undo change for not loading remote db, makes tlmgr

update --list fail (and others?).


git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@19923 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
index 084aec528be..5a3848ba8e0 100755
--- a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
+++ b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl
@@ -1660,9 +1660,7 @@ EOF
 
 
 #  UPDATE
-#
 
-#
 # compute the list of auto-install, auto-remove, forcibly-removed 
 # packages from the list of packages to be installed
 # the list of packages passed in is already expanded
@@ -1815,12 +1813,13 @@ sub action_update {
   $opts{"no-depends"} = 1 if $opts{"no-depends-at-all"};
 
   # make a quick check on command line arguments to avoid loading
-  # the remote db uselessly
-  if (!(@ARGV || $opts{"all"} || $opts{"self"})) {
-    tlwarn("tlmgr update: please specify a list of packages, --all or --self.\n");
-    return;
-  }
-    
+  # the remote db uselessly. 
+  # [no; --list, at least, needs to be accepted.  but don't other
+  # options also require the remote db?  just recommenting for now.]
+#  if (!(@ARGV || $opts{"all"} || $opts{"self"})) {
+#    tlwarn("tlmgr update: please specify a list of packages, --all, or --self.\n");
+#    return;
+#  }
 
   init_tlmedia();
   info("update: dry run, no changes will be made\n") if $opts{"dry-run"};
@@ -1949,7 +1948,7 @@ sub action_update {
     if ($opts{"self"}) {
       info("tlmgr: no updates for tlmgr present.\n");
     } else {
-      tlwarn("tlmgr update: please specify a list of packages, --all or --self.\n");
+      tlwarn("tlmgr update: please specify a list of packages, --all, or --self.\n");
     }
   }