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| author | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2009-12-18 01:17:24 +0000 |
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| committer | Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org> | 2009-12-18 01:17:24 +0000 |
| commit | 89d2c6edcdb8171dc6c3fd123de7065b14c124c9 (patch) | |
| tree | 9d93dcadd6f40952283f7e0ac09d12a50a3ab584 /Master/install-tl | |
| parent | 1fa23df425c96fd07c7e51f66129fc44db4a9212 (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
Diffstat (limited to 'Master/install-tl')
| -rwxr-xr-x | Master/install-tl | 24 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Master/install-tl b/Master/install-tl index 1ca4c2aa88f..9baea198928 100755 --- a/Master/install-tl +++ b/Master/install-tl @@ -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 |