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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 |