[XeTeX] updating xetex on texlive2008

[Peter Dyballa]

Am 03.01.2009 um 08:47 schrieb Mehdi Omidali:

> From what location can I update my texlive so that I have 0.999.7?


Not sure whether this service continues, since its author, Jonathan  
Kew, is no longer an employee of SIL. Have you tried the TeX Live  
Manager tlmgr to update your whole TeX Live 2008 installation? XeTeX  
is a part of it. The tlmgr as published with TL 2008 is a bit  
unfinished and can delete itself and also large parts of TeX Live –  
before it starts to *fetch* the updated software from a different  
server every time that might be down or provide obsoleted versions,  
so it's probably better to set a preferred CTAN server nearby. And  
therefore it's also good to know where the disaster recovery script  
can be fetched from (http://www.tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html).

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