[tex-live] Status 2 at TLUtils.pm line 473

[Norbert Preining]

Hi Don,

please write to the list, not to me in private, that
is a question for the general list. You might get
more answers there.

On 12/24/2010 12:08 PM, Don Green Dragon wrote:
> Since it has been  a while since an 'update' with tlmgr was performed, I tried the command<tlmgr update --list>  and received
>
> doncarvel:~:$ tlmgr update --list
> tlmgr: package repository http://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/CTAN/systems/texlive/tlnet
> tlmgr: saving backups to /usr/local/texlive/2010/tlpkg/backups
> autotab: local: 15878, source:<absent>  (auto-remove)

... many lines removed ...

> collection-xetex [1k]: local: 17780, source: 20821 (update)
>
> Regrettably, the above is not very clear here!  Is a real update in order?

What does it mean it is not very clear???
It states which packages are due to be auto-removed, and which packages
are due to be updated, and which packages are due to auto-installed.

If you don't know the concept, please read the documentation of
tlmgr, section on "update".

> Also issued<tlmgr check all>  and the output from that was equally amazing! What does the reply
>
> "Files present but not covered (relative to /usr/local/texlive/2010):"

It means that below the above directory there are files
present that are not listed in the texlive database
(texlive.tlpdb). Some of them are fine to not be listed,
like backups, others are just waste, or old probelms.

> # t1.cmap
> diff /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/latex/cmap/t1.cmap /usr/local/texlive/2010/texmf-dist/tex/latex/mmap/t1.cmap
> tlmgr: exiting unsuccessfully (status 1).

Ok, ignore.

> Is the above stating that something is wrong? As far as I can tell, TeXShop and company are running beautifully.

All fine, relax.

Norbert