[tex-live] tlmgr --self

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2009/7/30 Uwe Siart <uwe.siart at tum.de>:
> Norbert Preining <preining at logic.at> writes:
>> I still see the value of
>>       --no-auto-install
>> but people should be aware that this means that packages not being
>> auto-installed will be considered as forcibly removed.
>>
>> If you agree with that behaviour, I can implement it.
>
> With the background of your explanations above I agree. But then I also
> see the need for an option to tell tlmgr to install all removed
> packages. Without it would be tedious to obtain a full installation
> again after a few months of '--no-auto-install' (if such option already
> exists I have overlooked it).

No, there isn't such '--no-auto-install' option yet. It can always be
achieved manually (although not as conveniently) by forcibly removing
the auto-installed packages.

As for installing the removed packages and/or removing orphan packages
(left due to --no-remove) we could add, say --sync switch, for
synchronization with the remote repository, e.g.:

  tlmgr update --sync collection-foo package-bar
  tlmgr update --sync --all

to synchronize the selected collections/packages and the enitire
installation, respectively. However, I worry a bit that the update
subroutine will soon turn into full blown "package calculator" that
nobody will understand. Norbert, perhaps we should discuss that off
the list in more detail.

Cheers,

Tomek