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Diffstat (limited to 'Master/texmf-dist/scripts')
| -rwxr-xr-x | Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl | 27 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl index 590d4542853..5c3e9cfeb5b 100755 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl @@ -7817,10 +7817,12 @@ If C<-v> has been given the revisions of the used modules are reported, too. If the C<--clean> option is not specified, this action makes a backup of the given packages, or all packages given C<--all>. These backups are -saved to the value of the C<--backupdir> option, if that is an existing and -writable directory. If C<--backupdir> is not given, the C<backupdir> -option setting in the TLPDB is used, if present. If both are missing, -no backups are made. +saved to the value of the C<--backupdir> option, if that is an existing +and writable directory. If C<--backupdir> is not given, the C<backupdir> +option setting in the TLPDB is used, if present. If both are missing, no +backups are made. (The installer sets C<backupdir> to +C<.../tlpkg/backups>, under the TL root installation directory, so it is +usually defined; see the L</option> description for more information.) If the C<--clean> option is specified, backups are pruned (removed) instead of saved. The optional integer value I<N> may be specified to @@ -8385,10 +8387,11 @@ testing installations, etc. When disabled, the respective files are not downloaded at all. The options C<autobackup> and C<backupdir> determine the defaults for -the actions C<update>, C<backup> and C<restore>. These three actions -need a directory in which to read or write the backups. If +the actions C<update>, C<backup> and C<restore>. These three actions +need a directory in which to read or write the backups. If C<--backupdir> is not specified on the command line, the C<backupdir> -option value is used (if set). +option value is used (if set). The TL installer sets C<backupdir> to +C<.../tlpkg/backups>, under the TL root installation directory. The C<autobackup> option (de)activates automatic generation of backups. Its value is an integer. If the C<autobackup> value is C<-1>, no @@ -9052,8 +9055,8 @@ installation with the server's idea of what is available: =item B<--backupdir> I<directory> These two options control the creation of backups of packages I<before> -updating; that is, backup of packages as currently installed. If -neither options is given, no backup will made. If C<--backupdir> is +updating; that is, backing up packages as currently installed. If +neither option is given, no backup will made. If C<--backupdir> is given and specifies a writable directory then a backup will be made in that location. If only C<--backup> is given, then a backup will be made to the directory previously set via the L</option> action (see @@ -9835,9 +9838,9 @@ If xz is available (either from the system or TL) and working, use that. =back -lz4 and gzip are much faster in creating tlmgr's local backups. -The unconditional use of xz for the tlnet containers is unaffected, -to minimize download sizes. +lz4 and gzip are faster in creating tlmgr's local backups, hence they +are preferred. The unconditional use of xz for the tlnet containers is +unaffected, to minimize download sizes. =item C<TEXLIVE_DOWNLOADER> |