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-rwxr-xr-x | Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl | 12 |
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diff --git a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl index ed0461e9568..d72ba3983e5 100755 --- a/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl +++ b/Master/texmf-dist/scripts/texlive/tlmgr.pl @@ -9733,6 +9733,18 @@ If wget is available (either from the system or TL) and working, use that. TL still provides C<wget> binaries for some platforms, so some download method should always be available. +=item C<TEXLIVE_PREFER_OWN> + +By default, programs provided by the system, i.e., found in the C<PATH> are +preferred over those shipped with TeX Live. In particular, if C<xz> is found +in the C<PATH> somewhere, this version is used instead of the one included +in TeX Live. + +This can create problems with too old systems, and can be overriden by +setting the environment variable C<TEXLIVE_PREFER_OWN> to 1. In this case +TeX Live will prefer programs for compressor and downloader as shipped with +TeX Live over their respective variants provided by the system. + =back |