[tex-live] Weird results from 'tlmgr update'

[Andreas Scherer]

Dear all,

a few moments ago I experienced the following suite of output with
curious switching from 'auto-install' to 'auto-remove' and back to
'auto-install' again:

andreas at andreas-Komputer:~$ tlmgr update --all
tlmgr: package repository http://ftp.fau.de/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet
(verified)
tlmgr: saving backups to /opt/texlive/2016/tlpkg/backups
skipping forcibly removed package pstring
[ 1/12, ??:??/??:??] update: glossaries-french [195k] (35665 -> 42873)
... done
[ 2/12, 00:02/01:09] update: inconsolata [540k] (42819 -> 42871) ... done
[ 3/12, 00:05/00:45] update: lt3graph [583k] (40368 -> 42874) ... done
[ 4/12, 00:07/00:35] update: markdown [371k] (42660 -> 42868) ... done
[ 5/12, 00:10/00:39] update: old-arrows [873k] (38619 -> 42872) ... done
[ 6/12, 00:13/00:34] update: tetex [568k] (42722 -> 42865) ... done
[ 7/12, 00:17/00:36] update: texlive-docindex [223k] (42861 -> 42864)
... done
[ 8/12, 00:22/00:44] update: updmap-map [144k] (42544 -> 42865) ... done
[ 9/12, 00:23/00:44] auto-install: arimo (42870) [2910k] ... done
[10/12, 00:31/00:32] auto-install: mpostinl (42875) [323k] ... done
[11/12, 00:33/00:33] update: collection-fontsextra [2k] (42862 -> 42870)
... done
[12/12, 00:34/00:34] update: collection-latexextra [6k] (42857 -> 42875)
... done
tlmgr: package log updated: /opt/texlive/2016/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
running mktexlsr ...
done running mktexlsr.
running updmap-sys ...
done running updmap-sys.
andreas at andreas-Komputer:~$ man tlmgr
andreas at andreas-Komputer:~$ tlmgr update --all --reinstall-forcibly-removed
tlmgr: package repository
ftp://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/tex/systems/texlive/tlnet (verified)
tlmgr: saving backups to /opt/texlive/2016/tlpkg/backups
[1/3] auto-remove: arimo ... done
[2/3] auto-remove: mpostinl ... done
[3/3, ??:??/??:??] auto-install: pstring (42857) [128k] ... done
tlmgr: package log updated: /opt/texlive/2016/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
running mktexlsr ...
done running mktexlsr.
running updmap-sys ...
done running updmap-sys.
andreas at andreas-Komputer:~$ tlmgr update --all --reinstall-forcibly-removed
tlmgr: package repository
http://ftp.fernuni-hagen.de/ftp-dir/pub/mirrors/www.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet
(verified)
tlmgr: saving backups to /opt/texlive/2016/tlpkg/backups
[1/2, ??:??/??:??] auto-install: arimo (42870) [2910k] ... done
[2/2, 00:09/00:09] auto-install: mpostinl (42875) [323k] ... done
tlmgr: package log updated: /opt/texlive/2016/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
running mktexlsr ...
done running mktexlsr.
running updmap-sys ...
done running updmap-sys.
andreas at andreas-Komputer:~$ tlmgr update --all --reinstall-forcibly-removed
tlmgr: package repository
http://ctan.space-pro.be/tex-archive/systems/texlive/tlnet (verified)
tlmgr: saving backups to /opt/texlive/2016/tlpkg/backups
tlmgr: no updates available