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| -rwxr-xr-x | Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl | 12 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl index 657754827fd..b0f48c9f6a1 100755 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl @@ -9297,12 +9297,12 @@ If the package on the server is older than the package already installed (e.g., if the selected mirror is out of date), C<tlmgr> does not downgrade. Also, packages for uninstalled platforms are not installed. -C<tlmgr> saves a copy of the C<texlive.tlpdb> file used for an update -with a suffix representing the repository url, as in -C<tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.>I<long-hash-string>. These can be useful for -fallback information, but if you don't like them accumulating (e.g., -C<mirror.ctan.org> resolves to many different hosts, each resulting in -a possibly different hash), it's harmless to delete them. +C<tlmgr> saves one copy of the main C<texlive.tlpdb> file used for an +update with a suffix representing the repository url, as in +C<tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb.main.>I<long-hash-string>. Thus, even when many +mirrors are used, only one main C<tlpdb> backup is kept. For non-main +repositories, which do not generally have (m)any mirrors, no pruning of +backups is done. This action does not automatically add or remove new symlinks in system directories; you need to run C<tlmgr> L</path> yourself if you are using |