install-tl-windows.bat Suggestions for Enhancement

M. Münch Martin.Muench at Uni-Bonn.de
Fri Apr 12 15:14:13 CEST 2024


Hello!

1. In line 19 of current install-tl-windows.bat, see

https://github.com/TeX-Live/installer/blob/fa57b0f4cccd7d00875b80a62f2e55f4606bcb70/install-tl-windows.bat#L19

, it probably should be
"*Since* 2020 TeX Live has not been tested on Windows Vista."

or
"TeX Live *2024* has not been tested on Windows Vista."

instead of the current text

"TeX Live *2020* has not been tested on Windows Vista."

(which is neither wrong nor helpful for TL24ff.).

2. At the end of the file:

:tooold
echo TeX Live does not run on this Windows version.
echo TeX Live is supported on Windows 7 and later.
pause

That is correct, but on the off-chance that somebody upgrades from some 
old Windows (32 bit) to Windows 7 (32 bit) (or a 32 bit version of Win 
8.1 or 10) and *then* is told that their 32 bit version is not 
supported, maybe additionally include the "64 bit required" here?
The test for 32 vs. 64 bit is not even run for "too old".

3.
rem $Id: install-tl.bat 30369 2018-03-11 13:01:27Z siepo $

"install-tl.bat" is now "install-tl-windows.bat", and it has been 
updated (e.g. regarding 32 -> 64 bit), but the ID still claims it is 
from 2018.

Yours

Martin Münch


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