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Diffstat (limited to 'Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm')
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1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm index 6550cd5d7d0..08657a84238 100644 --- a/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm +++ b/Master/tlpkg/TeXLive/TLUtils.pm @@ -1664,9 +1664,11 @@ sub _logit { =item C<info ($str1, $str2, ...)> Write a normal informational message, the concatenation of the argument -strings. The message will be included unless C<-q> was specified. If -the log file (see L<process_logging_options>) is defined, it also writes -there. +strings. The message will be written unless C<-q> was specified. If +the global C<$::machinereadable> is set (the C<--machine-readable> +option to C<tlmgr>), then output is written to stderr, else to stdout. +If the log file (see L<process_logging_options>) is defined, it also +writes there. It is best to use this sparingly, mainly to give feedback during lengthy operations and for final results. |