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Diffstat (limited to 'Master')
| -rwxr-xr-x | Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl | 19 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl index eed69d16d4d..9c10b06b4e5 100755 --- a/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl +++ b/Master/texmf/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl @@ -5688,13 +5688,16 @@ Search for package names, descriptions, and taxonomies, but not files. =head2 show [I<options>] I<pkg>... -Display information about I<pkg>: the name, category, installation status, -short and long description. Searches in the remote installation source -for the package if it is not locally installed. +Display information about I<pkg>: the name, category, short and long +description, installation status, and TeX Live revision number. +Searches in the remote installation source for the package if it is not +locally installed. -It also displays the information taken from the TeX Catalogue (license, -date, version), but note that there is a high probability that this -information is slightly off due to timing issues. +It also displays information taken from the TeX Catalogue, namely the +package version, date, and license. Consider these, especially the +package version, approximations only, due to timing skew of the updates +of the difference pieces. The C<revision> value, by contrast, comes +directly from TL and is reliable. Options: @@ -5732,8 +5735,8 @@ the request type. With anything else as arguments, operates as the C<show> action. -If the option C<--only-installed> is given the installation source will -not be used and only locally installed packages, collections, or schemes +If the option C<--only-installed> is given, the installation source will +not be used; only locally installed packages, collections, or schemes are listed. |