---
 texmf-dist/scripts/texlive-extra/texconfig-dialog.sh |   14 +++--
 texmf-dist/scripts/texlive-extra/texconfig-sys.sh    |    1 
 texmf-dist/scripts/texlive-extra/texconfig.sh        |   35 ------------
 texmf-dist/scripts/texlive-extra/texlinks.sh         |   53 ++++++++++++-------
 4 files changed, 50 insertions(+), 53 deletions(-)

--- texmf-dist/scripts/texlive-extra/texconfig-dialog.sh
+++ texmf-dist/scripts/texlive-extra/texconfig-dialog.sh	2018-05-03 08:15:39.975645684 +0000
@@ -157,7 +157,14 @@ termCtl()
 ###############################################################################
 menuMain()
 {
-  cat <<-'eof'
+  rows="$(stty size)"
+  columns=${rows##* }
+  rows=${rows%% *}
+  test -n "$rows"      || rows=0
+  test -n "$columns"   || columns=0
+
+  if test $rows -lt 24 -a $columns -lt 80 ; then
+    cat <<-'eof'
 	The interactive texconfig utility will be started now. Make sure
 	your screen has at least 24 rows and 80 columns. If texconfig
 	crashes now, you can still set up your TeX system using the
@@ -169,8 +176,9 @@ menuMain()
 	
 	More likely these days, you're better off using tlmgr.
 	See http://tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html.
-eof
-  termCtl readln
+	eof
+    termCtl readln
+  fi
 
   while :; do
     logMessage='view logfile'
--- texmf-dist/scripts/texlive-extra/texconfig-sys.sh
+++ texmf-dist/scripts/texlive-extra/texconfig-sys.sh	2018-05-03 08:15:39.975645684 +0000
@@ -30,4 +30,5 @@ TEXMFVAR="$v"
 TEXMFCONFIG="$c"
 export TEXMFVAR TEXMFCONFIG
 
+umask 022
 exec texconfig ${1+"$@"}
--- texmf-dist/scripts/texlive-extra/texconfig.sh
+++ texmf-dist/scripts/texlive-extra/texconfig.sh	2009-09-02 12:47:26.000000000 +0000
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ envVars="
   TEXMFDBS TEXMFINI TEXMFSCRIPTS TEXPICTS TEXPKS TEXPOOL TEXPSHEADERS
   TEXSOURCES TFMFONTS TRFONTS TTFONTS VFFONTS WEB2C WEBINPUTS
 "
-tmpdir=${TMPDIR-${TEMP-${TMP-/tmp}}}/tctmp.$$
+tmpdir=${TMPDIR-${TEMP-${TMP-/tmp}}}/tctmp.$$.$RANDOM
 needsCleanup=false
 lastUpdatedFile=
 
@@ -997,21 +997,6 @@ For more information about these \`featu
       ;;
 
     formats)
-      cat >&2 <<EOM
-texconfig formats is no longer supported, because manual edits of
-fmtutil.cnf will be overwritten by the new TeX Live package manager,
-tlmgr, which regenerates that file as needed upon package changes.
-Thus, to add or remove formats, the recommended method is to use tlmgr
-to add or remove the appropriate package.
-
-If you need to make manual additions, you can edit the file
-fmtutil-local.cnf under TEXMFLOCAL.  Further information with
-tlmgr --help and at http://tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html.
-
-Exiting.
-EOM
-      exit 1  # but leave the real code for posterity
-
       setupTmpDir
       echo "$progname: analyzing old configuration..." >&2
       fmtutil --catcfg > $tmpdir/pre
@@ -1037,22 +1022,6 @@ EOM
 
     # "hyphen FORMAT"
     hyphen)
-      cat >&2 <<EOM
-texconfig hyphen is no longer supported, because manual edits of
-language.dat (or language.def) will be overwritten by the new TeX Live
-package manager, tlmgr, which regenerates those configuration files as
-needed upon package changes.  Thus, to add or remove hyphenation
-patterns, the recommended method is to use tlmgr to add or remove the
-appropriate package.
-
-If you need to make manual additions, you can edit the files
-language-local.dat and language-local.def under TEXMFLOCAL.  Further
-information with tlmgr --help and at http://tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html.
-
-Exiting.
-EOM
-      exit 1  # but leave the real code for posterity
-
       tcBatchHyphenFormat=$2
       formatsForHyphen=`getFormatsForHyphen`
       formatsForHyphenFmt=`echo "$formatsForHyphen" | myFmt | sed 's@^@  @'`
@@ -1301,7 +1270,7 @@ Valid PAPER settings:
       ;;
 
     rehash)
-      mktexlsr
+      ( unset KPSE_DOT; mktexlsr )
       ;;
     
