[tex-live] tlmgr update --self

[Joseph Wright]

On 06/06/2011 13:09, Arno Trautmann wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> I'm wondering wether it is possible to avoid the need to explicitely
> call update --self when there are tlmgr updates available. I've seen
> some people that are confused if tlmgr update --all does not do what
> they expect, and are too confused to read the message to use the --self
> command …
> Also, for an advanced user, it is a bit annoying to have to call --all
> to be told to use --self, and then use --all again.
> 
> So is it possible to just let tlmgr update itself, if possible, and then
> update every thing else, in only one step? If so, the pretest-phase
> would be perfect to test this. Or, if not, what are the reasons (I guess
> there are good ones) to explicitely ask the user to use --self?
> 
> cheers
> Arno
> 

You can do

  tlmgr update --self --all --reinstall-forcibly-removed

so it's not exactly too hard.
-- 
Joseph Wright