1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/bin/tl-update-containers b/Master/tlpkg/bin/tl-update-containers
index 8925ccbaf67..9dc569e1576 100755
--- a/Master/tlpkg/bin/tl-update-containers
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/bin/tl-update-containers
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ sub main
       @todopacks = @packs;
       $nettlpdb = TeXLive::TLPDB->new;
       die "Cannot create new tlpdb" unless defined($nettlpdb);
+      # we have to copy 00texlive.config to the new tlpdb otherwise
+      # the configuration gets lost ...
+      my $tlpconfig = $tlpdb->get_package("00texlive.config");
+      $nettlpdb->add_tlpobj($tlpconfig);
     } else {
       @todopacks = $tlpdb->list_packages;
       $nettlpdb = $tlpdb->copy;