     # 
--- texmf-dist/scripts/texlive-extra/texlinks.sh
+++ texmf-dist/scripts/texlive-extra/texlinks.sh	2018-05-03 08:15:39.979645610 +0000
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ setupTmpDir()
 
   trap 'cleanup 1' 1 2 3 7 13 15
   needsCleanup=true
-  (umask 077; mkdir "$tmpdir") \
+  (umask 077; mkdir -m 0700 "$tmpdir") \
     || abort "could not create directory \`$tmpdir'"
 }
 
@@ -108,16 +108,18 @@ setupTmpDir()
 # search a binary along $PATH:
 check_for_binary()
 {
-  testbin=$1
-  set x `echo "$PATH" | sed 's/^:/.:/; s/:$/:./; s/::/:.:/g; s/:/ /g'`; shift
-  for i
-  do
-    if [ -x "$i/$testbin" ]; then
-      echo "$i/$testbin"
-      return 0
-    fi
-  done
-  return 1
+# testbin=$1
+# set x `echo "$PATH" | sed 's/^:/.:/; s/:$/:./; s/::/:.:/g; s/:/ /g'`; shift
+# for i
+# do
+#   if [ -x "$i/$testbin" ]; then
+#     echo "$i/$testbin"
+#     return 0
+#   fi
+# done
+# return 1
+
+  type -p $1
 }
 
 
@@ -208,8 +210,22 @@ search_symlinkdir()
 upd_symlinkdir()
 {
   search_symlinkdir || return 0
-  for i in `sed 's@ .*@@' cnf_file_ln.$$`; do
-    install_link "$selfautoloc/$i" "$symlinkdir/$i"
+  set x `cat cnf_file_ln.$$` ; shift
+  while test $# != 0; do
+    fmt=$1; ini=$3; shift; shift; shift
+
+    # Some broken shells destroy the positional arguments when calling a
+    # shellfunction. Therefore, we save and restore them "by hand" in the
+    # main_args_while variable.
+    main_args_while="$@"
+
+    kpsewhich -progname=$fmt -format=tex $ini >/dev/null 2>&1
+    test $? -ne 0 && continue
+
+    install_link "$selfautoloc/$fmt" "$symlinkdir/$fmt"
+
+    # restore positional arguments:
+    set x $main_args_while; shift
   done
 }
 
@@ -274,12 +290,12 @@ main()
   test -f "$cnf_file" || abort "config file \`$cnf' not found"
 
 
-  tmpdir=${TMPDIR-${TEMP-${TMP-/tmp}}}/texlinks.$$
+  tmpdir=${TMPDIR-${TEMP-${TMP-/tmp}}}/texlinks.$$.$RANDOM
   setupTmpDir
   cd "$tmpdir" || cleanup 1
 
-  sed '/^[ 	]*#/d; /^[ 	]*$/d' $cnf_file \
-    | awk '{print $1, $2}' > cnf_file_ln.$$
+  sed '/^[ 	]*#/d; /^[ 	]*$/d; s%\*%%' $cnf_file \
+    | awk '{print $1, $2, $NF}' > cnf_file_ln.$$
 
   if test -z "$dirs"; then
     if test $multiplatform = true; then
@@ -300,13 +316,16 @@ main()
     # cnf_file_ln.$$ has lines with "format engine" pairs
     set x `cat cnf_file_ln.$$`; shift
     while test $# != 0; do
-      fmt=$1; engine=$2; shift; shift
+      fmt=$1; engine=$2; ini=$3; shift; shift; shift
 
       # Some broken shells destroy the positional arguments when calling a
       # shellfunction. Therefore, we save and restore them "by hand" in the
       # main_args_while variable.
       main_args_while="$@"
 
+      kpsewhich -progname=$fmt -format=tex $ini >/dev/null 2>&1
+      test $? -ne 0 && continue
+
       test "x$fmt" = "x$engine" && continue
       if test -f "$d/$engine$exeext"; then
         case $unlink in