summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Master/install-tl
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorNorbert Preining <preining@logic.at>2009-08-25 15:31:27 +0000
committerNorbert Preining <preining@logic.at>2009-08-25 15:31:27 +0000
commitcafea7d4d680750758ca7d93ecc0bedbc3152081 (patch)
tree2de5b7a1967dcc3d5cedc31f57c95327e5ba7571 /Master/install-tl
parentcd13aed41c42d895b7a5da455db02d5bb4866b51 (diff)
accept repository and repo as alternative to location, and change
documentation accordingly git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@14858 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
Diffstat (limited to 'Master/install-tl')
-rwxr-xr-xMaster/install-tl24
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/Master/install-tl b/Master/install-tl
index ab8af8a4dac..540ee40e959 100755
--- a/Master/install-tl
+++ b/Master/install-tl
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ GetOptions(
"from_dvd" => \$opt_from_dvd,
"gui:s" => \$opt_gui,
"lang=s" => \$::opt_lang,
- "location|url=s" => \$opt_location,
+ "location|url|repository|repo=s" => \$opt_location,
"no-cls", # $::opt_no_cls in install-menu-text-pl
"no-gui" => \$opt_no_gui,
"non-admin" => \$opt_nonadmin,
@@ -1755,25 +1755,27 @@ Italian (it), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl), Russian (ru), Slovak (sk),
Slovenian (sl), Vietnamese (vi), simplified Chinese (zh-cn), and
traditional Chinese (zh-tw).
+=item B<-repo[sitory]> I<url|path>
+
=item B<-location> I<url|path>
-Provide an installation source, 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.
+Provide the package repository as installation source, 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.
-If the location is local, the installation type (compressed or live) is
+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:
- -location /local/TL/repository/copy
+ -repository /local/TL/repository/copy
-If the location is on the network, trailing C</> characters and/or
+If the repository is on the network, trailing C</> characters and/or
trailing C</tlpkg> and C</archive> components are ignored. For example,
you could choose a particular CTAN mirror with something like this:
- -location http://mirror.example.org/its/path/to/ctan/texlive/tlnet
+ -repository http://mirror.example.org/its/path/to/ctan/texlive/tlnet
Of course a proper hostname and its particular top-level CTAN path
have to be specified. The list of CTAN mirrors is available at
@@ -1781,12 +1783,12 @@ 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 location name
+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.
After installation is complete, you can use that installation as the
-location for another installation. If you chose to install less than
+repository for another installation. If you chose to install less than
the full scheme containing all packages, the list of available schemes
will be adjusted accordingly.
@@ -1849,7 +1851,7 @@ default is to use the C<full> scheme, which includes everything. This
option overrides that default. You can change the scheme again before
the actual installation with the usual menu. The I<scheme> argument may
optionally have a prefix C<scheme->. The list of supported scheme names
-depends on what your installation location provides; see the interactive
+depends on what your package repository provides; see the interactive
menu list.
=item B<-custom-bin> I<path>