[tex-live] tlmgr remove --force bin-bibtex removes texmf/web2c/texmf.cnf

[Norbert Preining]

On Mi, 12 Nov 2008, Martin Schröder wrote:
> remove bin-bibtex
> remove bin-bibtex.x86_64-linux
> remove bin-kpathsea
> remove bin-kpathsea.x86_64-linux
> tlmgr: actually removed these packages: bin-bibtex
> bin-bibtex.x86_64-linux bin-kpathsea bin-kpathsea.x86_64-linux
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> And hereafter the installation is completely hosed, as we have no
> texmf.cnf and tlmgr can't find itself. :-(

That is interesting, I will investigate. It is a pain. Should be
fixed....

Best wishes

Norbert

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Dr. Norbert Preining <preining at logic.at>        Vienna University of Technology
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