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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCEMENT] texlive-collection-* 20160404-1 (TEST)
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On 4/12/2016 2:21 PM, Ken Brown wrote:
> Cygwin's TeX Live 2015 collections have been updated to the latest
> upstream release as test releases.
>
> TeX Live provides a comprehensive, cross-platform TeX system.  It
> includes all the major TeX-related programs, macro packages, and fonts
> that are free software, including support for many languages around the
> world.  For more information, see
>
>    http://www.tug.org/texlive/
>
> This test release includes the tlmgr (TeX Live Manager) utility.  tlmgr
> allows a user to manage a TeX Live installation, both packages[1] and
> configuration options.
>
> tlmgr operates in two modes: system mode (the default) and user mode.
> Some of the actions operate on the system directories and are not
> available in user mode.  But installing/removing/updating packages is
> allowed in user mode, with everything taking place in the user's home
> directory.
>
> I have restricted tlmgr so that certain system-mode actions that would
> interfere with Cygwin’s package manager (setup-*.exe) are disabled.  You
> can see the currently enabled actions in /etc/texmf/tlmgr/config.  I
> have tried to be conservative in this initial test release and have
> enabled only those actions that I’m fairly sure are safe[2].  I may
> enable more actions in the future.
>
> Please test this release and report back.  Here are some things you can
> try:
>
> 1. tlmgr help
>
> 2. tlmgr paper
>
> [This will show you the current default paper size for the TeX Live
> programs.]
>
> 3. tlmgr paper letter
>
> [This sets the default paper size to "letter" size.  It writes to
> various system directories, so you must run it as a user with write
> access to those directories, typically an administrator.]
>
> 4. tlmgr init-usertree
>
> [This initializes the directory ~/.local/share/texmf so that you can
> perform various user mode actions.]
>
> 5. tlmgr --usermode option showall
>
> 6. tlmgr --usermode option autobackup 1
>
> 7. tlmgr --usermode option backupdir ~/.local/share/texmf/tlpkg/backups
>
> [If the specified directory doesn’t exist, you’ll get a message telling
> you to create it.]
>
> 8. tlmgr info | grep -v '^i '
>
> [This gives you a list of all upstream packages that are not installed
> on your system.]
>
> 9. tlmgr --usermode install noto
>
> [noto can be replaced by any other upstream package.]
>
> Ken Brown
> Cygwin's TeX Live maintainer
>
> [1] "Package" here is used in the sense of upstream TeX Live.  There are
> about 3000 packages, which are organized into "collections".  Cygwin
> only ships complete collections.  For example, the noto package is part
> of the fontsextra collection.  Up to now, there has been no supported
> way for a Cygwin user to install the noto package without installing the
> entire fontsextra collection.
>
> [2] "Safe" means that they won’t mess up your TeX Live installation.

No regressions have been reported, so I have promoted these releases 
from "test" to "current".

Ken


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