[tlu] new beta

[Herbert Schulz]

> On Feb 8, 2022, at 7:35 AM, Herbert Schulz <herbs at wideopenwest.com> wrote:
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>> On Feb 7, 2022, at 11:03 PM, Adam R. Maxwell via tlu <tlu at tug.org> wrote:
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>> New beta with the scheduled update checker rewritten and (hopefully) integrated with the installer. If you have TLU set to check for TeX Live updates on a schedule, it should tell you that a newer update checker is available.
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>> https://github.com/amaxwell/tlutility/releases/download/1.53b12/TeX.Live.Utility.app-1.53b12.zip
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>> After updating it, you should be able to test it from the command line by executing
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>> ~/Library/Application\ Support/TeX\ Live\ Utility/texliveupdatecheck
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>> or just wait until the next scheduled time. Let me know if it works (or not). This is the last roadblock before release.
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>> thanks,
>> Adam
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> Howdy,
> 
> I don't use a scheduled check but the manual check is now correct. Before a dialog box flashed before the final dialog box came up and now I jsut get that final box saying the latest update is 1.52 and I have 1.53b12.
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> You can tell we're getting close to the freeze from the large number of updates.
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> Good Luck,
> 
> Herb Schulz
> herbs at wideopenwest.com

Howdy,

I wrote too soon... when making a manual check for updates via the Menu system I still get a dialog box that flashes on the screen for a short time and then the final dialog box with the information about an update not being available.

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
herbs at wideopenwest.com