doc fixes

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@17575 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

1 files changed, 13 insertions, 38 deletions

diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/dev/download-package-repository b/Master/tlpkg/dev/download-package-repository
index 2e10603e51f..f0970228417 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/dev/download-package-repository
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/dev/download-package-repository
@@ -158,40 +158,11 @@ download-package-repository [OPTION]...
 =head1 OPTIONS
 
 =item B<-repository> I<url|path>
-
-Remote package repository to be used as a source for the creation of 
-the local package repository.  This can be 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.)
-
-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.  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,
-you could choose a particular CTAN mirror with something like this:
-
-  -repository http://ctan.example.org/its/ctan/dir/systems/texlive/tlnet
-
-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>. For more information see install-tl -help.
-
 =item B<-persistent-downloads>
-
 =item B<-no-persistent-downloads>
 
-Activating this option attempts to set up a persistent connection
-using the Net::LWP Perl module.  This opens only one connection between 
-your computer and the server per session and reuses it, instead of 
-initiating a new download for each package.  
-
-This option is turned on by default, and this program will fall 
-back to using wget if this is not possible. If you want to disable 
-usage of LWP and persistent connections, please use
-B<-no-persistent-downloads>.
+See the tlmgr documentation (L<http://tug.org/texlive/tlmgr.html>) for
+information.
 
 The standard options B<-help> and B<-q>, B<-v>, and
 B<-logfile>=I<file> are accepted too; see the C<process_logging_options>
@@ -199,13 +170,17 @@ function in L<TeXLive::TLUtils> for details.
 
 =head1 DESCRIPTION
 
-Creates or updates a local package repository within the installer 
-directory structure. Useful particularily on unstable internet 
-connentions to predownload all packages before the installation.
-The local repository will be picked up automatically by the installer 
-as a default one. The repository is not enabled untill all pacakges 
-has been downloaded and md5 sum checked. If downloading has been 
-interrupted for any reason, just rerun this script again to complete it.
+This script is useful particularly on unstable Internet connections to
+pre-download all packages before doing an installation.
+
+In general,it creates or updates a local package repository (within the
+TL installer directories).  The resulting local repository will be
+picked up automatically by the installer as a default one.  The new
+repository is not enabled untill all packages have been downloaded and
+verified.
+
+If the download is interrupted for any reason, just rerun this script
+again to complete it.  It will pick upwhere it left off.
 
 =head1 AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT