summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/00texlive.installation.tlpsrc
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
Diffstat (limited to 'Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/00texlive.installation.tlpsrc')
-rw-r--r--Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/00texlive.installation.tlpsrc16
1 files changed, 14 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/00texlive.installation.tlpsrc b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/00texlive.installation.tlpsrc
index 69acf2f69be..3a1862ad29e 100644
--- a/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/00texlive.installation.tlpsrc
+++ b/Master/tlpkg/tlpsrc/00texlive.installation.tlpsrc
@@ -8,6 +8,19 @@ longdesc 2. on an installed system it serves as a configuration file.
longdesc We have to remember these settings for additional package
longdesc installation, removal, etc.
longdesc
+longdesc There are two types here:
+longdesc - If the key starts with opt_ this is an options that can be
+longdesc set by the user either at installation time or via tlmgr later on
+longdesc - If the key starts with setting_ this value cannot be changed
+longdesc by the user directly with tlmgr, but only by other actions.
+longdesc Currently there are only two settings supported of which one
+longdesc is only used in special cases:
+longdesc . setting_available_architectures lists all available platforms
+longdesc and should be always present
+longdesc . setting_platform *overrides* the auto-deteced platform. This
+longdesc setting will only be present when you forced a sepcific
+longdesc architecture with -force-arch to install-tl
+longdesc
longdesc The value of __MASTER__ for the location field tells the
longdesc installer to use the present directory itself. For example,
longdesc the DVD can be mounted anywhere and we want the installer to work.
@@ -17,8 +30,7 @@ longdesc All packages starting with 00texlive are considered virtual packages
longdesc in the sense that no containers are generated and these packages
longdesc are never split into .src and .doc sub-packages in the tlpdb.
-depend platform:
-depend location:__MASTER__
+depend opt_location:__MASTER__
depend opt_paper:a4
depend opt_create_formats:1
depend opt_desktop_integration:0