Re: Geeze, I might try Linux after all... (not too off-tpic I hope)

["Alan Stone" <software.list.1es9s@gmail.com>]

Thanks Mojca.

> If you are lucky, it puts the files where you want them to be, but
> since every installation works its own way, it's hard to predict where
> to put them;
>...
> Of course you can. But if you happen to update TL package, your
> additions will be destroyed. And you need to rebuild all the other
> formats. It's not so harmful.
>
> Supposed to relates to "your system would be supposed to update its
> own packages", but for ConTeXt it obviously doesn't do.
>...
> If you destroy (overwrite) the old binary :) - if you dowload the
> wrong binary, then you have neither working. Generally, it should work
> OK.

Caramba! Tricky, tricky stuff.

FYI, http://wiki.contextgarden.net/Installation_hints mentions, under the
"Updating" paragraph, (after calling ctxtools --updatecontext) "then you
have to regenerate the format(s)...", while you wrote

> All it does is:
> - download the zip
> - unzip it
> - make the formats

I wonder, for the record, ...

Is there any (installation) process which enables ctxtools to update ConTeXt
without risking to #@!&X% it up ?

Side-question: "But if you happen to update TL package" - what does TL
stand for ?

Best,
Alan
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