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diff --git a/doc/pacman.8 b/doc/pacman.8 index 1d1473ca..6614618f 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8 +++ b/doc/pacman.8 @@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ ends to be written (for instance, a GUI front end). .SH OPERATIONS .TP .B \-A, --add (deprecated) -Add a package to the system. The package will be uncompressed into the -installation root and the database will be updated. The package will not be -installed if another version is already installed. Please use \fB--upgrade\fP -in place of this option. +Add a package to the system. Either a URL or file path can be specified. The +package will be uncompressed into the installation root and the database will +be updated. The package will not be installed if another version is already +installed. NOTE: please use \fB--upgrade\fP in place of this option. .TP .B \-F, --freshen This is like \fB--upgrade\fP except it will only upgrade packages already @@ -42,22 +42,22 @@ against the local package database or can be used on individual .tar.gz packages. See \fBQUERY OPTIONS\fP below. .TP .B \-R, --remove -Remove a package from the system. Files belonging to the specified package -will be deleted, and the database will be updated. Most configuration files +Remove a package from the system. Files belonging to the specified package +will be deleted, and the database will be updated. Most configuration files will be saved with a \fI.pacsave\fP extension unless the \fB--nosave\fP option is used. See \fBREMOVE OPTIONS\fP below. .TP .B \-S, --sync Synchronize packages. Packages are installed directly from the ftp servers, -including all dependencies required to run the packages. For example, +including all dependencies required to run the packages. For example, \fBpacman -S qt\fP will download and install \fBqt\fP and all the packages it depends on. You can also use \fBpacman -Su\fP to upgrade all packages that are out of date. See \fBSYNC OPTIONS\fP below. .TP .B \-U, --upgrade -Upgrade or add a package to the system. This is a "remove-then-add" process. -See \fBHANDLING CONFIG FILES\fP for an explanation on how pacman takes care of -config files. +Upgrade or add a package to the system. Either a URL or file path can be +specified. This is a "remove-then-add" process. See \fBHANDLING CONFIG +FILES\fP for an explanation on how pacman takes care of config files. .TP .B \-V, --version Display version and exit. @@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ downloads packages, it saves them in \fI/var/cache/pacman/pkg\fP. Use one packages from the cache. .TP .B \-g, --groups -Display all the members for each package group specified. If no group names are -provided, all groups will be listed. +Display all the members for each package group specified. If no group names +are provided, all groups will be listed; pass the flag twice to view all +groups and their members. .TP .B \-i, --info Display dependency and other information for a given package. This will search @@ -199,8 +200,10 @@ Retrieve all packages from the server, but do not install/upgrade anything. .TP .B \-y, --refresh Download a fresh copy of the master package list from the server(s) defined in -\fBpacman.conf\fP. This should typically be used each time you use -\fB--sysupgrade\fP. +\fBpacman.conf\fP. This should typically be used each time you use +\fB--sysupgrade\fP or \fB-u\fP. Passing two \fB--refresh\fP or \fB-y\fP flags +will force a refresh of all package lists even if they are thought to be +up to date. .TP .B \--ignore \fIpackage\fP Directs \fBpacman\fP to ignore upgrades of \fIpackage\fP even if there is one |