[tex-live] Outstanding issues

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2009/10/12 Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard <mpg at elzevir.fr>:
>> After selecting the configuration option Default settings/Default
>> package repository,
>> and changing the value from H:/TeX/Live/2009/Mirror
>> to http://texlive.guiling.fr/, the value shewn
>> in the main GUI pane does not change, yet
>> on inspecting the contents of that option (by
>> changing it for a second or subsequent time),
>> the new value appears in the dialogue box yet
>> is not echoed in the main pane, which retains
>> the former value.
>
> I think this is the normal behaviour. You have to close and launch again tlmgr
> for the new default to be used. While this is arguably not the most intuitive
> behaviour, it is still the intended behaviour and not a bug.

Yes, as Manuel said, this behaviour is intended and not a bug. The
reason is that on the option pane you set the default repository to
use, while the main pane shows the currently used repository (which
can be the same as the default one or a different one).

Cheers,

Tomek