[OS X TeX] TLU critical update failure

["M. Tamer Özsu"]

I should have added that following the advice at the end of the message -- waiting a bit and retrying -- should work although the waiting time might vary.

==Tamer


> On Nov 20, 2023, at 6:56 AM, M. Tamer Özsu <ozsut at mac.com> wrote:
> 
> Just to report that this may fail as well sometimes. For me it fails with the message:
> 
> /Library/TeX/texbin/tlmgr: signature verification error of /tmp/bBHvf_QC2t/dQeLPBF1xF from https://ca.mirrors.cicku.me/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb: cryptographic signature verification of
>   /tmp/bBHvf_QC2t/bW_Xpmxcme
> against
>   https://ca.mirrors.cicku.me/ctan/systems/texlive/tlnet/tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.sha512.asc
> failed. Output was:
> gpg: Signature made Sun 19 Nov 19:45:57 2023 EST using RSA key ID 19438C70
> gpg: BAD signature from "TeX Live Distribution <tex-live at tug.org>"
> 
> Please try from a different mirror and/or wait a few minutes
> and try again; usually this is because of transient updates.
> If problems persist, feel free to report to texlive at tug.org.
> 
> 
> ==Tamer
> 
>> On Nov 19, 2023, at 8:02 AM, Herbert Schulz via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On Nov 19, 2023, at 1:10 AM, Tine Wilde via MacOSX-TeX <macosx-tex at email.esm.psu.edu> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello to all,
>>> 
>>> I have the same problem. I have attached a log, maybe this helps.
>>> 
>>> Kind regards, Tine
>>> 
>>> Tine Wilde
>>> mail at tinewilde.com
>>> www.tinewilde.com
>>> 
>>> <Log.rtf>
>>> 
>> 
>> Howdy,
>> 
>> The problem doesn't seem to be with TeX Live Utililty (TLU) but rather the script it downloads to do the update. You can do the infrastructure update manually in a way that bypasses the problem by running the command
>> 
>> sudo tlmgr update --self
>> 
>> In Terminal and giving your admin password. Once that completes (you'll get a bunch of output on the screen and the prompt will come back) you'll be able to use TLU to complete the normal package updates.
>> 
>> Progress is being made to find and correct the problem in that downloaded script.
>> 
>> Good Luck,
>> 
>> Herb Schulz
>> herbs2 at mac.com <mailto:herbs2 at mac.com>
>> 
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