[tex-live] Update all installed failed
Philip Taylor (Webmaster, Ret'd)
P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk
Sat Nov 13 12:01:49 CET 2010
Guten Morgen, Norbert --
Norbert Preining wrote:
>> I have now performed two consecutive "Update all installed".
> Why two? Was there something to be updated?
Because the first one appeared only to update TeX Live Infra.
>>> Installation of new version of kpathsea.win32 did fail, trying to unwind.
>
> Strange. But it seems unwinding was successful.
But was it ? If so, why could PdfLaTeX not find F=file `l3fp.sty' ?
> crystal ball, please?
In the hexxing cupboard, along with the floo powder;
you may have to move the Quidditch sticks out of
the way to see it.
> Is your installation from ancient times?
I am 63; what do you expect ? (Or "yes", in more direct speech).
>>> D:unpacking E:\TeX\Live\2010\temp\texlive-scripts.win32.tar in E:\TeX\Live\2010
>>> untar: untarring E:\TeX\Live\2010\temp\texlive-scripts.win32.tar failed (in E:\TeX\Live\2010)
>
> That is really strange.
>
> I can *ONLY* guess that something with the permissions below
> e:\texlive\2010
> on your computer is completely hosed.
>
> If the un-xzing *did* succeed (as we have seen) the un-tar *should* succeed
> because the tar file for sure is fine.
>
> And if the un-tarring failed then something *very* strange on your computer
> is going on.
>
> Did you play around with file/dir permissions, or whatever else?
A B S O L U T E L Y N O T : and I am logged in as Administrator.
** Phil.
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