tlmgr update --list --self now shows only package updates that are

critical


git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@20464 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

1 files changed, 17 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
index fd5eddd1703..9fa7d699ed0 100755
--- a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
+++ b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
@@ -2153,10 +2153,16 @@ sub action_update {
 
   my @todo;
   if ($opts{"list"}) {
-    if ($opts{"all"} || !@ARGV) {
+    if ($opts{"all"}) {
       @todo = $localtlpdb->list_packages;
+    } elsif ($opts{"self"}) {
+      @todo = @critical;
     } else {
-      @todo = @ARGV;
+      if (@ARGV) {
+        @todo = @ARGV;
+      } else {
+        @todo = $localtlpdb->list_packages;
+      }
     }
   } elsif ($opts{"self"} && @critical) {
     @todo = @critical;
@@ -5166,9 +5172,15 @@ written to the terminal.  This is a more detailed report than C<--list>.
 =item B<--list> [I<pkg>]
 
 Concisely list the packages which would be updated, newly installed, or
-removed, without actually changing anything.  If no package is given,
-this acts like C<--list --all>, otherwise it lists only updates to the
-packages given as arguments (and its dependencies).
+removed, without actually changing anything. 
+If C<--all> is given, it lists all available updates.
+If C<--self> is given, but not C<--all> lists only updates the the
+critical packages (tlmgr, texlive infrastructure, perl on Windows, etc.).
+If neither C<--all> nor C<--self> is given, and in addition no I<pkg>
+is passed on the command line, then C<--all> is assumed (so 
+C<tlmgr update --list> behaves like C<tlmgr update --list --all>).
+If neither C<--all> nor C<--self> is given, but package names passed
+on the command line, those packages are checked for updates.
 
 =item B<--exclude> I<pkg>