[tex-live] tlmgr query

Reinhard Kotucha reinhard.kotucha at web.de
Mon Jul 27 02:04:22 CEST 2009


On 27 July 2009 Rowland McDonnell wrote:

 > What's really a problem for me is understanding the automation - what
 > exactly happens when you ask tlmgr to do things?  Oh, I can manage my
 > TeX Live installation manually, using my own slightly strange setup, but
 > it would be nice to be able to use the automatic update mechanisms for
 > the TeX Live system as supplied, just so long as I could be sure it
 > wouldn't break any of my own additions.

The sole purpose of tlmgr is to break your system.  What else do you
expect? 

Regards,
  Reinhard

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