[tex-live] minor problems with install-tl

Norbert Preining preining at logic.at
Wed Oct 29 22:29:31 CET 2008


Hi Werner,

On Di, 28 Okt 2008, Norbert Preining wrote:
> Yes, probably. So what you want is that if you ask 
> 	install-tl -gui
> and the gui cannot be loaded, then
> 	1) give a warning message that we drop into text mode
> 	2) then start loading the tlpdb

Can you try the current install-tl from the svn repository (or should I
send it?)? I have moved the perl-tk check before the tlpdb loading, and
wait for 3sec if it switches from GUI to Text mode ...

Best wishes

Norbert

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