Re: Does tlmgr on FreeBSD support the "update --self" option?

In reply to: tim.katz@yahoo.com: "Does tlmgr on FreeBSD support the "update --self" option?"
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From: Moin Rahman <bofh_at_freebsd.org>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2023 12:01:54 UTC


> On Jul 19, 2023, at 3:30 AM, tim.katz@yahoo.com wrote:
> 
> Hi Tex Team,
> 
> I'm trying to update the packages installed by TexLive, but the tlmgr needs to be updated first.
> 
> When I try to update it via the tlmgr command, an error appears whenever it tries to extract the tar file to overwrite existing files.  A sample error appears below:
> 
> "tlpkg/TeXLive/trans.pl: Cannot extract through symlink tlpkg/TeXLive/trans.pl: File exists"
> 
> Is this option to update tlmgr via the built-in update command not supported by the FreeBSD port?  If not, I assume I will need to wait until the ported application is updated in the repository before I can update my installed Tex packages.
> 
> Thanks,
> Tim
> 

No it does not. Doing that will break the pkg/ports system. As the installed pkg/ports will indicate different file checksum.

Kind regards,
Moin