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diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index 07d8f0d2..a66bd4a9 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -72,8 +72,8 @@ In addition to packages, groups can be specified as well. For example, if gnome is a defined package group, then `pacman -S gnome` will install every package in the gnome group, as well as the dependencies of those packages. + -Packages which provide other packages are also handled. For example, `pacman -S -foo` will first look for a foo package. If foo is not found, packages which +Packages that provide other packages are also handled. For example, `pacman -S +foo` will first look for a foo package. If foo is not found, packages that provide the same functionality as foo will be searched for. If any package is found, it will be installed. + @@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ greater than `1:3.6-1`. *-T, \--deptest*:: Check dependencies; this is useful in scripts such as makepkg to check installed packages. This operation will check each dependency specified and - return a list of those which are not currently satisfied on the system. + return a list of dependencies that are not currently satisfied on the system. This operation accepts no other options. Example usage: `pacman -T qt "bash>=3.2"`. @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ Options Specify an alternative installation root (default is `/`). This should not be used as a way to install software into `/usr/local` instead of `/usr`. This option is used if you want to install a package on a - temporary mounted partition which is "owned" by another system. + temporary mounted partition that is "owned" by another system. *NOTE*: if database path or logfile are not specified on either the command line or in linkman:pacman.conf[5], their default location will be inside this root path. @@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ Query Options[[QO]] *-e, \--explicit*:: Restrict or filter output to explicitly installed packages. This option - can be combined with '-t' to list explicitly installed packages which + can be combined with '-t' to list explicitly installed packages that are not required by any other package. *-g, \--groups*:: |