[tex-live] [BUG] Upgrade-Description

[Herbert Schulz]

On Jun 28, 2014, at 6:44 PM, Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de> wrote:

> On 2014-06-28 at 20:07:08 +0200, moonkid at posteo.org wrote:
> 
>> The description how to upgrade from 2013 to 2014 is buggy.
>> 
>> There are two points missing.
>> 
>> 1.
>> It is not clear which of the command need be run as root. And in point
>> of that it doesn't respect the fact, that "user" and "root" have
>> different PATH variables. Because of that...
>> Some command/scripts doesn't work as root because the binarys (e.g.
>> kpsewhich) are not found.
>> Some command/scripts doesn't work as user.
>> 
>> 2.
>> On point 8 it is not enough description of what the commands there do.
>> What is kpsewhich? Ok, now I know. TEXMFSYSCONFIG give the wrong string
>> back. "texmf-config" doesn't work here. The "web2c" directory is under
>> "texmf-dist".
>> 
>> Please fix it. It costs me hours of work to upgrade.
> 
> What should be fixed?  You are the only one who is unable to install
> TeX Live.
> 
>> It is not clear which of the command need be run as root.
> 
> If you installed TeX Live as root it's obvious that mortal users
> aren't allowed to break the system.  What do you expect?
> 
>> What is kpsewhich?
> 
>   kpsewhich --help
>   man kpsewhich
>   info kpsewhich
>   texdoc kpsewhich
> 
> What else do you need?
> 
>> Ok, now I know.
> 
> I doubt.
> 
>> The "web2c" directory is under "texmf-dist"
> 
> Hopefully!
> 
>> TEXMFSYSCONFIG give the wrong string back. "texmf-config" doesn't
>> work here. The "web2c" directory is under "texmf-dist".
> 
> What, on earth, do you want to achieve?  TEXMFSYSCONFIG is an internal
> variable which shouldn't be touched at all.
> 
>> It costs me hours of work to upgrade.
> 
> This is what you deserve if you don't follow the instructions because
> you believe that you are smarter than everybody else.
> 
> It's a matter of fact that you are the only one world-wide who is
> unable to install TeX Live properly.
> 
> Regards,
>  Reinhard

Howdy,

Is this person really trying to update from TL2013 to TL2014 rather than just install TL2014 and then remove TL2013? From all the stuff that person is saying I suspect the former while the latter is so much easier!

Good Luck,

Herb Schulz
(herbs at wideopenwest dot com)