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-.TH pacman 8 "July 6, 2005" "pacman #VERSION#" ""
+.TH pacman 8 "January 21, 2006" "pacman #VERSION#" ""
.SH NAME
pacman \- package manager utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -83,6 +83,10 @@ Specify an alternate configuration file.
.B "\-\-noconfirm"
Bypass any and all "Are you sure?" messages. It's not a good idea to do this
unless you want to run pacman from a script.
+.TP
+.B "\-\-noprogressbar"
+Do not show a progress bar when downloading files. This can be useful for
+scripts that call pacman and capture the output.
.SH SYNC OPTIONS
.TP
.B "\-c, \-\-clean"
@@ -174,6 +178,10 @@ option then the .PKGINFO file will be printed.
List all files owned by <package>. Multiple packages can be specified on
the command line.
.TP
+.B "\-m, \-\-foreign"
+List all packages that were not found in the sync database(s). Typically these
+are packages that were downloaded manually and installed with --add.
+.TP
.B "\-o, \-\-owns <file>"
Search for the package that owns <file>.
.TP
@@ -210,9 +218,9 @@ original=\fBX\fP, current=\fBY\fP, new=\fBY\fP
The new one is identical to the current one. Win win. Install the new file.
.TP
original=\fBX\fP, current=\fBY\fP, new=\fBZ\fP
-All three files are different. So we install the new file, but back up the
-old one to a .pacsave extension. This way the user can move the old configuration
-file back into place if he wishes.
+All three files are different, so we install the new file with a .pacnew
+extension and warn the user, so she can manually move the file into place
+after making any necessary customizations.
.SH CONFIGURATION
pacman will attempt to read \fI/etc/pacman.conf\fP each time it is invoked. This
configuration file is divided into sections or \fIrepositories\fP. Each section