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@@ -13,7 +13,17 @@ DESCRIPTION: upgrade packages in the system, and it will allow you to query the package database for installed packages, files and owners. - Plans exist for dependency checking and remote file fetching, as well. + Although the package manager itself is quite simple, the pacman tarball + also comes with scripts that help automate building and installing + packages. These are used extensively in the Arch Build System (ABS), + used in Arch Linux <http://www.archlinux.org>. See ABS.txt for more + information. + + As of version 1.2, pacsync is included as well. This performs an apt-like + function, keeping your system's packages in sync with the packages on + a remote server. + + Plans exist for dependency checking as I approach version 2.0. See TODO for more info. @@ -32,15 +42,15 @@ Note: Since pacman is compiled statically, you will need the static libraries BUGS: ----- -If you find bugs (which is quite likely at version 1.0), please submit -them to <jvinet@zeroflux.org> with specific information, such as your +If you find bugs (which is quite likely), please submit them to +<jvinet@zeroflux.org> with specific information, such as your commandline, the nature of the bug, and even the package database, if it helps. COPYRIGHT: ---------- -pacman is Copyright (c) 2002 Judd vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org> and is +pacman is Copyright (c) 2002 Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org> and is licensed through the GNU General Public License (see COPYING). pacman uses "libtar", a library for reading/writing tar-files. This |