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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-01-18 01:13:24 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2009-01-18 01:13:24 +0000
commit8dbc7cab489e5d3114eca8598ab1fc1d1b500a28 (patch)
tree57ca5b0609a20676252430c95690c49956c4de97 /Master/tlpkg/TeXLive
parent9a5f9a8fbaf534d7f2b0afa74d07e45ea5fada89 (diff)
doc fixes
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@11907 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
Diffstat (limited to 'Master/tlpkg/TeXLive')
-rw-r--r--Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm
index 6550cd5d7d0..08657a84238 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm
@@ -1664,9 +1664,11 @@ sub _logit {
=item C<info ($str1, $str2, ...)>
Write a normal informational message, the concatenation of the argument
-strings. The message will be included unless C<-q> was specified. If
-the log file (see L<process_logging_options>) is defined, it also writes
-there.
+strings. The message will be written unless C<-q> was specified. If
+the global C<$::machinereadable> is set (the C<--machine-readable>
+option to C<tlmgr>), then output is written to stderr, else to stdout.
+If the log file (see L<process_logging_options>) is defined, it also
+writes there.
It is best to use this sparingly, mainly to give feedback during lengthy
operations and for final results.