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diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/doc/00texlive-packages.txt b/Master/tlpkg/doc/00texlive-packages.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..890354a69a2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Master/tlpkg/doc/00texlive-packages.txt @@ -0,0 +1,116 @@ +Those strange 00texlive packages +================================ + +00texlive.config +---------------- +contains configuration options about the tlnet archive and the distribution +itself. + +Supported settings: + container_split_src_files $tlpdb->config_src_container + container_split_doc_files $tlpdb->config_doc_container + container_format/xz $tlpdb->config_container_format + release/NNNN $tlpdb->config_release + revision/NNNNNN $tlpdb->cofnig_revision + +Used in install-tl and tlmgr to determine the "abilities" (split container) +and release of the remote tlpdb. + +Origin of the fields is + %TeXLive::TLConfig::TLPDBConfigs +plus TLMedia->revision for the revision field. + +The values are set by tlpkg/bin/tl-update-tlnet (and tlpsrc2tlpdb) in the +generated tlpdb from the default values as given in %TLPDBConfigs. + + +00texlive.installation +---------------------- +(from the tlpsrc itself) +This package serves two purposes: + +1. at installation time the present values are taken as default for + the installer + +2. on an installed system it serves as a configuration file. + We have to remember these settings for additional package + installation, removal, etc. + +In the tlpsrc itself only those options are saved that are used *ONLY* +at installation time, currently opt_paper, opt_path, opt_frozen. +These will longdesc be saved in the local tlpdb and will not be +accessible by tlmgr. + +All other options are set from TLConfig::TLPDBOptions to the +default values specified there. + +There are two types here: +- If the key starts with opt_ this is an options that can be + set by the user either at installation time or via tlmgr later on +- If the key starts with setting_ this value cannot be changed + by the user directly with tlmgr, but only by other actions. + Currently there are only two settings supported of which one + is only used in special cases: + . setting_available_architectures lists all available platforms + and should be always present + . setting_platform *overrides* the auto-deteced platform. This + setting will only be present when you forced a sepcific + architecture with -force-arch to install-tl + +The value of __MASTER__ for the location field tells the +installer to use the present directory itself. For example, +the DVD can be mounted anywhere and we want the installer to work. + +Access to the fields: + $tlpdb->option("name"[, "val"]); + $tlpdb->setting("name"); + +Currently supported: + opt_location:__MASTER__ + opt_paper:a4 + opt_create_formats:1 + opt_desktop_integration:1 + opt_file_assocs:1 + opt_post_code:1 + opt_w32_multi_user:1 + opt_path:0 + opt_sys_bin:/usr/local/bin + opt_sys_info:/usr/local/info + opt_sys_man:/usr/local/man + opt_install_docfiles:1 + opt_install_srcfiles:1 + opt_frozen:0 + + setting_available_architectures:arch1 arch2 arch3 ... + setting_platform:arch + + +Origin of the fields: +For most of the fields it is %TeXLive::TLConfig::TLPDBOptions, and +for opt_paper, opt_path, and opt_frozen the 00texlive.installation.tlpsrc + + + +00texlive.image +--------------- +(from the tlpsrc itself) +This package collects some files which are not caught by any of the +other TL packages. Its purpose is to make the file coverage +check happy. The files here are not copied by the installer +and containers are not built; they exist only in the +full DVD image or the installer archives. + +The IgnorePatterns in the check_files routine in tlmgr.pl +augment this list. + + +00texlive.installer +------------------- +(from the tlpsrc itself) +This package defines the files to go into the installer +archives (install-tl-unx.tar.gz, install-tl.zip) built +by the tl-make-installer script. Most of what's here is also +included in the texlive.infra package -- ordinarily duplicates +are not allowed, but in this case, 00texlive.installer is never +used *except* to build the installer archives, so it's ok. + |