Re: Critical infrastructure update failing in TLU alone

> On 18 Aug 2026, at 19:53, Adam R. Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> I'm using Apple's busted webmail so I can't see all the messages, but I'd suggest trying to set PATH in Terminal to the same value TLU uses, and see if that causes update-tlmgr-latest.sh to fail in Terminal.

I think I tried that yesterday, but to be sure:

% PATH=/Library/TeX/texbin:/usr/local/bin:/System/Cryptexes/App/usr/bin:/usr/bin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/sbin

% sudo ./update-tlmgr-latest.sh
Password:
Verifying archive integrity...  100%   MD5 checksums are OK. All good.
Uncompressing TeX Live Manager Updater  100%   ./runme.sh: updating in /usr/local/texlive/2026...
./runme.sh: tlmgr version says this is TeX Live 2026,
./runme.sh: and this updater script created: Sun Aug 16 02:28:42 CEST 2026.
./runme.sh: proceeding with tlmgr update.
./runme.sh: updating /usr/local/texlive/2026/bin/universal-darwin ...
./runme.sh: /Library/TeX/texbin/tlmgr including objects: master/tlpkg/tlpobj/texlive.infra.tlpobj master/tlpkg/tlpobj/texlive.infra.universal-darwin.tlpobj
D:tlmgr version 79639 (2026-07-10 18:45:34 +0200)
D:maintree=/usr/local/texlive/2026
D:appending to package log file: /usr/local/texlive/2026/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr.log
D:appending to command log file: /usr/local/texlive/2026/texmf-var/web2c/tlmgr-commands.log
D:Setting env var HTTPS_CA_FILE to /usr/local/texlive/2026/tlpkg/installer/curl/curl-ca-bundle.crt
D:tlmgr:main: ::tldownload_server hash:: {enabled:1,errorcount:0,initcount:1,ua:LWP::UserAgent=HASH(0x78f0c77bb8)}
D:setup_programs: preferring system versions
D:program df found in path
D:program curl found in path
D:program wget not usable from path
D:(unix) trying to set up wget, default /usr/local/texlive/2026/tlpkg/installer/wget/wget.universal-darwin, arg --version
D:program lz4 not usable from path
D:(unix) trying to set up lz4, default /usr/local/texlive/2026/tlpkg/installer/lz4/lz4.universal-darwin, arg --version
D: Using shipped /usr/local/texlive/2026/tlpkg/installer/lz4/lz4.universal-darwin for lz4 (tested).
D:program gzip found in path
D:program xz not usable from path
D:(unix) trying to set up xz, default /usr/local/texlive/2026/tlpkg/installer/xz/xz.universal-darwin, arg --version
D: Using shipped /usr/local/texlive/2026/tlpkg/installer/xz/xz.universal-darwin for xz (tested).
./runme.sh: done.

So the problem is only when TLU runs update-tlmgr-latest.sh.

Bruno