[tex-live] tpm files, function="buildFormat"

[Sebastian Rahtz]

Norbert Preining wrote:

>>and then we hand-code the necessary instructions into the TPM files as
>>a one-off
>>    
>>
>
>how to do this?! I thought the tpms files are automatically generated,
>so that we have to add something to this process. Or am I wrong?!
>
>  
>
Yes, I am afraid so :-}

Each time they are re-generated, the TPM files are
checked against the current file, and any Execute
instructions are copied across. The autogeneration
is of the file lists. You can see it works, because
the language Execute instructions are preserved.

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