Botched attempt to update TL'20

Thu Dec 10 01:46:39 CET 2020

Before I could see David's answer to the previous question, I tried to
"update" my installation of TL'20 and in a sequence of fairly simple steps
I ended up with a completely botched installation.

I started with a perfectly working TL'20, and did:

  tlmgr update --self
  tlmgr update --all

It kept chugging along and had a few errors like:

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[466/466, 13:20/13:20] update: collection-publishers [2k] (55694 -> 56927)
... done
running mktexlsr ...
done running mktexlsr.
running mtxrun --generate ...
done running mtxrun --generate.
running updmap-sys ...

tlmgr: updmap-sys failed (status 1), output:
updmap will read the following updmap.cfg files (in precedence order):
  /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
  /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg
updmap may write changes to the following updmap.cfg file:
  /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-config/web2c/updmap.cfg
dvips output dir: "/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-var/fonts/map/dvips/updmap"
pdftex output dir:
"/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-var/fonts/map/pdftex/updmap"
dvipdfmx output dir:
"/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-var/fonts/map/dvipdfmx/updmap"
updmap [ERROR]: The following map file(s) couldn't be found:
updmap [ERROR]:         Baskervaldx.map (in
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg)
updmap [ERROR]:         STEPGreekTest.map (in
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg)
updmap [ERROR]:         cmathbb.map (in
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg)
updmap [ERROR]:         josefin.map (in
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg)
updmap [ERROR]:         plimsoll.map (in
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg)
updmap [ERROR]:         rojud.map (in
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg)
updmap [ERROR]:         spectral.map (in
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/web2c/updmap.cfg)
updmap [ERROR]: Did you run mktexlsr?

        You can disable non-existent map entries using the option
          --syncwithtrees.
regenerating fmtutil.cnf in /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist
running fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit
--no-error-if-no-format --byengine uptex ...

tlmgr: fmtutil-sys --no-error-if-no-engine=luajithbtex,luajittex,mfluajit
--no-error-if-no-format --byengine uptex failed (status 2), output:
fmtutil: fmtutil is using the following fmtutil.cnf files (in precedence
order):
fmtutil:   /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
fmtutil: fmtutil is using the following fmtutil.cnf file for writing
changes:
fmtutil:   /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-config/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
fmtutil [INFO]: writing formats under
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-var/web2c
fmtutil [INFO]: --- remaking uptex with uptex
fmtutil: running `uptex -ini   -jobname=uptex -progname=uptex uptex.ini' ...
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and finally stopped at:

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ranscript written on mf.log.
fmtutil [INFO]: log file copied to:
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-var/web2c/metafont/mf.log
fmtutil [INFO]: /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-var/web2c/metafont/mf.base
installed.
TeX::LSR: ls-R file not writable, skipping:
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-var/ls-R
Cannot write ls-R in /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-var. at
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/mktexlsr.pl line 583.
tlmgr: package log updated:
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
tlmgr: An error has occurred. See above messages. Exiting.
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Upon seeing the complaint that ls-R was not writable, I went ahead and
changed the permissions. It was writable by root only. and then executed
"tlmgr update -all" again.

It went through the rather short sequence:

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tlmgr: package repository https://mirrors.rit.edu/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet
(verified)
tlmgr: saving backups to /usr/local/texlive/2020/tlpkg/backups
[1/7, ??:??/??:??] update: decision-table [113k] (57090 -> 57094) ... done
[2/7, 00:01/00:43] update: draftwatermark [307k] (55719 -> 57099) ... done
[3/7, 00:02/00:23] update: jslectureplanner [1189k] (55117 -> 57095) ...
done
[4/7, 00:04/00:12] update: microtype [1876k] (52853 -> 57096) ... done
[5/7, 00:05/00:06] update: polyglossia [810k] (56676 -> 57098) ... done
[6/7, 00:07/00:07] update: stringstrings [415k] (36203 -> 57097) ... done
[7/7, 00:08/00:08] update: texlive-docindex [167k] (57087 -> 57092) ... done
running mktexlsr ...
done running mktexlsr.
running mtxrun --generate ...
done running mtxrun --generate.
tlmgr: package log updated:
/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
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and left me with a rather useless TL'20 installation, that when called on
the file:

----
\documentclass{report}

\begin{document}
A
\end{document}
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it comes back with:

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aulo at OptiPlex-3070:~/Dropbox/IMPA/CMU$ latex att
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.21 (TeX Live 2020) (preloaded
format=latex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./att.tex
LaTeX2e <2020-02-02> patch level 5
L3 programming layer <2020-07-17>
(/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/article.cls
Document Class: article 2020/04/10 v1.4m Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/geometry/geometry.sty
(/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/graphics/keyval.sty)
(/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/generic/iftex/ifvtex.sty
(/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/generic/iftex/iftex.sty)))
(/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/lipsum/lipsum.sty
(/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3kernel/expl3.sty

! LaTeX Error: Missing \begin{document}.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...

l.77      \ExplLoaderFileDate{expl3.sty}}
                                         %
? x
No pages of output.
Transcript written on att.log.
paulo at OptiPlex-3070:~/Dropbox/IMPA/CMU$ vi t5.tex
paulo at OptiPlex-3070:~/Dropbox/IMPA/CMU$ latex t5
This is pdfTeX, Version 3.14159265-2.6-1.40.21 (TeX Live 2020) (preloaded
format=latex)
 restricted \write18 enabled.
entering extended mode
(./t5.tex
LaTeX2e <2020-02-02> patch level 5
L3 programming layer <2020-07-17>
(/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/report.cls
Document Class: report 2020/04/10 v1.4m Standard LaTeX document class
(/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/base/size10.clo))
(/usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/tex/latex/l3backend/l3backend-dvips.def

! LaTeX Error: Mismatched LaTeX support files detected.
               Loading aborted!.

See the LaTeX manual or LaTeX Companion for explanation.
Type  H <return>  for immediate help.
 ...

l.43   }

? x
No pages of output.
Transcript written on t5.log.
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Is this normal???? I have never seen anything like that from "tlmgr" before.

Paulo Ney
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