TeX\Live\2020\texmf-dist\scripts\texlive\tlmgr.pl: More info:
      <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://tug.org">https://tug.org</a><br>
      /texlive/acquire.html<br>
      <br>
      C:\Windows\system32></blockquote>
    <br>
    The "**********" replace the administrator's username, for obvious
    reasons.<br>
    <br>
    ** Phil.<br>
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