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diff --git a/doc/repo-add.8.txt b/doc/repo-add.8.txt index f096d714..564ee758 100644 --- a/doc/repo-add.8.txt +++ b/doc/repo-add.8.txt @@ -34,9 +34,9 @@ delta specified on the command line. Multiple packages and/or delta to remove can be specified on the command line. A package database is a tar file, optionally compressed. Valid extensions are -``.db'' or ``.files'' followed by an archive extension of ``.tar'', -``.tar.gz'', ``.tar.bz2'', ``.tar.xz'', or ``.tar.Z''. The file does not need -to exist, but all parent directories must exist. +``.db'' followed by an archive extension of ``.tar'', ``.tar.gz'', ``.tar.bz2'', +``.tar.xz'', or ``.tar.Z''. The file does not need to exist, but all parent +directories must exist. Common Options @@ -71,11 +71,6 @@ repo-add Options Automatically generate and add a delta file between the old entry and the new one, if the old package file is found next to the new one. -*-f, \--files*:: - Tells 'repo-add' also to create and include a list of the files in the - specified packages. This is useful for creating databases listing all files - in a given sync repository for tools that may use this information. - *-n, \--new*:: Only add packages that are not already in the database. Warnings will be printed upon detection of existing packages, but they will not be re-added. @@ -87,15 +82,12 @@ repo-add Options Example ------- -'repo-add' is often invoked twice to create two separate databases; a smaller -database used by pacman and a large database containing package file lists for -use by other utilities. - 'repo-add' foo.db.tar.xz <pkg1> [<pkg2> ...] -'repo-add' -f foo.files.tar.xz <pkg1> [<pkg2> ...] -While pacman can use the large database (if given a db.tar* extension), there -is currently no additional benefit for the larger download. +This creates two separate databases; a smaller database ``foo.db.tar.xz'' used by +pacman and a large database containing package file lists ``foo.files.tar.xz'' for +use by other utilities. While pacman can use the large database (if renamed with a +db.tar* extension), there is currently no additional benefit for the larger download. See Also |