[tex-live] Fwd: a question about when gets the TL database refreshed in mirrors

[jfbu]

sorry I sent to Martin rather than to the list

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> De : jfbu <jfbu at free.fr>
> Objet : Rép : [tex-live] a question about when gets the TL database refreshed in mirrors
> Date : 6 octobre 2012 18:06:42 UTC+02:00
> À : Martin Schröder <martin at oneiros.de>
> 
> 
> Le 6 oct. 2012 à 17:52, Martin Schröder <martin at oneiros.de> a écrit :
> 
>> 2012/10/6 jfbu <jfbu at free.fr>:
>>> However when I ask TeX Live Utility or the command line tlmgr
>>> to check for updates, either without specifying a mirror, or
>>> when specifying this specific one, it tells me there are NO updates
>>> available
>> 
>> Because it then asks a different mirror that is a bit behind in
>> syncing with CTAN.
> 
> 
> I am not sure I understand: even with the -repository=my_mirror option the info
> whether or not to update is fetched from a mirror possibly unrelated to my_mirror?
> 
> thanks
> 
> Jean-François