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| -rwxr-xr-x | Master/install-tl | 10 | ||||
| -rwxr-xr-x | Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl | 6 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Master/install-tl b/Master/install-tl index 769a540fa8a..498fe997408 100755 --- a/Master/install-tl +++ b/Master/install-tl @@ -1749,15 +1749,15 @@ If the location 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: - -location http://mirror.example.org/path/to/ctan/texlive/tlnet/2008 + -location http://mirror.example.org/its/path/to/ctan/texlive/tlnet Of course a proper hostname and its particular top-level CTAN path -have to be specified. (The list of CTAN mirrors is maintained at -L<http://ctan.org/mirrors>.) +have to be specified. The list of CTAN mirrors is available at +L<http://ctan.org/mirrors>. The default is to pick a mirror automatically, using -L<http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet/YYYY>; the chosen mirror -is used for the entire download. You can use the special location name +L<http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet>; the chosen mirror is +used for the entire download. You can use the special location name C<ctan> as an abbreviation for this. See L<http://ctan.org> for more about CTAN and its mirrors. diff --git a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl index 298eae5fc23..f4df6b25899 100755 --- a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl +++ b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl @@ -3335,7 +3335,8 @@ name and its value. Specifies the location from which packages should be installed or updated, overriding the location found in the installation's TeX Live -Package Database (TLPDB). +Package Database (TLPDB). The documentation for C<install-tl> has more +details about this. =item B<--gui> [I<action>] @@ -3670,6 +3671,9 @@ the Internet. To do this, you can run tlmgr option location http://mirror.ctan.org/systems/texlive/tlnet +The C<install-tl> documentation has more information about these +locations. + The two options C<autobackup> and C<backupdir> determine defaults for the C<update>, C<backup> and C<restore> actions. These three actions need a directory to write to or read from the backups. If |