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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-12-18 01:17:24 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-12-18 01:17:24 +0000
commit89d2c6edcdb8171dc6c3fd123de7065b14c124c9 (patch)
tree9d93dcadd6f40952283f7e0ac09d12a50a3ab584 /Master/install-tl
parent1fa23df425c96fd07c7e51f66129fc44db4a9212 (diff)
try to be more informative when no remote db can be loaded
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@16442 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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@@ -1818,13 +1818,11 @@ installation, either a local directory via C</path/to/directory> or a
C<file:/> url, or a network location via a C<http://> or C<ftp://> url.
(No other protocols are supported.)
-If the repository is local, the installation type (compressed or live) is
-automatically determined, by checking for the presence of a
-C<archive> directory relative to the root. Compressed is
-preferred if both are available, since it is faster. Here's an example
-of using a local directory:
-
- -repository /local/TL/repository
+The default is to pick a mirror automatically, using
+L<http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet>; the chosen mirror is
+used for the entire download. You can use the special argument C<ctan>
+as an abbreviation for this. See L<http://ctan.org> for more about CTAN
+and its mirrors.
If the repository is on the network, trailing C</> characters and/or
trailing C</tlpkg> and C</archive> components are ignored. For example,
@@ -1836,11 +1834,13 @@ Of course a real hostname and its particular top-level CTAN path
have to be specified. The list of CTAN mirrors is available at
L<http://ctan.org/mirrors>.
-The default is to pick a mirror automatically, using
-L<http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet>; the chosen mirror is
-used for the entire download. You can use the special repository name
-C<ctan> as an abbreviation for this. See L<http://ctan.org> for more
-about CTAN and its mirrors.
+If the repository is local, the installation type (compressed or live) is
+automatically determined, by checking for the presence of a
+C<archive> directory relative to the root. Compressed is
+preferred if both are available, since it is faster. Here's an example
+of using a local directory:
+
+ -repository /local/TL/repository
After installation is complete, you can use that installation as the
repository for another installation. If you chose to install less than