From c54a9dca22b83a6f4e91234dad93f701e81257fe Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Karl Berry Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 17:22:12 +0000 Subject: more documentation on -url. git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@9274 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751 --- Master/install-tl | 13 +++++++++++-- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'Master/install-tl') diff --git a/Master/install-tl b/Master/install-tl index c5e75d8cd91..99d10c04c3e 100755 --- a/Master/install-tl +++ b/Master/install-tl @@ -1271,8 +1271,17 @@ Preloads a TeX Live profile for equal installations on different systems. =item B<-url> I -Overrides the default URL for network installs. Should start with -either ftp:// or http:// +Overrides the default URL for network installs. Must start with either +C or C/ (it is passed to wget), and do not include a +trailing C. Do not include the final C level; for example, +you could choose a particular CTAN mirror with something like: + -url http://ctan.example.org/tex-archive/texlive/tlnet/2008 + +(Of course the correct hostname and its particular top-level CTAN path +have to be specified.) The list of CTAN mirrors is maintained at +L. The default is to pick a mirror +automatically, using L; one mirror is used for +the entire download. =item B<-netarchive> I -- cgit v1.2.3