more on -profile for batch installs (suggestion from Ana Nelson, tldoc mail 15 Mar 2012 23:19:20)

git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@25950 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751

2 files changed, 13 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/Master/install-tl b/Master/install-tl
index d993f612384..ec4374ca04e 100755
--- a/Master/install-tl
+++ b/Master/install-tl
@@ -2239,17 +2239,17 @@ C<-print-arch> is a synonym.
 
 =item B<-profile> I<profile>
 
-Load the file I<profile> for repeated installations on different
-systems.  This is useful for batch or scripted installation of TeX Live,
-that is, no user interaction is required.
+Load the file I<profile> and do the installation with no user
+interaction, that is, a batch (unattended) install.
 
 A I<profile> file contains all the values needed to perform an
 installation.  After a normal installation has finished, a profile for
 that exact installation is written to the file
 DEST/tlpkg/texlive.profile.  That file can be given as the argument to
 C<-profile> to redo the exact same installation on a different system,
-of rexample.  Alternatively, you can create a custom profile by starting
-from a generated one and changing values.
+for example.  Alternatively, you can use a custom profile, most easily
+created by starting from a generated one and changing values, or an
+empty file, which will take all the defaults.
 
 Normally a profile has to specify the value C<1> for each collection to
 be installed, even if the scheme is specified.  This follows from the
diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex b/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex
index a3df16208d3..333b79c6759 100644
--- a/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf/doc/texlive/texlive-en/texlive-en.tex
@@ -939,11 +939,14 @@ to introduce option names.  These are the most common ones:
   command, and from the \GUI{} installer.  See
   section~\ref{sec:portable-tl}.
 
-\item[-profile {\sl file}] The installer always writes a file
-  \filename{texlive.profile} to the \dirname{tlpkg} subdirectory of your
-  installation.  This option tells the installer to re-use such a
-  profile file, so you can install in batch mode on subsequent systems,
-  reproducing the choices you made in a prior installation.
+\item[-profile {\sl file}] Load the installation profile \var{file} and
+  do the installation with no user interaction.  The installer always
+  writes a file \filename{texlive.profile} to the \dirname{tlpkg}
+  subdirectory of your installation.  That file can be given as the
+  argument to redo the exact same installation on a different system,
+  for example.  Alternatively, you can use a custom profile, most easily
+  created by starting from a generated one and changing values, or an
+  empty file, which will take all the defaults.
 
 \item [-repository {\sl url-or-directory}] Specify package
   repository from which to install; see following.