Re: Critical infrastructure update failing in TLU alone

> On 19 Aug 2026, at 15:34, Adam R. Maxwell <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Try setting this in Terminal. It should log the child task environment so we can see what PATH is.
> 
> defaults write com.googlecode.mactlmgr.tlmgr_cwrapper LogEnvironment 1

This doesn't seem to have any effect (I checked ~/Library/Preferences/com.googlecode.mactlmgr.tlmgr_cwrapper.plist included the new value): restarting TLU and asking for an infrastructure update, I think the log output (below) is exactly the same as before, no env info there.

Bruno


2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMMainWindowController updateInfrastructure:][1558]	Beginning user-requested infrastructure update…
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMMainWindowController _isCorrectDatabaseVersionAtURL:][1558]	Checking database version in case preferences have been changed…
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMMainWindowController _updateAllPackagesFromRepository:][1558]	Beginning infrastructure update from https://ctan.ceremade.dauphine.fr/systems/texlive/tlnet/
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation _synchronouslyDownloadURL:toPath:][1558]	Downloading URL: https://ctan.ceremade.dauphine.fr/systems/texlive/tlnet/update-tlmgr-latest.sh
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation download:willSendRequest:redirectResponse:][1558]	Download redirected to https://ctan.ceremade.dauphine.fr/systems/texlive/tlnet/update-tlmgr-latest.sh, expecting 0 bytes.
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation download:didReceiveResponse:][1558]	Will download 8785885 bytes…
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation download:didReceiveDataOfLength:][1558]	Received 21% of 8785885 bytes…
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation download:didReceiveDataOfLength:][1558]	Received 41% of 8785885 bytes…
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation download:didReceiveDataOfLength:][1558]	Received 62% of 8785885 bytes…
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation download:didReceiveDataOfLength:][1558]	Received 82% of 8785885 bytes…
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation downloadDidFinish:][1558]	Download of 8785885 bytes complete
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation _downloadUpdateScript][1558]	First line of downloaded file is: "#!/bin/sh"…good!
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation _synchronouslyDownloadURL:toPath:][1558]	Downloading URL: https://ctan.ceremade.dauphine.fr/systems/texlive/tlnet/update-tlmgr-latest.sh.sha512
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation download:willSendRequest:redirectResponse:][1558]	Download redirected to https://ctan.ceremade.dauphine.fr/systems/texlive/tlnet/update-tlmgr-latest.sh.sha512, expecting 0 bytes.
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation download:didReceiveResponse:][1558]	Will download 153 bytes…
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation download:didReceiveDataOfLength:][1558]	Received 100% of 153 bytes…
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation downloadDidFinish:][1558]	Download of 153 bytes complete
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation _compare512][1558]	SHA512 signature looks okay
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation main][1558]	Checking code signature before running tlu_ipctask as root…
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice /usr/bin/codesign[1558]	/Applications/TeX/TeX Live Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/tlu_ipctask: valid on disk
/Applications/TeX/TeX Live Utility.app/Contents/MacOS/tlu_ipctask: satisfies its Designated Requirement
2026-08-19 14:15:25 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation main][1558]	Signature was valid, okay to run tlu_ipctask
2026-08-19 14:15:36 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation main][1558]	Invoking privileged task via AuthorizationExecuteWithPrivileges
2026-08-19 14:15:36 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[1879]	dropped privileges to user nobody
2026-08-19 14:15:37 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation setWrapperPID:][1558]	tlu_ipctask checking in:  tlu_ipctask pid = 1879
2026-08-19 14:15:38 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation setUnderlyingPID:][1558]	tlu_ipctask checking in: pid = 1880 (/var/folders/jk/khszwygs023gr2sdrkk02w100000gn/T/TLMInfraUpdateOperation.GfymcF/update-tlmgr-latest.sh --nox11 -- --debug)
2026-08-19 14:15:38 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[1879]	tlu_ipctask: child HOME = '/var/root'
2026-08-19 14:15:38 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[1879]	tlu_ipctask: current HOME = '/var/empty'
2026-08-19 14:15:38 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[1879]	Verifying archive integrity... All good.
2026-08-19 14:15:38 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[1879]	Uncompressing TeX Live Manager Updater
2026-08-19 14:15:38 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[1879]	0%    47%    95%  100%   MD5 checksums are OK.     0%    47%    95%  100%  ./runme.sh: line 15: kpsewhich: command not found
2026-08-19 14:15:38 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[1879]	./runme.sh: Cannot find TeX Live root using kpsewhich --var-value=SELFAUTOPARENT.
2026-08-19 14:15:38 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[1879]	./runme.sh: (no tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb and/or tlpkg/tlpobj/.)
2026-08-19 14:15:38 +0000 Warning tlu_ipctask[1879]	./runme.sh: Please set your PATH as needed, otherwise it's hopeless.
2026-08-19 14:15:38 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation _runUntilChildExit][1558]	kqueue noted that pid 1880 exited (/var/folders/jk/khszwygs023gr2sdrkk02w100000gn/T/TLMInfraUpdateOperation.GfymcF/update-tlmgr-latest.sh --nox11 -- --debug)
2026-08-19 14:15:38 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[1879]	child process pid = 1880 exited
2026-08-19 14:15:39 +0000 Notice tlu_ipctask[1879]	exit status of pid = 1880 was 1
2026-08-19 14:15:39 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation _runUntilChildExit][1558]	exit status of pid = 1879 was 1
2026-08-19 14:15:39 +0000 Notice -[TLMAuthorizedOperation _runUntilChildExit][1558]	kqueue noted that tlu_ipctask (pid = 1879) exited with status 1
2026-08-19 14:15:39 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation main][1558]	Removed temp directory "/var/folders/jk/khszwygs023gr2sdrkk02w100000gn/T/TLMInfraUpdateOperation.GfymcF"