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diff --git a/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/install-tl.1 b/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/install-tl.1
index df70ca8d169..d7464a1894f 100644
--- a/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/install-tl.1
+++ b/Master/texmf/doc/man/man1/install-tl.1
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@
.\" ========================================================================
.\"
.IX Title "INSTALL-TL 1"
-.TH INSTALL-TL 1 "2010-09-16" "perl v5.12.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
+.TH INSTALL-TL 1 "2011-04-24" "perl v5.12.3" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
.\" For nroff, turn off justification. Always turn off hyphenation; it makes
.\" way too many mistakes in technical documents.
.if n .ad l
@@ -206,9 +206,9 @@ Use the text mode installer (default except on Windows).
.IX Item "-lang llcode"
(only for \s-1GUI\s0 installer) If possible, start the installer translated into
the language specified by the 2\-letter (\s-1ISO\s0 639\-1) language code (with
-the exception for selecting simplified or traditional Chinese).
+the exception for selecting simplified or traditional Chinese).
Currently supported
-languages: English (en, default), Czech (cs), German (de), French (fr),
+languages: English (en, default), Czech (cs), German (de), French (fr),
Italian (it), Dutch (nl), Polish (pl), Russian (ru), Slovak (sk),
Slovenian (sl), Serbian (sr), Vietnamese (vi), simplified Chinese
(zh-cn), and traditional Chinese (zh-tw).
@@ -304,8 +304,8 @@ For Windows only: configure for the current user, not for all users.
.IX Item "--no-persistent-downloads"
.PD
For net installs, activating this option makes the installer try to set up a
-persistent connection using the Net::LWP Perl module.
-This opens only one connection between your computer and the server
+persistent connection using the Net::LWP Perl module.
+This opens only one connection between your computer and the server
per session and reuses it, instead of initiating a new download for
each package.
.Sp
@@ -314,9 +314,17 @@ fall back to using \f(CW\*(C`wget\*(C'\fR if this is not possible. To disable u
\&\s-1LWP\s0 and persistent connections, use \f(CW\*(C`\-\-no\-persistent\-downloads\*(C'\fR.
.IP "\fB\-portable\fR" 4
.IX Item "-portable"
-Install for portable use. This option minimazes the impact on the host
-system making TeX Live self-contained in a single directory and
-usable from portable drives. See section \fB\s-1PORTABLE\s0 \s-1USE\s0\fR below.
+Install for portable use on e.g. a \s-1USB\s0 stick. Also selectable from
+within the perltk\- and text installers.
+.IP "\fB\-in\-place\fR" 4
+.IX Item "-in-place"
+This is a quick-and-dirty installation option in case you already
+have an rsync\- or svn checkout of TeX Live. It will use the checkout
+as-is and will just do the necessary post-install. Be warned that
+the file tlpkg/texlive.tlpdb may be rewritten, that removal has
+to be done manually, and that the only realistic way to maintain
+this installation is to redo it from time to time. This option is
+not available via the installer interface. \s-1USE\s0 \s-1AT\s0 \s-1YOUR\s0 \s-1OWN\s0 \s-1RISK\s0.
.IP "\fB\-print\-platform\fR" 4
.IX Item "-print-platform"
Print the TeX Live identifier for the detected platform
@@ -340,7 +348,7 @@ There is one exception to this: If the profile contains a variable for
\&\f(CW\*(C`selected_scheme\*(C'\fR and \fIno\fR collection variable is defined in the
profile, then the collections which the specified scheme requires are
installed. Thus, a simple line \f(CW\*(C`selected_scheme scheme\-medium\*(C'\fR
-together with the definitions of the paths (\f(CW\*(C`TEXDIR\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`TEXDIRW\*(C'\fR,
+together with the definitions of the paths (\f(CW\*(C`TEXDIR\*(C'\fR,
\&\f(CW\*(C`TEXMFHOME\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`TEXMFLOCAL\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`TEXMFSYSCONFIG\*(C'\fR, \f(CW\*(C`TEXMFSYSVAR\*(C'\fR) suffices
to install the medium scheme with all default options.
.IP "\fB\-q\fR" 4
@@ -366,15 +374,6 @@ If \f(CW\*(C`\-v\*(C'\fR has been given the revisions of the used modules are re
.PP
As usual, all options can be specified with either \f(CW\*(C`\-\*(C'\fR or \f(CW\*(C`\-\-\*(C'\fR, and
arguments can be separated from their options by either a space or \f(CW\*(C`=\*(C'\fR.
-.SH "PORTABLE USE"
-.IX Header "PORTABLE USE"
-The root directory of a TeX Live installation contains a shell script
-\&\f(CW\*(C`tl\-portable\*(C'\fR and a \s-1DOS\s0 batch file \f(CW\*(C`tl\-portable.bat\*(C'\fR which start up a
-new shell (command prompt), in which TeX Live can be run self-contained.
-.PP
-When running these scripts from a non-writable medium, some preparation
-of the host system is done on the first run, in the host directory
-\&\f(CW\*(C`~/.tlportableYYYY\*(C'\fR. Otherwise, the host system is not touched.
.SH "AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT"
.IX Header "AUTHORS AND COPYRIGHT"
This script and its documentation were written for the TeX Live