1 files changed, 9 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm
index 3db6ce468d8..0d2b9403783 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm
@@ -1031,32 +1031,15 @@ sub setup_programs {
   # check that the programs are actually working
   my $nul = "/dev/null";
   $nul = "nul" if ($^O =~ /^MSWin(32|64)$/i);
-  my $ret = system("$::progs{'lzmadec'} --help >$nul 2>$nul");
-  if ($ret == -1) {
-    tlwarn ("Cannot start $::progs{'lzmadec'}: $!\n");
-    return 0;
-  }
-  if ($ret > 0) {
-    tlwarn ("Starting $::progs{'lzmadec'} --help gave an error: $!\n");
-    return 0;
-  }
-  $ret = system("$::progs{'tar'} --version >$nul 2>$nul");
-  if ($ret == -1) {
-    tlwarn ("Cannot start $::progs{'tar'}: $!\n");
-    return 0;
-  }
-  if ($ret > 0) {
-    tlwarn ("Starting $::progs{'tar'} --version gave an error: $!\n");
-    return 0;
-  }
-  $ret = system("$::progs{'wget'} --version >$nul 2>$nul");
-  if ($ret == -1) {
-    tlwarn ("Cannot start $::progs{'wget'}: $!\n");
-    return 0;
-  }
-  if ($ret > 0) {
-    tlwarn ("Starting $::progs{'wget'} --version gave an error: $!\n");
-    return 0;
+  for my $prog ("lzmadec", "tar", "wget") {
+    my $opt = $prog eq "lzmadec" ? "--help" : "--version";
+    my $ret = system("$::progs{$prog} $opt >$nul 2>$nul");
+    if ($ret != 0) {
+      tlwarn ("$::progs{$prog} $opt failed (status $ret): $!\n");
+      tlwarn ("Output is:");
+      system ("$::progs{$prog} $opt");
+      return 0;
+    }
   }
   return 1;
 }