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authorJudd Vinet <judd@archlinux.org>2002-03-18 10:36:01 +0100
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+.TH pacsync 8 "Mar 17, 2002" "pacsync #VERSION#" ""
+.SH NAME
+pacsync \- package update frontend for pacman
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+\fBpacsync <operation> [package] [package] ...\fP
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+\fBpacsync\fP is a \fIpackage update\fP frontend for the
+\fIpacman\fP package manager. It keeps track of the versions
+of packages installed on the local system and the versions of
+packages on a remote server. This allows you to issue a single
+command and have you system's packages brought into sync.
+.SH OPERATIONS
+.TP
+.B "sync"
+Download a new copy of the package list from the server. This
+should be done regularly, usually before an "install", "upgrade"
+or "sysupgrade" command.
+.TP
+.B "install <package>"
+Install a new package. \fBpacsync\fP will first look for the package
+in the cache directory. If it is not there, it will attempt to
+download the file from the server. On success, the package will
+be installed. (Note that the downloaded file is also copied to
+a cache directory on your filesystem. You can delete it with
+"clean").
+.TP
+.B "upgrade <package>"
+Upgrade a package. This is the same as \fIinstall\fP, except a package
+is upgraded (ie, it is already installed in the system).
+.TP
+.B "report"
+Generate an upgrade report. This operation will compare all local
+package versions to remote versions, and then show you a report of
+the differences.
+.TP
+.B "sysupgrade"
+Full system upgrade. This is the same as report except after confirmation,
+\fBpacsync\fP will upgrade all packages that are not up to date.
+.TP
+.B "clean"
+This will remove all downloaded packages from the cache directory. This
+can/should be used regularly to free up diskspace.
+.SH CONFIGURATION
+Configuration options are stored in /etc/pacsync.conf. Currently there is only
+one directive.
+.TP
+.B "SYNC_SERVER"
+This should be set to the full URL of the download server closest to you.
+FTP is preferred, but HTTP is supported also, provided you have wget.
+.SH AUTHOR
+.nf
+Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org>
+.fi