[tex-live] (TexLive 2009 - win32) Trouble with makeglossaries

[Zdenek Wagner]

2009/11/19 C.M. Connelly <cmc at math.hmc.edu>:
> "NP" == Norbert Preining <preining at logic.at>
>
>    NP> The core functionality should be as seamless as with
>    NP> Miktex.
>
> Yup, that's what I would expect.  Mostly I was just commenting on
> the idea that running Linux in a VM was an acceptable workaround
> for problems with TeX Live (which I don't think is the official
> position at all!).
>
>    NP> Plus, there is the one big advantage: install and maintain
>    NP> only *ONE* installation on a unix server and use it on all
>    NP> your computers!  NFS/samba and you don't have to update N
>    NP> computers! That was for me when I set that up in our
>    NP> department the killer feature.
>
> Alas, that wouldn't work well on laptops, so I think I'll be stuck
> with standalone installs for some time to come.  But for desktops
> it might be an option, if and when I ever take the time to get the
> Windows desktops integrated with *my* servers instead of our IT
> department's machines.
>
TeX Live does not need any special install procedure. If binaries for
all platforms are available on the server, you just copy the tree to a
laptop and set PATH etc. The laptop installation can then be easily
updated by tlmgr.

>   Claire
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