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| author | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2010-05-05 18:18:27 +0200 |
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| committer | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2010-05-05 18:18:27 +0200 |
| commit | d485c0370f554758a28eff2cc32b2cc9c72a4604 (patch) | |
| tree | 837600604eac5e14a8b1799a4bcce0c7a0517ac5 /doc | |
| parent | 9528c36452a6ca8b3718ef5895f31f46c16b17fa (diff) | |
| download | pacman-d485c0370f554758a28eff2cc32b2cc9c72a4604.tar.gz pacman-d485c0370f554758a28eff2cc32b2cc9c72a4604.tar.xz | |
Improve documentation of -k/--dbonly
We had the long option wrong in some places and its behavior wasn't
documented at all with regards to -U/--upgrade.
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.8.txt | 15 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index 249923a1..3d14a42a 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ to determine which packages need upgrading. This behavior operates as follows: *-U, \--upgrade*:: Upgrade or add package(s) to the system and install the required dependencies from sync repos. Either a URL or file path can be - specified. This is a ``remove-then-add'' process. See <<HCF,Handling Config - Files>> for an explanation on how pacman takes care of config files. + specified. This is a ``remove-then-add'' process. See <<UO,Upgrade + Options>> below; also see <<HCF,Handling Config Files>> for an explanation + on how pacman takes care of config files. *-V, \--version*:: Display version and exit. @@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ Remove Options[[RO]] or more target packages. This operation is recursive, and must be used with care since it can remove many potentially needed packages. -*-k, \--keep*:: +*-k, \--dbonly*:: Removes the database entry only. Leaves all files in place. *-n, \--nosave*:: @@ -375,6 +376,14 @@ linkman:pacman.conf[5]. separating them with a comma. +Upgrade Options[[UO]] +-------------------- +*-k, \--dbonly*:: + Adds the database entries for the specified packages but do not install any + of the files. On an upgrade operation, the existing package and all files + will be removed and the database entry for the new package will be added. + + Handling Config Files[[HCF]] ---------------------------- Pacman uses the same logic as rpm to determine action against files that are |