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authorKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-11-25 19:39:45 +0000
committerKarl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>2008-11-25 19:39:45 +0000
commitf7dba269bc82f2d21a3df18bacc5b7ab027c4c38 (patch)
tree76cdcd9365125485f2b60123251fe778fdc429ec /Master
parentf603d9c51d164c6835a63afce9cd00bfefdbe934 (diff)
doc __MASTER__
git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@11423 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
Diffstat (limited to 'Master')
-rw-r--r--Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPDB.pm9
-rw-r--r--Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/00texlive-installation.config.tlpsrc16
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPDB.pm b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPDB.pm
index 691643ac69c..3cc08682d8a 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPDB.pm
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLPDB.pm
@@ -781,9 +781,12 @@ sub root {
=item C<< $tlpdb->location >>
-The function C<location> returns the location of the actual C<texlive.tlpdb>
-file used. Note that this is a read-only function, you cannot change
-the root of the TLPDB using this function.
+Return the location of the actual C<texlive.tlpdb> file used. This is a
+read-only function; you cannot change the root of the TLPDB using this
+function.
+
+See C<00texlive-installation.config.tlpsrc> for a description of the
+special value C<__MASTER>.
=cut
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/00texlive-installation.config.tlpsrc b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/00texlive-installation.config.tlpsrc
index 12d928496d5..f7d5e0d7844 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/00texlive-installation.config.tlpsrc
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/00texlive-installation.config.tlpsrc
@@ -1,15 +1,23 @@
name 00texlive-installation.config
category TLCore
-longdesc this package serves a double purpose:
+longdesc This package serves two purposes:
+longdesc
longdesc 1. at installation time the present values are taken as default for
longdesc the installer
-longdesc 2. on an installed system it serves as configuration file. Since
-longdesc we have to remember these settings for additional package
+longdesc
+longdesc 2. on an installed system it serves as a configuration file.
+longdesc We have to remember these settings for additional package
longdesc installation, removal, etc.
-longdesc Note concerning the name:
+longdesc
+longdesc The value of __MASTER__ for the location field tells the
+longdesc installer to use the present directory itself. For example,
+longdesc the DVD can be mounted anywhere and we want the installer to work.
+longdesc
+longdesc Concerning the 00* names:
longdesc All packages starting with 00texlive are considered virtual packages
longdesc in the sense that no containers are generated and these packages
longdesc are never split into .src and .doc sub-packages in the tlpdb.
+
depend platform:
depend location:__MASTER__
depend opt_paper:a4