[tex-live] Error with TL-2009 pre

[Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard]

Sridhar M.A. a écrit :
> I wanted to try the TL2009 pre and downloaded the install-tl. When I try
> running the script, it is quitting with the following message:
> [...]
> unusable location http://mirror.lums.edu.pk/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb, could not load any packages

Since the pre-release test doens't use the normal CTAN mirrors network, you have
to provide a location explicitly by using the -location option with a location
selected from http://tug.org/texlive/mirmon/

> As mentioned on the webpage, I am just filing this error message for
> your reference and fix.
> 
Thanks,
Manuel.