diff --git a/pst/typesetting/texlive.xml b/pst/typesetting/texlive.xml
index 857a988034..ea89e77a58 100644
--- a/pst/typesetting/texlive.xml
+++ b/pst/typesetting/texlive.xml
@@ -23,6 +23,25 @@
   <!ENTITY texlive-extra-md5sum        "1bd045bd1673ce61bde590c10b86c6cc">
   <!ENTITY texlive-extra-size          "1.9 MB">
 
+<!-- The following commit will change future installs so that the scripts in
+texmf-dist linked from bin/ are copied instead of symlinks.
+
+commit 0c9707142465610f0e22745a22bf8c71850cef49
+Author: Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
+Date:   Tue Mar 19 22:03:22 2024 +0000
+
+    (%opts): create the generically-named output files as copies by default.
+    (@cmdline_options): allow -no-copy.
+    (help): document.
+    
+    
+    git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@70707 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
+
+That was done to simplify the process (windows has always used copy) and will likely
+make the installed sizes somewhat bigger.
+
+There is an option --no-copy for updmap.pl, unclear if that can be used here,
+and it might have been removed by next year. -->
 ]>
 
 
diff --git a/pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml b/pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml
index 491734899d..42700c97bf 100644
--- a/pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml
+++ b/pst/typesetting/tl-installer.xml
@@ -10,9 +10,27 @@
   <!ENTITY tl-installer-md5sum          "cec36f23d7d4e1a4a2a90f77bad8e667">
   <!ENTITY tl-installer-date             "20230313"> <!-- in the directory name -->
   <!ENTITY tl-installer-size            "5.5 MB">
-
   <!ENTITY tl-installer-buildsize        "85 MB MB for plain TeX, typically 2 to 4 MB for latex and later engines, 8.6 GB if everything is included">
   <!ENTITY tl-installer-time            "varies, depending on network speed and traffic">
+<!-- The following commit will change future installs so that the scripts in
+texmf-dist linked from bin/ are copied instead of symlinks.
+
+commit 0c9707142465610f0e22745a22bf8c71850cef49
+Author: Karl Berry <karl@freefriends.org>
+Date:   Tue Mar 19 22:03:22 2024 +0000
+
+    (%opts): create the generically-named output files as copies by default.
+    (@cmdline_options): allow -no-copy.
+    (help): document.
+    
+    
+    git-svn-id: svn://tug.org/texlive/trunk@70707 c570f23f-e606-0410-a88d-b1316a301751
+
+That was done to simplify the process (windows has always used copy) and will likely
+make the installed sizes somewhat bigger.
+
+There is an option --no-copy for updmap.pl, unclear if that can be used here,
+and it might have been removed by next year. -->
 ]>
 
 <sect1 id="tl-installer" xreflabel="install-tl-unx">