Re: tlmgr deleted texlive-scripts

Pablo González L <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.tex.live
Message-ID <CANeU4n-z+CprrYexMeDDW0hfUNa+AnaZ1PQFnFPT4GE+CyB3ew@mail.gmail.com> 
On Windows I have Git-bash and on it I have:

pablg@RayzenTeX MINGW64 ~
$ patch --version
GNU patch 2.7.6
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Copyright (C) 1988 Larry Wall

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This is free software: you are free to change and redistribute it.
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So if you give me a kid-proof line, I can use it :D

El lun, 3 nov 2025 a las 19:00, Norbert Preining
(<[email protected]>) escribió:
>
> Thanks, yes I got a hint I will follow:
> > tlmgr.pl: Error message from unpack: don't know how to unpack
>
> That is surprising ...
>
> Do you know how to use "patch"? If yes, later on I will send a patch for testing and debugging.
>
> Thanks for all your testing, greatly appreciated
>
> --
> DI Dr Norbert Preining                        https://www.preining.info
> arXiv / Cornell University   +   IFMGA Guide   +   TU Wien  +  TeX Live
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>
> Nov 3, 2025 22:39:53 Pablo González L <[email protected]>:
>
> > Reproduce the problem with `tlmgr option autobackup 0`. I first restored
> > to the previous version and then deleted the copy and disable backup.
> >
> > ########################################################################
> > C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups>tlmgr restore texlive-scripts 76705
> > Do you really want to restore texlive-scripts to revision 76705 (y/N): y
> > Restoring texlive-scripts, 76705 from
> > C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/backups/texlive-scripts.r76705.tar.xz
> > running mktexlsr ...
> > done running mktexlsr.
> > running updmap-sys ...
> > done running updmap-sys.
> > tlmgr.pl: package log updated: C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
> > tlmgr.pl: command log updated:
> > C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr-commands.log
> >
> >
> > C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups>dir
> > El volumen de la unidad C es driveC
> > El número de serie del volumen es: DA38-3A48
> >
> > Directorio de C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups
> >
> > 03-11-2025  18:23    <DIR>          .
> > 03-11-2025  18:18    <DIR>          ..
> >                0 archivos              0 bytes
> >                2 dirs  77.071.872.000 bytes libres
> >
> > C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups>tlmgr option autobackup 0
> > tlmgr.pl: setting option autobackup to 0.
> > tlmgr.pl: updating C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
> >
> > Now the plan is to upgrade `texlive-scripts` and have the download
> > _fail_ to test what happens to the directories and files:
> >
> > ########################################################################
> > C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups>tlmgr update --self --all -v
> > D:tlmgr version 75204 (2025-05-13 23:48:24 +0200)
> > D:maintree=C:/texlive/2025
> > D:appending to package log file: C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
> > D:appending to command log file:
> > C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr-commands.log
> > D:Setting env var HTTPS_CA_FILE to
> > C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt
> > D:tlmgr.pl:main: ::tldownload_server hash::
> > {enabled:1,errorcount:0,initcount:1,ua:LWP::UserAgent=HASH(0x22a48c3bbe8)}
> > D:setup_programs: preferring system versions
> > D:(w32) trying to set up tar, default
> > C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/tar.exe, arg --version
> > D:Using shipped C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/tar.exe for tar (tested).
> > D:program curl found in path
> > D:program wget not usable from path
> > D:(w32) trying to set up wget, default
> > C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/wget/wget.exe, arg --version
> > D:Using shipped C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/wget/wget.exe for wget (tested).
> > D:TLUtils::setup_programs: checking for ssl enabled wget
> > D:TLUtils::setup_programs: wget has ssl, final wget args:
> > --no-check-certificate --user-agent=texlive/wget --tries=4
> > --timeout=30 -q -O
> > D:program lz4 not usable from path
> > D:(w32) trying to set up lz4, default
> > C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/lz4/lz4.exe, arg --version
> > D:Using shipped C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/lz4/lz4.exe for lz4 (tested).
> > D:program gzip found in path
> > D:program xz not usable from path
> > D:(w32) trying to set up xz, default
> > C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/xz/xz.exe, arg --version
> > D:Using shipped C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/xz/xz.exe for xz (tested).
