tlmgr news

tlmgr is the package and configuration manager included in native TeX Live. This page gives a high-level summary of changes. Running tlmgr --version will report the version number that you have.

tlmgr revision 28216 (released 09nov12):

• menu shortcuts are installed unconditionally, the desktop_integration option only controls shortcuts on the desktop (W32)
• fix --self updates on W32 when multiple remote repositories are used

tlmgr revision 27748 (released 25oct12):

• support tlmgr repository list ... for listing of any repository
• work around Cygwin Perl returning undef from an empty file

tlmgr revision 27601 (released 07sep12):

• allow for spaces in the repository path (again)
• make tlmgr --help more robust against broken perldoc

tlmgr revision 27413 (released 16aug12):

• fix Perl syntax warning in trans.pl
• tar -m in Windows update to avoid spurious problems

tlmgr revision 27258 (released 30jul12):

• more fixes to updmap multi-tree support for TEXMFLOCAL

tlmgr revision 27170 (released 26jul12):

• consistently use ll_RR in .po file naming, per general gettext convention.
• make sure that an outdated updmap.cfg file is backed up and removed

tlmgr revision 26857 (released 8jul12, TeX Live 2012):

• generate updmap is no more, since updmap.cfg is now per-tree.
• multiple repository support
• tlmgr can now install a package from a file
• support addKanjiMap execute

tlmgr revision 23514 (released 12aug11):

• dependent formats are regenerated when necessary.
• on Windows only, do not update time stamps when unpacking, to partially avoid spurious errors.
• detect mipsel and mipsel64 platforms.

tlmgr revision 23117 (released 23jun11, TeX Live 2011):

• support gui-lang in tlmgr config file, and add GUI interface for it.

tlmgr revision 20975 (released 24jan11):

• fix usage of persistent connections in tlmgr.
• override locale settings when using wget as a subprocess.

tlmgr revision 20243 (released 1nov10):

• try (again) not to load the remote tlpdb if tlmgr update is called without arguments.
• fix bugs in autobackup/backupdir handling; unify error messages; on clean, also remove package backups for packages no longer present in tlpdb.
• support keyword searching as provided by the beta CTAN characterizations at http://az.ctan.org/ (no Internet access needed for the search, though). tlmgr documentation has details. Support is also present in tlmgrgui.

tlmgr revision 19923 (released 28sep10):

• add -R to the LESS environment variable, and unset LESSOPEN and LESSPIPE, before calling pod2usage.

tlmgr revision 19414 (TeX Live 2010 release):

• implement download selection mode in the file TEXMFCONFIG/tlmgr/config, option persistent-downloads, with value 0 or 1.
• remove support for old GUI (tlmgr gui-old).

tlmgr revision 17811 (released 25apr10):

• GUI: provide simple and expert modes (Expert options).
• GUI: provide access to the manual (tlmgr help) in Help menu.
• GUI: add support for restore action.
• GUI: add support for these command line options: --no-auto-install, --no-auto-remove (under Menu->Options), and --reinstall-forcibly-removed (just below the button “Update all installed”).
• tlmgr restore --all: restore the latest, using all available backups.
• bug fix: do not auto-install packages contained in forcibly removed collections.

tlmgr revision 17611 (released 30mar10):
Support automatic installation of new collections (when they are included in the selected scheme).

tlmgr revision 17455 (released 19mar10):

• persistent HTTP connections enabled by default (use --no-persistent-downloads to turn off).
• package update algorithm changed to avoid incorrect “forcibly removed” inferences. Should be invisible.
• report of the number of pending updates in tlmgr gui.

For all other information, see the main tlmgr page.