1 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Master/install-tl b/Master/install-tl
index 760bb2b7d39..4b6557a854d 100755
--- a/Master/install-tl
+++ b/Master/install-tl
@@ -124,6 +124,8 @@ our %vars=( # 'n_' means 'number of'.
         'sys_bin' => '/usr/local/bin',
         'sys_man' => '/usr/local/man',
         'sys_info' => '/usr/local/info',
+        'src_splitting_supported' => 1,
+        'doc_splitting_supported' => 1,
         'option_doc' => 1,
         'option_src' => 1,
         'option_fmt' => 0,
@@ -308,6 +310,13 @@ tllog($::LOG_NORMAL, "Installer Directory: '$::installerdir'\n");
 initialize_installer();
 setup_programs("$::installerdir/tlpkg/installer", "$::_platform_");
 load_tlpdb();
+
+# correctly set the splitting support
+# for DVD we always support splitting
+if ((media() eq "NET") || (media() eq "CD")) {
+  $vars{'src_splitting_supported'} = $tlpdb->config_src_container;
+  $vars{'doc_splitting_supported'} = $tlpdb->config_doc_container;
+}
 $texlive_release = $tlpdb->config_release;
 set_platforms_supported();
 set_texlive_default_dirs();