[tex-live] Curious error message in tlmgr.

[S. venkataraman]

On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 6:09 PM, George N. White III <gnwiii at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:35 AM, S. venkataraman <svenkat at ignou.ac.in>
> wrote:
>
> > Since I couldn't update the texlive 2009
> > distribution in my laptop, I decided to have
> > a shot at my desktop. I still have jaunty jackalope,
> > ubuntu 9.04 on my desktop.  I had no network problems
> > whatsoever.
> >  tlmgr behaved well
> > and everything looks  perfect but for
> > puzzling error message at the end.
>
> I hope others can shed some light on the error, but it is good news that
> you
> were able to get updates.    Do laptop and desktop use different networks,
> or does this indicate a problem with the network on the laptop?   In any
> case,
> all it takes is one system that can do updates and you can copy the TL tree
> to other machines to bring them "up to date".   Even if you use the
> symbolic
> links method on the laptop this will work, assuming you don't need a binary
> that wasn't in the original install (in which case you might need to
> manually
> create a missing link).
>
> What do you get if you run the command:
>
> "fmtutil-sys --byhyphen
> /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.def"
>
> manually?   On my system (MacOSX) pdfetex and xetex fmts are generated.
>
>
> > ****************output*****************
> > venkat at as-9134c1888ca4:~$ sudo tlmgr gui
> > [sudo] password for venkat:
> > Sorry, try again.
> > [sudo] password for venkat:
> > Loading local TeX Live Database
> > This may take some time, please wait!
> > Completed.
> > Loading remote TeX Live Database
> > This may take some time, please wait!
> > Completed.
> > venkat at as-9134c1888ca4:~$ sudo tlmgr update --self
> > tlmgr: package repository
> > http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/dante/systems/texlive/tlnet/
> > [1/2, ??:??/??:??] update: texlive.infra [240k] (17495 -> 17958) ... done
> > [2/2, 00:11/00:14] update: texlive.infra.i386-linux [71k] (17447 ->
> 17740)
> > ... done
> > tlmgr: package log updated at
> > /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
> > running mktexlsr ...
> > done running mktexlsr.
> > venkat at as-9134c1888ca4:~$ sudo tlmgr gui
> > Loading local TeX Live Database
> > This may take some time, please wait!
> > Completed.
> > Loading remote TeX Live Database
> > This may take some time, please wait!
> > Completed.
> > Executing action update
> > skipping forcibly removed package combine
> > [1/169] auto-remove: unroman
> > [2/169] auto-remove: garamond
> > [3/169] auto-remove: optima
> > [4/169] auto-remove: bidi
> > [5/169] auto-remove: marigold
> > [6/169] auto-remove: coronet
> > [7/169] auto-remove: clarendo
> > [8/169] auto-remove: typespec
> > [9/169] auto-remove: lettrgth
> > [10/169] auto-remove: arrayjob
> > [11/169] auto-remove: atqolive
> > [12/169] auto-remove: albertus
> > [13/169] auto-remove: univers
> > [14/169, ??:??/??:??] update: FAQ-en [4943k] (16865 -> 17760) ... done
> > [15/169, 01:27/40:55] update: MemoirChapStyles [669k] (15878 -> 18158)
> ...
> > done
> > [16/169, 01:38/40:36] update: achemso [239k] (17482 -> 17855) ... done
> > ---more one same lines
> > [164/169, 43:27/43:44] update: collection-mathextra [1k] (17175 -> 17829)
> > ... done
> > [165/169, 43:28/43:45] update: collection-pictures [1k] (17205 -> 18115)
> ...
> > done
> > [166/169, 43:30/43:47] update: collection-plainextra [1k] (16578 ->
> 17826)
> > ... done
> > [167/169, 43:31/43:48] update: collection-publishers [1k] (17205 ->
> 17743)
> > ... done
> > [168/169, 43:32/43:49] update: collection-xetex [1k] (16579 -> 17780) ...
> > done
> > running mktexlsr ...
> > done running mktexlsr.
> > running updmap-sys ...
> > done running updmap-sys.
> > regenerating fmtutil.cnf in /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var
> > running fmtutil-sys --byengine mpost ...
> > done running fmtutil-sys --byengine mpost.
> > regenerating language.dat
> > running fmtutil-sys --byhyphen
> > /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.dat ...
> > done running fmtutil-sys --byhyphen
> > /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.dat.
> > regenerating language.def
> > running fmtutil-sys --byhyphen
> > /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.def ...
> >
> > fmtutil-sys --byhyphen
> > /usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.def failed
> > (status 1), output:
> > fmtutil: no format depends on hyphen file
> > `/usr/local/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.def'.
> > ******************************************************
> > What can be the reason? I ran the command
> > sudo tlmgr update --self
> > before running the full update.
> > I tried to find the current version using
> > tlmgr --version.
> > The output is
> > ***********************************
> > tlmgr --version
> > tlmgr revision 17811 (2010-04-12 06:05:03 +0200)
> > tlmgr using installation: /usr/local/texlive/2009
> > TeX Live (http://tug.org/texlive) version 2009
> > ************************************************
> > Is the problem indicated by the error message
> > serious? I have checked my installation by running
> > pdflatex on a file.  There was no problem.
> > Best,
> > S. Venkataraman.
> >
>
>
>
> --
> George N. White III <aa056 at chebucto.ns.ca>
> Head of St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia
>
I got the following output:
*************************************************
venkat at venkat-laptop:~$ sudo fmtutil-sys --byhyphen
/opt/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.def
fmtutil: no format depends on hyphen file
`/opt/texlive/2009/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/language.def'.
*********************************
Best,
S. Venkataraman
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