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$Id$
Public domain.
-See http://tug.org/texlive/pkgupdate.html for what information there is
+See http://tug.org/texlive/pkgupdate.html (and scripts) for information
on the CTAN-to-TL update process.
-To add a new architecture:
+To add a new platform:
- check that the config.guess output maps to our architecture name
in the `platform' routine in TeXLive/TLUtils.pm.
- add the abbreviation to the full-name mapping in `platform_desc'.
- create directory in Master/bin and add at least one file.
- add xz, xzdec, maybe wget binaries in Master/tlpkg/installer.
+- update .tlpsrc files if necessary.
- regenerate tlpdb.
-To remove an architecture:
-- remove directory in Master/bin
-- remove xz, xzdec, maybe wget binaries in Master/tlpkg/installer
-- remove any special cases in Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc
+To remove an platform:
+- remove directory in Master/bin.
+- remove xz, xzdec, maybe wget binaries in Master/tlpkg/installer.
+- remove any special cases in Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc.
- rebuild.
When switching the release version, the default network directory