On Mo, 19 Mai 2008, Hans Hagen wrote:
> >system: TEXMFDIST TEXMFMAIN TEXMFLOCAL TEXMFSYSCONFIG TEXMFSYSVAR
>
> i suppose that this is the order in $TEXMF in tex live then
No no no, that was the order in which the stuff came to my mind!!!
> just wondering ... how is a system wide update taking place (since local
> comes last) ... is the policy now "wipe out and install anew), if so,
> why still local?
update in TeX Live will happen simply by removing a sub-package and
re-adding it, so the files will go normally to TEXMFDIST. But that
depends on what is in the package.
I don't understand with "wipe out and install anew"!? Yes, up to TL2007
every installation was practically a new one.
With 2008 we will have the ability to install updated package and also
other packages over the net into an already present installation.
For you and Taco it might be interesting that if you want you can even
set up some local repository and tell people to do:
tlmgr -location www.pragme-ade.nl/context-tl update
which will update the context package as shipped with TL to the one
shipped from your server.
Best wishes
Norbert
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