[tex-live] tlmgr "Update all installed" via commandline?

Lars Madsen daleif at imf.au.dk
Wed Sep 5 09:29:01 CEST 2012


Reinhard Kotucha wrote, On 2012-09-05 00:18:
> On 2012-09-03 at 18:55:02 -0500, Kevin Godby wrote:
> 
>  > [...]
>  > First, a dummy /usr/bin/perldoc executable is provided by the perl
>  > Ubuntu package. This perldoc script contains only the following:
>  > 
>  >     #!/bin/sh
>  >     # place-holder, diverted by perl-doc
>  >     echo You need to install the perl-doc package to use this program. >&2
>  >     exit 1
>  > 
>  > So the call to TeXLive::TLUtils::which("perldoc") returns
>  > "/usr/bin/perldoc" and therefore the noperldoc option is set to 0.
>  > [...]
> 
> It seems to be sufficient look to into the perldoc file and determine
> from the shebang line whether it's a Perl or Shell script.  The "real"
> perldoc script begins with #!/usr/bin/perl .
> 
> Regards,
>   Reinhard
> 

are you sure, someone once scorned me because I assumed a placement like 
that covered all linux


-- 

/daleif


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