[tex-live] pretest tlmgr --gui collection removal
Norbert Preining
preining at logic.at
Wed Jun 2 17:15:54 CEST 2010
On Mi, 02 Jun 2010, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> I tried to remove a collection using tlmgr --gui, and it does not
> work properly: all the files on the harddisk were deleted, but the
> package database was not updated. All packages in that collection
> remain listed as installed, as well as the collection itself
> (linux i386).
Huuu, that sounds strange, ...
> Running
>
> tlmgr remove collection-binextra
>
> did finally remove the packages from the tlmgr database properly,
> but there was no way to fix the problem via --gui alone.
because both end up in the same tlmgr.pl function, with the very same
arguments, so I am *really* suprised.
But I will try, thanks for reporting.
Best wishes
Norbert
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Norbert Preining preining@{jaist.ac.jp, logic.at, debian.org}
JAIST, Japan TeX Live & Debian Developer
DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094
------------------------------------------------------------------------
HOYLAKE (n.)
The pool of edible gravy which surrounds an inedible and disgusting
lump of meat - eaten to give the impression that the person is 'just
not very hungry, but mmm this is delicious'. Cf. Peaslake - a similar
experience had by vegetarians.
--- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff
More information about the tex-live
mailing list