>>>>> On Sun, 28 Apr 2024, Florian Schmaus wrote:

> --- a/eclass/texlive-common.eclass
> +++ b/eclass/texlive-common.eclass
> @@ -270,10 +270,18 @@ texlive-common_update_tlpdb() {
>  	touch "${new_tlpdb}" || die
> 
>  	if [[ -d "${tlpobj}" ]]; then
> -		find "${tlpobj}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.tlpobj" -print0 |
> -			sort -z |
> -			xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty cat >> "${new_tlpdb}"
> -		assert "generating tlpdb failed"
> +		all_tlpobjs() {
> +			find "${tlpobj}" -maxdepth 1 -type f -name "*.tlpobj" -print0 |
> +				sort -z
> +			assert "Error enumerating all tlpobj files"
> +		}
> +		(
> +			while IFS="" read -d $'\0' -r f; do
> +				cat "${f}" || die "Failed to read ${f}"
> +				# Ensure there is an empty line between every tlpobj entry.
> +				echo
> +			done < <(all_tlpobjs)
> +		) >> "${new_tlpdb}"
>  	fi
> 
>  	if [[ -f ${tlpdb} ]]; then

Looks complicated. AFAICS a one-line change like the following would
also do the job:

-			xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty cat >> "${new_tlpdb}"
+			xargs -0 --no-run-if-empty sed -s '$G' >> "${new_tlpdb}"

Alternatively, "sed -s '$s/$/\n/'" would also work (but is longer and
maybe harder to read).

Ulrich