[tex-live] tlmgr testing

[Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard]

Manuel Pégourié-Gonnard a écrit :
> Victor Ivrii a écrit :
>> So we see two big changes: actual removal and  not installing new
>> packages into installed categories. While I understand logic beyond
>> removal (keeping copies consistent) it may be a problem for those who
>> administrate texlive for a large group of people: in my Dept there are
>> few my esteemed colleagues with a very little knowledge and very big
>> mouths who will come screaming and yelling if their favorite package
>> disappears and manual installation to texmf-local in 5 minutes will
>> not serve as excuse!
>>
> PS: good luck with you coleagues' big mouths :-)

Btw, a strategy you could use: before update, run --dry-run update to
see what is to be removed. Then --backup it. And when you heleave
complaints (or evne before, depending on your taste), manually unpack
the backup in texmf-local.

Manuel.