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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2020-12-12 23:40:00 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2020-12-12 23:40:00 +0000
commit56be67177eed164dc723cc80f292e8c6ce1959a7 (patch)
tree1ae57f75a6289dd2884daf97e537c2cd8370e0ab /Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive
parentcf4c1d3508ce7ae05327c5bb55d6654260f5efaf (diff)
doc for pruning of main backups
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@57119 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
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-rwxr-xr-xMaster/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl12
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
index 657754827fd..b0f48c9f6a1 100755
--- a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
@@ -9297,12 +9297,12 @@ 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(e.g., if the selected mirror is out of date), C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.,
-C<mirror.ctan.org> resolves to many different hosts, each resulting in
-a possibly different hash), it's harmless to delete them.
+C<tlmgr> saves one copy of the main C<texlive.tlpdb> file used for an
+update with a suffix representing the repository url, as in
+C<tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.main.>I<long-hash-string>. Thus, even when many
+mirrors are used, only one main C<tlpdb> backup is kept. For non-main
+repositories, which do not generally have (m)any mirrors, no pruning of
+backups is done.
This action does not automatically add or remove new symlinks in system
directories; you need to run C<tlmgr> L</path> yourself if you are using