From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Thu Jul 30 20:11:52 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 146D39ACC77 for ; Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:11:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carmel_ny@outlook.com) Received: from BLU004-OMC3S4.hotmail.com (blu004-omc3s4.hotmail.com [65.55.116.79]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.outlook.com", Issuer "MSIT Machine Auth CA 2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id C4C0992C; Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:11:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from carmel_ny@outlook.com) Received: from BLU436-SMTP132 ([65.55.116.74]) by BLU004-OMC3S4.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(7.5.7601.23008); Thu, 30 Jul 2015 13:10:44 -0700 X-TMN: [2LUpR2bIN89rgQ8VZyfLCa54z4hBhxl1] X-Originating-Email: [carmel_ny@outlook.com] Message-ID: Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 16:10:42 -0400 From: Carmel NY To: FreeBSD Ports , hrs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: "tlmgr" on FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <20150730190850.GS49099@home.opsec.eu> References: <55BA2974.9060702@pinyon.org> <20150730180356.GA64689@biertje.skysmurf.nl> <20150730190850.GS49099@home.opsec.eu> Organization: seibercom NET X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.11.1 (GTK+ 2.24.27; amd64-portbld-freebsd10.1) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 30 Jul 2015 20:10:43.0877 (UTC) FILETIME=[D098F550:01D0CB03] X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 20:11:52 -0000 On Thu, 30 Jul 2015 21:08:50 +0200, Kurt Jaeger stated: >Hi! > >> Yes, I know, and it is installed. This is the error message: >> >> cannot setup TLPDB in /usr at /usr/local/bin/tlmgr line 5611. > >This: > >http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/137428/tlmgr-cannot-setup-tlpdb > >says: > >tlmgr init-usertree > >is required before tlmgr can be used. Which is misleading, as the >next possible command: > >tlmgr --usermode info > >says: > >cannot open /usr/tlpkg/installer/config.guess: No such file or directory >/usr/local/bin/tlmgr: could not run /usr/tlpkg/installer/config.guess, >cannot proceed, sorry at /usr/local/lib/perl5/site_perl/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm >line 242. > >So I guess some part of the path-guessing that tlmgr is doing >goes wrong and we need to dig into that tlmgr code. I have been down that road too. I just do not know enough about how this is suppose to work, nor do I have sufficient time to debug it, to actually get it to work. It is a shame that they release a port that they obviously knew was broken without a clear warning indicating it. -- Carmel