[tex-live] An interesting variant on the FC-Cache problem

[Philip TAYLOR (Ret'd)]

Installing from a local mirror, the end-of-installation
routine provoked some rather different messages :

> Installing: zwgetfdate
> Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at D:\TeX\Live\2008\Install-TL
> \install-tl line 489, <TMP> line 113954.
> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at D:\TeX\Live\2008\In
> stall-TL\install-tl line 490, <TMP> line 113954.
> Use of uninitialized value in substitution (s///) at D:\TeX\Live\2008\Install-TL
> \install-tl line 496, <TMP> line 113954.
> Use of uninitialized value in concatenation (.) or string at D:\TeX\Live\2008\In
> stall-TL\install-tl line 497, <TMP> line 113954.
> running post install action for bin-texdoc
> running post install action for bin-texlive
> running post install action for bin-tlpsv.win32
> running post install action for texlive-cz
> running post install action for texlive-de
> running post install action for texlive-en
> running post install action for texlive-fr
> running post install action for texlive-pl
> running post install action for texlive-ru
> running post install action for texlive-zh-cn
> running post install action for texlive.infra
> running post install action for xetex
> 27 File(s) copied
> 1 File(s) copied
> Running f-cache -v -r
> running mktexlsr D:/TeX/Live/2008/texmf-dist D:/TeX/Live/2008/texmf
> Cannot open D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-config/ls-R to write.
> mktexlsr: Updating D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-var/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updated D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-var/ls-R.
> mktexlsr: Updating D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updated D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf/ls-R.
> mktexlsr: Updating D:/TeX/Live/2007/../texmf-local/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updated D:/TeX/Live/2007/../texmf-local/ls-R.
> mktexlsr: Updating D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-dist/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updated D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-dist/ls-R.
> mktexlsr: Done.
> writing fmtutil.cnf data to D:/TeX/Live/2008/texmf-var/web2c/fmtutil.cnf
> writing updmap.cfg to D:/TeX/Live/2008/texmf-var/web2c/updmap.cfg
> writing language.dat data to D:/TeX/Live/2008/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/langu
> age.dat
> writing language.def data to D:/TeX/Live/2008/texmf-var/tex/generic/config/langu
> age.def
> running mktexlsr D:/TeX/Live/2008/texmf-var
> Cannot open D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-config/ls-R to write.
> mktexlsr: Updating D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-var/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updated D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-var/ls-R.
> mktexlsr: Updating D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updated D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf/ls-R.
> mktexlsr: Updating D:/TeX/Live/2007/../texmf-local/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updated D:/TeX/Live/2007/../texmf-local/ls-R.
> mktexlsr: Updating D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-dist/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updated D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-dist/ls-R.
> mktexlsr: Done.
> running updmap-sys... done
> re-running mktexlsr D:/TeX/Live/2008/texmf-var
> Cannot open D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-config/ls-R to write.
> mktexlsr: Updating D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-var/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updated D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-var/ls-R.
> mktexlsr: Updating D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updated D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf/ls-R.
> mktexlsr: Updating D:/TeX/Live/2007/../texmf-local/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updated D:/TeX/Live/2007/../texmf-local/ls-R.
> mktexlsr: Updating D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-dist/ls-R...
> mktexlsr: Updated D:/TeX/Live/2007/texmf-dist/ls-R.
> mktexlsr: Done.
> pre-generating all format files (fmtutil-sys --all), be patient...done
> D:\TeX\Live\2008\Install-TL\install-tl: done.
> Press any key to continue . . .

** Phil.