[texhax] [tex-live] tl09 release status: coming up

[Philip TAYLOR]

Norbert Preining wrote:

 > BTW, what is that -local . an argument for? It is AFAIR not an argument
 > that is supported by the installer.

I cannot be sure that there was never a time when
I typed "local" as a Freudian slip for "location",
but I have just repeated the test (manifest file
deleted, echo on) with this incantation :

 > H:\TeX\Live\2009\Mirror>Install-TL -location . -gui perltk

and the results are as before :

 > H:\TeX\Live\2009\Mirror>rem Start installer
 >
 > H:\TeX\Live\2009\Mirror>path
 > PATH=H:\TeX\Live\2009\Mirror\tlpkg\tlperl\bin;E:\Layered 
products\ActiveState\PE
 > RL\site\bin;E:\Layered 
products\ActiveState\PERL\bin;K:\WINXPPRO\system32;K:\WIN
 > XPPRO;K:\WINXPPRO\System32\Wbem;E:\Layered 
products\Sonic\MyDVD;K:\PROGRA~1\COMM
 > ON~1\SONICS~1\;E:\Layered products\Synametrics Technologies\DeltaCopy
 >
 > H:\TeX\Live\2009\Mirror>perl "H:\TeX\Live\2009\Mirror\install-tl" 
-location . -g
 > ui perltk
 > Can't load 
'H:\TeX\Live\2009\Mirror\tlpkg\tlperl\lib/auto/Win32/API/API.dll' for
 >  module Win32::API: load_file:Access is denied at 
H:\TeX\Live\2009\Mirror\tlpkg\
 > tlperl\lib/DynaLoader.pm line 230.
 >  at H:/TeX/Live/2009/Mirror/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLWinGoo.pm line 130
 > Compilation failed in require at 
H:/TeX/Live/2009/Mirror/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLWinGoo.
 > pm line 130.
 > BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at 
H:/TeX/Live/2009/Mirror/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLWin
 > Goo.pm line 141.
 > Compilation failed in require at H:\TeX\Live\2009\Mirror\install-tl 
line 62.
 >
 > H:\TeX\Live\2009\Mirror>pause

** Phil.