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diff --git a/reproduce/software/make/high-level.mk b/reproduce/software/make/high-level.mk
index 96de036..19cb52f 100644
--- a/reproduce/software/make/high-level.mk
+++ b/reproduce/software/make/high-level.mk
@@ -1255,7 +1255,7 @@ $(ibidir)/xlsxio: $(ibidir)/cmake \
# the final PDF). So we'll make a simple ASCII file called
# `texlive-ready-tlmgr' and use its contents to mark if we can use it or
# not.
-
+#
# TeX Live mirror
# ---------------
#
@@ -1284,7 +1284,33 @@ $(itidir)/texlive-ready-tlmgr: reproduce/software/config/texlive.conf \
# TeX Live's installation may fail due to any reason. But TeX Live
# is optional (only necessary for building the final PDF). So we
# don't want the configure script to fail if it can't run.
- if ./install-tl --profile=texlive.conf -repository $(tlmirror); then
+ # Possible error messages will be saved into `log.txt' and if it
+ # fails, 'log.txt' will be checked to see if the error is due to
+ # the different version of the current tarball and the TeXLive
+ # server or something else.
+ #
+ # The problem with versions is this: each installer tarball (that
+ # is downloaded and a user may backup) is for a specific version of
+ # TeXLive (specified by year, usually around April). So if a user
+ # has an old tarball, but the CTAN server has been updated, the
+ # script will fail with a message like this:
+ #
+ # =============================================================
+ # ./install-tl: The TeX Live versions of the local installation
+ # and the repository being accessed are not compatible:
+ # local: 2019
+ # repository: 2020
+ # Perhaps you need to use a different CTAN mirror?
+ # (For more, see the output of install-tl --help, especially the
+ # -repository option. Online via https://tug.org/texlive/doc.)
+ # =============================================================
+ #
+ # To address this problem, when this happens, we simply download a
+ # the most recent tarball, and if it succeeds, we will build
+ # TeXLive using that. The old tarball will be preserved, but will
+ # have an '-OLD' suffix after it.
+ if ./install-tl --profile=texlive.conf -repository \
+ $(tlmirror) 2> log.txt; then
# Put a symbolic link of the TeX Live executables in `ibdir' to
# avoid all the complexities of its sub-directories and additions
@@ -1293,8 +1319,59 @@ $(itidir)/texlive-ready-tlmgr: reproduce/software/config/texlive.conf \
# Register that the build was successful.
echo "TeX Live is ready." > $@
+
+ # The build failed!
else
- echo "NOT!" > $@
+ # Print on the command line the error messages during the
+ # installation.
+ cat log.txt
+
+ # Look for words `repository:' and `local:' in `log.txt' and make
+ # sure that two lines are returned. Note that we need to check
+ # for two lines because one of them may exist, but another may
+ # not (in this case, its not a version conflict scenario).
+ version_check=$$(grep -w 'repository:\|local:' log.txt | wc -l)
+
+ # If these words exists and two lines are found, there is a
+ # conflict with the main TeXLive version in the tarball and on
+ # the server. So it is necessary to move the old tarball and
+ # download the new one to install it.
+ if [ x"$$version_check" = x2 ]; then
+ # Go back to the top project directory, don't remove the
+ # tarball, just rename it.
+ cd $$topdir
+ mv $(tdir)/install-tl-unx.tar.gz $(tdir)/install-tl-unx-OLD.tar.gz
+
+ # Download using the script specially defined for this job. If
+ # the download of new tarball success, install it (same lines
+ # than above). If not, record the fail into the target.
+ url=http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet
+ tarballurl=$$url/install-tl-unx.tar.gz
+ touch $(lockdir)/download
+ downloader="wget --no-use-server-timestamps -O"
+ if $(downloadwrapper) "$$downloader" $(lockdir)/download \
+ $$tarballurl "$(tdir)/install-tl-unx.tar.gz" \
+ "$(backupservers)"; then
+ cd $(ddir)
+ rm -rf install-tl-*
+ tar xf $(tdir)/install-tl-unx.tar.gz
+ cd install-tl-*
+ sed -e's|@installdir[@]|$(idir)|g' \
+ $$topdir/reproduce/software/config/texlive.conf \
+ > texlive.conf
+ if ./install-tl --profile=texlive.conf -repository \
+ $(tlmirror); then
+ ln -fs $(idir)/texlive/maneage/bin/*/* $(ibdir)/
+ echo "TeX Live is ready." > $@
+ else
+ echo "NOT!" > $@ # Building failed.
+ fi
+ else
+ echo "NOT!" > $@ # Download failed.
+ fi
+ else
+ echo "NOT!" > $@ # Error was not version.
+ fi
fi
# Clean up