Definitely a show stopper and and seems that more and more of those bugs stay open then are closed because this specific user base find workarounds. Then they switch to vanilla Debian. Seems to be the safest move for us.
-- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to texlive-base in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1242914 Title: tlmgr unable to set up TLPDB Status in “texlive-base” package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: When attempting to use tlmgr on Ubuntu 13.10, the program fails. Different options produce slightly different output: $ tlmgr --gui (running on Debian, switching to user mode!) Loading local TeX Live database; this may take some time, please be patient ... cannot setup TLPDB in /home/nskillen/texmf at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 5308. Compilation failed in require at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 4439. $ tlmgr update --all (running on Debian, switching to user mode!) cannot setup TLPDB in /home/nskillen/texmf at /usr/bin/tlmgr line 5308. The commands also fails when using sudo to run as root, with exactly the same output. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.10 Package: texlive-base 2013.20130722-1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.11.0-12.19-generic 3.11.3 Uname: Linux 3.11.0-12-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: wl ApportVersion: 2.12.5-0ubuntu2 Architecture: amd64 Date: Mon Oct 21 14:16:50 2013 InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-10-17 (4 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 13.10 "Saucy Salamander" - Beta amd64 (20130925.1) MarkForUpload: True PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANGUAGE=en_CA:en PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_CA.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: texlive-base UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texlive-base/+bug/1242914/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
