Botched attempt to update TL'20

Paulo Ney de Souza pauloney at gmail.com
Thu Dec 10 03:10:29 CET 2020 

I have always installed as "myself" and that was the case here. The culprit
seems to be an installation of MT Pro2 which requires "sudo" and leaves a
few files owned by "root". Even if that is the case -- I am testing it
right now -- "tlmgr" could be more careful and:


   - check file ownerships before proceeding
   - asking for an sudo if required

before producing such a mess.

Paulo Ney

On Wed, Dec 9, 2020 at 6:02 PM David Carlisle <d.p.carlisle at gmail.com>
wrote:

> If you needed
>
> > Cannot write ls-R in /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-var. at
> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/mktexlsr.pl line 583.
>
> The suspicion is the entire tree is not writable, did you install under
> sudo 9in which case you would need sudo tlmgr.
>
> In any case you have updated expl3 but not rebuilt the formats
>
> You have
>
> LaTeX2e <2020-02-02> patch level 5
> L3 programming layer <2020-07-17>
>
> but an up to date system has
>
>
> LaTeX2e <2020-10-01> patch level 2
> L3 programming layer <2020-10-27> xparse <2020-03-03>
>
>
> Possibly the same file permissions issue. Hard to tell.
>
> check that the output of
>
> $ kpsewhich -engine=pdftex pdflatex.fmt
> /usr/local/texlive/2020/texmf-var/web2c/pdftex/pdflatex.fmt
>
>
> shows the correct location of the format file in your main texmf tree, if
> you have a local one masking the update, delete it.
>
> David
>
> On Thu, 10 Dec 2020 at 00:49, Paulo Ney de Souza <pauloney at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> 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:
>>
>> ----
>> [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'
>> ...
>> -----
>>
>> and finally stopped at:
>>
>> -----
>> 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.
>> -----
>>
>> 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:
>>
>> ------
>> 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
>> -----
>>
>> and left me with a rather useless TL'20 installation, that when called on
>> the file:
>>
>> ----
>> \documentclass{report}
>>
>> \begin{document}
>> A
>> \end{document}
>> ----
>>
>> it comes back with:
>>
>> ----
>> 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.
>> ----
>>
>>
>> Is this normal???? I have never seen anything like that from "tlmgr"
>> before.
>>
>> Paulo Ney
>>
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