> > D:Using checksum method digest::sha
> > D:Testing for gpg in gpg
> > D:Testing for gpg in gpg2
> > D:Testing for gpg in C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/installer/gpg/gpg.exe
> > D:tlmgr.pl: No gpg found, verification implicitly requested,
> > continuing without verification
> > D:persistent connection set up, trying to get
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
> > (for C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\QG0SNgYz5O)
> > D:TLDownload::get_file: response error: 501 Protocol scheme 'https' is
> > not supported (LWP::Protocol::https not installed) (for
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512)
> > D:TLUtils::download_file: persistent connection ok, but download
> > failed: https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
> > D:TLUtils::download_file: retrying with other downloaders.
> > D:TLUtils::_download_file_program: curl
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
> > C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\QG0SNgYz5O
> > D:downloading https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
> > using curl --user-agent texlive/curl --retry 4 --retry-delay 4
> > --connect-timeout 30 --fail --location --silent --output
> > D:download of https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
> > succeeded
> > D:TLUtils::download_file: downloading using curl succeeded
> > D:gpg prog not defined, no checking of signatures
> > D:verify_checksum: returning -3 and no gpg available
> > D:C:\texlive\2025\texmf-dist\scripts\texlive\tlmgr.pl: TLPDB: no gpg
> > available, continuing anyway!
> > D:TLPDB.pm: trying to initialize from
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb
> > D:trying to download
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
> > to C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\o1VJOra7LL
> > D:persistent connection set up, trying to get
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
> > (for C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\o1VJOra7LL)
> > D:TLDownload::get_file: response error: 501 Protocol scheme 'https' is
> > not supported (LWP::Protocol::https not installed) (for
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz)
> > D:TLUtils::download_file: persistent connection ok, but download
> > failed: https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
> > D:TLUtils::download_file: retrying with other downloaders.
> > D:TLUtils::_download_file_program: curl
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
> > C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\o1VJOra7LL
> > D:downloading https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
> > using curl --user-agent texlive/curl --retry 4 --retry-delay 4
> > --connect-timeout 30 --fail --location --silent --output
> > D:download of https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.xz
> > succeeded
> > D:TLUtils::download_file: downloading using curl succeeded
> > D:decompressing
> > C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\o1VJOra7LL to
> > C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\MMEiGlmCpx
> > D:TLUtils::system_pipe: calling
> > C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\installer\xz\xz.exe -dcf <
> > "C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\o1VJOra7LL" >
> > "C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\MMEiGlmCpx"
> > D:TLUtils::system_pipe: removing
> > C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\o1VJOra7LL
> > D:found the uncompressed xz file
> > D:persistent connection set up, trying to get
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
> > (for C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\4l9M1qEjxC)
> > D:TLDownload::get_file: response error: 501 Protocol scheme 'https' is
> > not supported (LWP::Protocol::https not installed) (for
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512)
> > D:TLUtils::download_file: persistent connection ok, but download
> > failed: https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
> > D:TLUtils::download_file: retrying with other downloaders.
> > D:TLUtils::_download_file_program: curl
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
> > C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\4l9M1qEjxC
> > D:downloading https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
> > using curl --user-agent texlive/curl --retry 4 --retry-delay 4
> > --connect-timeout 30 --fail --location --silent --output
> > D:download of https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512
> > succeeded
> > D:TLUtils::download_file: downloading using curl succeeded
> > D:gpg prog not defined, no checking of signatures
> > D:verify_checksum: returning -3 and no gpg available
> > D:C:\texlive\2025\texmf-dist\scripts\texlive\tlmgr.pl: TLPDB: no gpg
> > available, continuing anyway!
> > D:texlive-scripts remote revision 76736, texlive-scripts local revision 76705
> > D:tlmgr:setup_one_remote_tlpdb: writing out remote tlpdb to
> > C:/texlive/2025/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.main.602f87c2c45bb0a25d888908b9120b34
> > tlmgr.pl: package repository
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet (not verified: gpg
> > unavailable)
> > tlmgr.pl: no self-updates for tlmgr available
> > D:tlmgr.pl: new pkgs:
> > D:tlmgr.pl: deleted :
> > D:tlmgr.pl: forced  :
> > D:texlive-scripts upd package
> > [1/1, ??:??/??:??] update: texlive-scripts [557k] (76705 -> 76736) ...
