Re: Anubis challenge on texlive.info pretest mirror breaks TeX Live Utility

> On Feb 19, 2026, at 16:16 , Bruno Voisin <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> This (checking the TL year) must be specific to TLU, not tlmgr, as I'm getting no error with
> 
> sudo -H tlmgr -repository https://texlive.info/tlpretest/ <https://texlive.info/tlpretest/> update --list
> 
> Indeed, based on the math.utah.edu <http://math.utah.edu/> <http://math.utah.edu/ <http://math.utah.edu/>> log above, TLU does the year check before calling tlmgr.

Yes, it's a consistency check so I can tell the user if there's a local/remote version mismatch. The alternatives are trying to parse tlmgr's output (which can change), or just throwing up a generic "Update listing failed" alert.

No idea how tlmgr bypasses the bot checker. I suppose I'll have to learn, as the enshittification of the internet continues apace.

thanks, I guess,
Adam