[tex-live] Choosing a mirror

Joel C. Salomon joelcsalomon at gmail.com
Mon Nov 23 18:41:53 CET 2009


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

tlmgr: package repository 
http://mirrors.med.harvard.edu/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet
collection-latexextra: local revision (16136) is newer than revision in 
http://mirrors.med.harvard.edu/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet (16116), not 
updating.
collection-pictures: local revision (16136) is newer than revision in 
http://mirrors.med.harvard.edu/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet (15543), not 
updating.
…
ftnxtra: local: 16126, source: <absent> (auto-remove)
here: local: 16135, source: <absent> (auto-remove)
graphics-pln: local: 16123, source: <absent> (auto-remove)
listofsymbols: local: 16134, source: <absent> (auto-remove)
hvindex: local: 16136, source: <absent> (auto-remove)
plgraph [14k]: local: <absent>, source: 15878 (auto-install)

and

tlmgr: package repository 
http://mirror.its.uidaho.edu/pub/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet
tlmgr: no updates available

—Joel C. Salomon


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