> > D:tlchecksum(C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\UI5nrdpEom/__BACKUP_texlive-scripts.r76705.tar):
> > ===d06167395bf69dde1138593cfd9720405678af7f4115f9548dacc52c41214614958e6dc8ed02d2de00aafbba94c07f47f46f3225893f56c8baa4a4d7e6f3789b===
> > D: done __BACKUP_texlive-scripts.r76705.tar, size 3000320, csum
> > d06167395bf69dde1138593cfd9720405678af7f4115f9548dacc52c41214614958e6dc8ed02d2de00aafbba94c07f47f46f3225893f56c8baa4a4d7e6f3789b
> > D:announce_execute_actions: given disable (for texlive-scripts)
> > D: TLPDB::remove_package: running remove postinstall
> > D:running postaction=remove for texlive-scripts
> > D:TLPDB::_install_data:
> > what=https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz,
> > target=C:/texlive/2025, size=115040,
> > checksum=eccec385e7274c2226a65d02d80ff2c4fb50c73ac9c59ca6c184d868181df080063890a1d60aceef27072f99f785a51feeeb1eca773010236e54a5a46f274ae9,
> > tmpdir=C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\Yy1i91Ahh8
> > D:persistent connection set up, trying to get
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
> > (for C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\Yy1i91Ahh8/texlive-scripts.tar.xz)
> > D:TLDownload::get_file: response error: 501 Protocol scheme 'https' is
> > not supported (LWP::Protocol::https not installed) (for
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz)
> > D:TLUtils::download_file: persistent connection ok, but download
> > failed: https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
> > D:TLUtils::download_file: retrying with other downloaders.
> > D:TLUtils::_download_file_program: curl
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
> > C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\Yy1i91Ahh8\texlive-scripts.tar.xz
> > D:downloading https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
> > using curl --user-agent texlive/curl --retry 4 --retry-delay 4
> > --connect-timeout 30 --fail --location --silent --output
> > D:TLUtils::_download_file_program: wget
> > https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
> > C:\Users\pablg\AppData\Local\Temp\PERfqEcfkq\Yy1i91Ahh8\texlive-scripts.tar.xz
> > D:downloading https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
> > using C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\installer\wget\wget.exe
> > --no-check-certificate --user-agent=texlive/wget --tries=4
> > --timeout=30 -q -O
> > D:TLUtils::download_file: tried to download using lwp curl wget, none succeeded
> > TLPDB::_install_data: downloading did not succeed (download_file
> > failed) for https://ctan.dcc.uchile.cl/systems/texlive/tlnet/archive/texlive-scripts.tar.xz
> > tlmgr.pl: Installation of new version of texlive-scripts failed,
> > trying to unwind.
> > tlmgr.pl: Restoring of old package did NOT succeed.
> > tlmgr.pl: Error message from unpack: don't know how to unpack
> > tlmgr.pl: Most likely repair: run tlmgr install texlive-scripts and hope.
> > done
> > tlmgr.pl: action update returned an error; continuing.
> > D:starting handle_execute_actions
> > running mktexlsr ...
> > done running mktexlsr.
> > running updmap-sys ...
> >
> > tlmgr.pl: updmap-sys failed (status 1), output:
> > C:\texlive\2025\bin\windows\runscript.tlu:953:
> > C:\texlive\2025\bin\windows\runscript.tlu:876: no appropriate script
> > or program found: updmap
> > D:finished handle_execute_actions, errors=2
> > tlmgr.pl: package log updated: C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
> > tlmgr.pl: command log updated:
> > C:/texlive/2025/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr-commands.log
> > tlmgr.pl: An error has occurred. See above messages. Exiting.
> > ########################################################################
> >
> > Now see dirs:
> >
> > ########################################################################
> > C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups>dir
> > El volumen de la unidad C es driveC
> > El número de serie del volumen es: DA38-3A48
> >
> > Directorio de C:\texlive\2025\tlpkg\backups
> >
> > 03-11-2025  18:23    <DIR>          .
> > 03-11-2025  18:31    <DIR>          ..
> >                0 archivos              0 bytes
> >                2 dirs  77.030.993.920 bytes libres
> >
> > C:\texlive\2025\texmf-dist\scripts\texlive>dir
> > El volumen de la unidad C es driveC
> > El número de serie del volumen es: DA38-3A48
> >
> > Directorio de C:\texlive\2025\texmf-dist\scripts\texlive
> >
> > 03-11-2025  18:31    <DIR>          .
> > 14-10-2025  22:14    <DIR>          ..
> > 14-10-2025  21:41             8.225 mktexlsr
> > 14-10-2025  21:41            20.068 NEWS
> > 14-10-2025  21:41               134 tl-errmess.ps1
> > 14-10-2025  21:41           361.470 tlmgr.pl
> > 14-10-2025  21:41            91.330 tlmgrgui.pl
> > 14-10-2025  21:41             2.410 uninstall-windows.pl
> > 14-10-2025  21:41               287 uninstq.ps1
> >                7 archivos        483.924 bytes
> >                2 dirs  77.021.016.064 bytes libres
> > ########################################################################
> >
> > I hope this helps.
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