[OS X TeX] TeX Live Utility - fails to update infrastructure - cannot find TeX Live root

[Juergen Fenn]

2014-12-28 19:48 GMT+01:00 Adam R. Maxwell <amaxwell at mac.com>:
> If you need to update, you can install the new version from the TL critical repository, as described in TLU's Help.
>
> In TLU, choose the "Actions" menu and hold down the Option key. This will give you an option to install TeX Live Manager from the critical repository before it's pushed out to CTAN.
>
> After this, you may see a "Local version is newer" status for texlive.infra. You can safely ignore this.

I am sorry to say that this did not work for me either on Mavericks
10.9.5. I've received the same error message as the OP had reported.
Please confer the log file below.

Thank you for looking into this issue.

Best regards,
Jürgen.


2014-12-29 18:22:30 +0000 Notice -[TLMMainWindowController
updateInfrastructureFromCriticalRepository:][18786] Beginning
user-requested infrastructure update from tlcritical repo…
2014-12-29 18:22:30 +0000 Notice -[TLMMainWindowController
_isCorrectDatabaseVersionAtURL:][18786] Checking database version in
case preferences have been changed…
2014-12-29 18:22:30 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase
_downloadDatabaseHead][18786] Checking the repository version.  Please
be patient.
2014-12-29 18:22:30 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase
_downloadDatabaseHead][18786] Downloading at least 2048 bytes of tlpdb
for a version check…
2014-12-29 18:22:31 +0000 Notice -[TLMDatabase
_downloadDatabaseHead][18786] Downloaded 2736 bytes of tlpdb for
version check
2014-12-29 18:22:31 +0000 Notice -[TLMMainWindowController
_updateAllPackagesFromRepository:][18786] Beginning infrastructure
update from ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical
2014-12-29 18:22:31 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation
_synchronouslyDownloadURL:toPath:][18786] Downloading URL:
ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical/update-tlmgr-latest.sh
2014-12-29 18:22:31 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation
download:willSendRequest:redirectResponse:][18786] Download redirected
to ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical/update-tlmgr-latest.sh, expecting
0 bytes.
2014-12-29 18:23:31 +0000 Notice -[TLMInfraUpdateOperation
download:didFailWithError:][18786] Download failed: Error
Domain=NSURLErrorDomain Code=-1001 "The request timed out."
UserInfo=0x6080002f7900 {NSUnderlyingError=0x608001c4a3b0 "The request
timed out.", NSErrorFailingURLStringKey=ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical/update-tlmgr-latest.sh,
NSErrorFailingURLKey=ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical/update-tlmgr-latest.sh,
NSLocalizedDescription=The request timed out.}
Failed URL was: ftp://tug.org/texlive/tlcritical/update-tlmgr-latest.sh