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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2012-04-13 18:20:32 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2012-04-13 18:20:32 +0000
commitebfea0e090398fb8c7a2c20a969250bf026efbee (patch)
treea8a3d48a7f35ba810a8d912c1edf6e621cb61a3f
parent559b8ea471bc96f4cd09c89b6fd25a30e60b56ba (diff)
more on -profile for batch installs (suggestion from Ana Nelson, tldoc mail 15 Mar 2012 23:19:20)
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@25950 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
-rwxr-xr-xMaster/install-tl10
-rw-r--r--Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex13
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/Master/install-tl b/Master/install-tl
index d993f612384..ec4374ca04e 100755
--- a/Master/install-tl
+++ b/Master/install-tl
@@ -2239,17 +2239,17 @@ C<-print-arch> is a synonym.
=item B<-profile> I<profile>
-Load the file I<profile> for repeated installations on different
-systems. This is useful for batch or scripted installation of TeX Live,
-that is, no user interaction is required.
+Load the file I<profile> and do the installation with no user
+interaction, that is, a batch (unattended) install.
A I<profile> file contains all the values needed to perform an
installation. After a normal installation has finished, a profile for
that exact installation is written to the file
DEST/tlpkg/texlive.profile. That file can be given as the argument to
C<-profile> to redo the exact same installation on a different system,
-of rexample. Alternatively, you can create a custom profile by starting
-from a generated one and changing values.
+for example. Alternatively, you can use a custom profile, most easily
+created by starting from a generated one and changing values, or an
+empty file, which will take all the defaults.
Normally a profile has to specify the value C<1> for each collection to
be installed, even if the scheme is specified. This follows from the
diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex b/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex
index a3df16208d3..333b79c6759 100644
--- a/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex
@@ -939,11 +939,14 @@ to introduce option names. These are the most common ones:
command, and from the \GUI{} installer. See
section~\ref{sec:portable-tl}.
-\item[-profile {\sl file}] The installer always writes a file
- \filename{texlive.profile} to the \dirname{tlpkg} subdirectory of your
- installation. This option tells the installer to re-use such a
- profile file, so you can install in batch mode on subsequent systems,
- reproducing the choices you made in a prior installation.
+\item[-profile {\sl file}] Load the installation profile \var{file} and
+ do the installation with no user interaction. The installer always
+ writes a file \filename{texlive.profile} to the \dirname{tlpkg}
+ subdirectory of your installation. That file can be given as the
+ argument to redo the exact same installation on a different system,
+ for example. Alternatively, you can use a custom profile, most easily
+ created by starting from a generated one and changing values, or an
+ empty file, which will take all the defaults.
\item [-repository {\sl url-or-directory}] Specify package
repository from which to install; see following.