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--- a/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-install.tex
+++ b/Master/texmf-dist/doc/generic/FAQ-en/faq-install.tex
@@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ The % ! line break
\href{http://docs.miktex.org/manual/initexmf.html}{\miktex{} documentation}
gives further details about \texttt{initexmf}.
-On a te\TeX{} or \texlive{}-based system, use the command
+On a \texlive{}-based system (or its predecessor te\TeX{}, use the command
\texttt{texhash} (or if that's not available, \texttt{mktexlsr}~---
they ought to be different names for the same program).
@@ -196,17 +196,16 @@ In almost all cases, new material that you install should go into the
``local'' tree of your \AllTeX{} installation. (A discussion of
reasons \emph{not} to use the local tree appears below.)
-On a Unix(-alike) system, using te\TeX{} or \texlive{}, the root
+On a Unix(-alike) system, using \texlive{} or te\TeX{}, the root
directory will be named something like \path{/usr/share/texmf-local/}
or \path{/usr/local/share/texmf/}
You can ask such a system where it believes a local tree should be:
\begin{quote}
-
\begin{verbatim}
kpsewhich -var-value TEXMFLOCAL
\end{verbatim}
\end{quote}
-the output being the actual path, for example (on the workstation the
+the output being the actual path, for example (on the workstation this
author is using today):
\begin{quote}
\begin{verbatim}
@@ -247,7 +246,7 @@ candidate location. Note that the semantics of such a tree are
indistinguishable from those of a % ! line break
\Qref*{``home'' \acro{TEXMF} tree}{Q-privinst}.
-There are circumstances when you might not wish to use the `local' tree:
+You might not wish to use the `local' tree:
\begin{itemize}
\item if the package, or whatever, is ``personal'' (for example,
something commercial that has been licensed to you alone, or
@@ -255,11 +254,13 @@ There are circumstances when you might not wish to use the `local' tree:
\Qref*{``home'' \acro{TEXMF} tree}{Q-privinst};
\item if you \emph{know} that the package you are installing is a
replacement for the copy on the \acro{TEXMF} tree of your \AllTeX{}
- distribution, you should replace the existing copy in the
- \acro{TEXMF} tree.
+ distribution; in this case it is reasonable to replace the existing
+ copy in the \acro{TEXMF} tree.
\end{itemize}
-The reason one would put things on a local tree is to avoid their
-disappearance if the system is upgraded (or otherwise re-installed).
+If the system is upgraded (or otherwise re-installed), a copy made in
+the \acro{TEXMF} tree will probably be overwritten or deleted. This
+may be what you want, but otherwise it's a powerful incentive to use a
+tree that is \emph{not} ``part of the installed system''.
The reason one might place upgrades the distribution's main tree is to
avoid confusion. Suppose you were to place the file on the local
@@ -270,7 +271,7 @@ have an effect like:
\item you install package version \ensuremath{n+1} on the local tree; and
\item the updated distribution provides package version \ensuremath{n+2}.
\end{itemize}
-In such a situation, you will find yourself using version
+In such a situation, you could find yourself using version
\ensuremath{n+1} (from the local tree) \emph{after} the new
distribution has been installed.