[tex-live] installation with network troubles

Norbert Preining preining at logic.at
Mon Jun 29 10:18:01 CEST 2009


Hi Martin,

On Do, 25 Jun 2009, Martin Schröder wrote:
> - The download process SHOULD be more resistent to intermittend
>   network problems - I don't want the installation to stop because
>   package 1367 of 1572 can't be downloaded now.
> - Restarting the installation MUST NOT download all packages again.

Well it does NOT do it as long as you start with the same settings:

$ ./install-tl -v -location http://localhost/norbert/tlnet
...
Installing to: /home/norbert/tlbla/2009
Installing [0001/1866, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [376k]
D:downloading http://localhost/norbert/tlnet/archive/12many.tar.xz using wget --tries=10 --timeout=90 -q -O
D:download of http://localhost/norbert/tlnet/archive/12many.tar.xz succeeded
D:un-xzing /home/norbert/tlbla/2009/temp/12many.tar.xz to /home/norbert/tlbla/2009/temp/12many.tar
D:unpacking /home/norbert/tlbla/2009/temp/12many.tar in /home/norbert/tlbla/2009/texmf-dist
D:downloading http://localhost/norbert/tlnet/archive/12many.source.tar.xz using wget --tries=10 --timeout=90 -q -O
D:download of http://localhost/norbert/tlnet/archive/12many.source.tar.xz succeeded
...
kill apache ...
D:downloading http://localhost/norbert/tlnet/archive/GuIT.tar.xz using wget --tries=10 --timeout=90 -q -O 
Downloading http://localhost/norbert/tlnet/archive/GuIT.tar.xz did not succeed.
Installation failed.
Rerunning the installer will try to restart the installation.
Or you can restart by running the installer with:
  install-tl --profile installation.profile [EXTRA-ARGS]
/home/norbert/tlbla/2009/texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf not found: No such file or directory at ./install-tl line 830, <STDIN> line 5.
$

Ok so we stopped the installation, (the error about texmf.cnf must be
checked!)

Now restart apache
and restart the isntallation:
$ ./install-tl -v -location http://localhost/norbert/tlnet
ABORTED INSTALLATION FOUND: installation.profile
Do you want to continue with the exact same settings as before (y/N): y
Automated TeX Live installation using profile: installation.profile
...
Installing from: http://localhost/norbert/tlnet
...
Installing [0001/1866, time/total: ??:??/??:??]: 12many [376k]
D:Reusing already downloaded container /home/norbert/tlbla/2009/temp/12many.tar.xz
D:un-xzing /home/norbert/tlbla/2009/temp/12many.tar.xz to /home/norbert/tlbla/2009/temp/12many.tar
D:unpacking /home/norbert/tlbla/2009/temp/12many.tar in /home/norbert/tlbla/2009/texmf-dist
D:Reusing already downloaded container /home/norbert/tlbla/2009/temp/12many.source.tar.xz
...


Do you see the
	Reusing already downloaded container ...
that is the key point.

So please can you tell me *what* you do that the installation does not
restart?

> Sorry, but now the installation process is much to fragile.

I tend to disagree.

Best wishes

Norbert

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