[tex-live] Choosing a mirror

[Ken Brown]

On 11/23/2009 12:41 PM, Joel C. Salomon wrote:
> Is it reasonable to set the repository to 
> <http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet>, or should I choose a 
> mirror and stick to it?  I last updated from a more-recently-refreshed 
> mirror and now running “tlmgr update --list” is alternately telling me

One strategy is to run 'tlmgr update --list' until it chooses a mirror 
that you like.  Then rerun 'tlmgr update ...', explicitly specifying the 
good mirror on the command line.  Choosing a mirror and sticking to it 
forever is not likely to be reliable.

Ken