I'm glad to see it all makes sense now. Thank you for everything you do on LyX !
2018-03-08 18:04 GMT+01:00 Uwe Stöhr <uwesto...@web.de>: > Am 08.03.2018 um 11:56 schrieb Emile Lunardon: > > How could I let the Miktex update happen? It's very simple, bundle3 >> displayed a window... >> > > OK, so you didn't update MiKTeX manually. > > I don't know if Miktex was really broken, but LyX was no more able to >> launch the compilation of the documents. Then, as I wrote you, a Miktex >> update failed and it is only later that on the Miktex console I have seen >> that there was proposed a list of packages to be installed with one package >> inside. After the installation of this package LyX (2.2.3 and 2.3) were >> both able to compile again documents. >> Presently all seems to work fine. >> > > OK, then the problem I detected yesterday seem to exist since Monday on > some mirror servers (I'll check right now if this is now fixed and report > back). MiKTeX must be updated to be able to work with it, but the update > failed because the main package containing the info of all other MiKTeX > packages appeared recently truncated on the MiKTeX mirror servers. > Since you had a state of MiKTeX with the new MiKTeX console, it means that > the update was partially successful. When I launch in this state the MiKTeX > console manually and force another update run, I get MiKTeX fixed. And this > is what you did too. > So my analysis is that the LyX installer could force the update to the > MiKTeX console but the packages and, more important, the links to the > packages could not be updated by the MiKTeX console because of the > truncated package info. > > In my opinion you should concentrate on the reason of the presence in >> bundle3 of this dialog window with only an "OK button" to click as possible >> answer as we should be in position to decline the proposition to update >> Miktex >> > > In this case we must force an update. You observed what happens if this is > not performed or incomplete - MiKTeX can be broken. > The MiKTeX package handling changed and the different programs to install > and maintain packages do no longer exist. They were replaced by the MiKTeX > Console. Therefore we must find a way that users of older MiKTeX get the > console because if they do this by themselves (e.g. by installing a new > package or in same cases by reconfiguring LyX) a bug in MiKTeX can cause > LaTeX to break completely. > > many thanks for your help with testing and feedback > Uwe >
