The more I research, the less I understand...

>From http://wiki.contextgarden.net/ConTeXt_Minimals :

   --- quote ---

   Updating
   For now, the main recipe to update is to run first-setup again. A
command similar to
   ctxtools --updatecontext might be provided in the future.

   --- unquote ---

If ctxtools can't be used to update the OS's ConTeXt installation and
there isn't a
corresponding one to update the minimals' ConTeXt installation, what's
its use then ?

Also...

   --- quote ---

   Author: Mojca Miklavec
   Date: 2007-12-22 00:42 +100
   To: mailing list for ConTeXt users
   Subject: Re: [NTG-context] Keeping up-to-date under TeXLive
   On Dec 21, 2007 6:22 PM, Joel C. Salomon wrote:
   > My new Ubuntu installation includes TeXLive version 2007-10. Is there
   > a way for me to keep the ConTeXt part of this up-to-date with current
   > (stable) versions?

   ctxtools --updatecontext

   --- unquote ---

Uh ???

Best,
Alan

On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:17 AM, Alan Stone
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I don't understand. Please explain...
>
> (1) >You cannot update the binaries that way (you are not supposed to :).
>
> Why can't the binaries be updated that way (why aren't we supposed to) ?
>
>
> (2) >On your own risk, you may update the binaries from minimals
> >   rsync -av \
> >   rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/bin/xetex/linux/bin/ \
> >   /path/to/bin/with/xetex
>
> Why on your own risk ?
>
>
> Thanks a lot for clearing up the mist,
> Alan
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 9:03 AM, Mojca Miklavec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> You cannot update the binaries that way (you are not supposed to :).
>>
>> On your own risk, you may update the binaries from minimals
>>    rsync -av \
>>    rsync://contextgarden.net/minimals/current/bin/xetex/linux/bin/ \
>>    /path/to/bin/with/xetex
>>
>> Mojca
>>
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