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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2014-10-07 21:55:46 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2014-10-07 21:55:46 +0000
commit6712b75f69975581f1146cecaa45022cecb9eb50 (patch)
tree587d0728cfb95180223e38eef628267b24422fad
parent34cc3394c6121534aebd71c0abe20a302f132cd6 (diff)
mention the tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.HASH files
(Norbert, 9 Sep 2014 16:25:35). git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@35326 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
-rwxr-xr-xMaster/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
index 2fef8a83e49..70c42bd0e83 100755
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
@@ -7298,6 +7298,12 @@ If the package on the server is older than the package already installed
(e.g., if the selected mirror is out of date), C<tlmgr> does not
downgrade. Also, packages for uninstalled platforms are not installed.
+C<tlmgr> saves a copy of the C<texlive.tlpdb> file used for an update
+with a suffix representing the repository url, as in
+C<tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.>I<long-hash-string>. These can be useful for
+fallback information, but if you don't like them accumulating (e.g.,
+on each run C<mirror.ctan.org> might resolve to a new host, resulting in
+a different hash), it's harmless to delete them.
=head1 USER MODE