[tex-live] TL2008 installer

Thomas A. Schmitz thomas.schmitz at uni-bonn.de
Mon Jun 16 20:43:03 CEST 2008


On Jun 16, 2008, at 7:35 PM, Norbert Preining wrote:

> Hi Thomas,
>
> One more thing:
>
> On Mo, 16 Jun 2008, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
>> 2. Is it possible to add a --resume option to the installer script?
>
> You can try
> 	export TL_DOWNLOAD_ARGS="-q --tries=3 -O"
> and then start the installation. That should give wget three chances  
> to
> download a file.
>
> Could you please report on any improvement by this?
>
> Best wishes
>
> Norbert
I will, but I'll try it on another computer. Not easy to test, too, as  
luck will have it, this time the download will continue without a  
hitch. Well, I can always pull the network cable :-)

Thomas


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