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2011-08-10Document group and providers selectionAllan McRae1-4/+8
The format required for selection of packages within the group selection dialog is not entirely obvious, so provide some documentation. Fixes FS#24134. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> (cherry picked from commit 94d22f93096e210cd00d2e9c97c65f77d49ae387)
2011-06-01doc: fix attribute substitution in monospaced textDan McGee1-2/+2
When I switched all paths to use `` formatting, I didn't realize substitution didn't work in these quote marks. Use ++ instead to ensure attributes are substituted where appropriate. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-04-29pacman(8): grammar correction for relative clausesMatt Mooney1-5/+5
Change "which" to "that" when used in a restrictive clause. Replace usage of the relative prounoun "those" with a common noun for added clarity. Signed-off-by: Matt Mooney <mfm@muteddisk.com> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-04-29pacman(8): change "options" to "operation" when referring to -DMatt Mooney1-1/+1
-D is an operation not an option. Signed-off-by: Matt Mooney <mfm@muteddisk.com> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
2011-04-21doc/pacman: split -Su description in 3 paragraphsXavier Chantry1-6/+8
One paragraph for -Suu and one for -Su foo. Fixes FS#23451. Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <chantry.xavier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-03-23Documentation consistency fixesDan McGee1-19/+19
Fix the way we were referring to paths (use ``), .pac* extensions (use ''), and other general things across our main manpages. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-03-17pacman.8: (re)document behavior of reading from stdinDave Reisner1-1/+7
Change the term 'packages' to 'targets' in the synopsis as well, since command line parameters could just as well be groups, repos, or URLs. Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <d@falconindy.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-02-28A couple of minor manpage adjustmentsJakob Gruber1-25/+20
Signed-off-by: Jakob Gruber <jakob.gruber@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-01-31make -d less strict; add -dd optionFlorian Pritz1-3/+4
-d skips checking the version of a dependency. -dd skips the whole dependency check. Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <chantry.xavier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Florian Pritz <bluewind@server-speed.net> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-01-22doc: add a vercmp manpageDan McGee1-2/+4
This includes info on version comparison that is very similar to the stuff in the pacman manpage, but also a few vercmp examples, the return values, and other fun stuff. Also update the version comparison stuff in the pacman manpage. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-12-13alpm/remove.c : respect --dbonly during remove-upgradeXavier Chantry1-2/+0
When a -Sk or -Uk operation induced a removal of an existing local package, --dbonly was not in effect and the files were all removed. Fixing this behavior was already marked as TODO in database012 pactest ------------ TODO: I honestly think the above should NOT delete the original les, it hould upgrade the DB entry without touching anything on the file stem. E.g. this test should be the same as: pacman -R --dbonly dummy && pacman -U --dbonly dummy.pkg.tar.gz ------------ Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <chantry.xavier@gmail.com> [Dan: small coding style touchup] Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-12-13CLI args: update --help and manpageXavier Chantry1-58/+52
The three parts (help, manpage and code) are now organized in the same way and much easier to compare : - specific options - install/upgrade options for -S and -U - transaction options for -S -R and -U - global options After this re-organization, it was easy to update and sync the three components together. Duplication is also avoided. Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <chantry.xavier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-10-14Update documentation to reflect new epoch package variableDan McGee1-0/+3
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-10-12CLI args: stricter/better parsingJakob Gruber1-11/+15
In the following, the letters SRUDQ refer to the corresponding pacman operations. Most of the work in this commit is about removing as many options as possible from the global section and moving them to where they actually belong. Additionally, --ignore{,group} are added to U and --dbonly is added to S. --dbonly added to S --asdeps moved to S/U/D --asexplicit moved to S/U/D --print-format moved to S/U/R --noprogressbar moved to S/U/R --noscriptlet moved to S/U/R --ignorepkg added to U --ignoregrp added to U -d moved to S/U/R (--nodeps) and Q (--deps) -p moved to S/U/R (--print) and Q (--file) -f moved to S/U Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <chantry.xavier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-10-12Use sysconfdir, localstatedir, BASH instead of hardcoded valuesNezmer1-2/+2
This applies to contrib/ files, our scripts, and the documentation. Dan: fix 'make clean' in contrib/ directory. Signed-off-by: Nezmer <git@nezmer.info> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-07-03manpage: add real world examplesNico Schottelius1-0/+19
Signed-off-by: Nico Schottelius <nico@kr.ethz.ch> Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <chantry.xavier@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-05-05Improve documentation of -k/--dbonlyDan McGee1-3/+12
We had the long option wrong in some places and its behavior wasn't documented at all with regards to -U/--upgrade. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-05-05Introduce -D, --databaseNagy Gabor1-0/+6
The request of FS#12950 is implemented. On the backend side, I introduced a new function, alpm_db_set_pkgreason(), to modify the install reason of a package in the local database. On the front-end side, I introduced a new main operation, -D/--database, which has two options, --asdeps and --asexplicit. I documented this in pacman manual. I've created two pactests to test -D: database001.py and database002.py. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-03-26Update -Si docs to reflect new -Sii operationDan McGee1-2/+3
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-03-15Add new --print operation for all operationsXavier Chantry1-5/+11
And a new --print-format option to configure the output. This implements FS#14208 Example usage : pacman -Sp --print-format "%r/%n-%v : %l [%s]" kdelibs extra/kdelibs-4.3.2-4 : ftp://mir2.archlinuxfr.org/archlinux/extra/os/i686/kdelibs-4.3.2-4-i686.pkg.tar.gz [0,00] Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-09-09Use sync.c for upgrade transaction prepare and commitNagy Gabor1-1/+2
This patch utilizes the power of sync.c to fix FS#3492 and FS#5798. Now an upgrade transaction is just a sync transaction internally (in alpm), so all sync features are available with -U as well: * conflict resolving * sync dependencies from sync repos * remove unresolvable targets See http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2009-June/008725.html for the concept. We use "mixed" target list, where PKG_FROM_FILE origin indicates local package file, PKG_FROM_CACHE indicates sync package. The front-end can add only one type of packages (depending on transaction type) atm, but if alpm resolves dependencies for -U, we may get a real mixed trans->packages list. _alpm_pkg_free_trans() was modified so that it can handle both target types _alpm_add_prepare() was removed, we use _alpm_sync_prepare() instead _alpm_add_commit() was renamed to _alpm_upgrade_targets() sync.c (and deps.c) was modified slightly to handle mixed target lists, the modifications are straightforward. There is one notable change here: We don't create new upgrade trans in sync.c, we replace the pkgcache entries with the loaded package files in the target list (this is a bit hackish) and call _alpm_upgrade_targets(). This implies a TODO (pkg->origin_data.db is not accessible anymore), but it doesn't hurt anything with pacman front-end, so it will be fixed later (otherwise this patch would be huge). I updated the documentation of -U and I added a new pactest, upgrade090.py, to test the syncdeps feature of -U. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-09-09Allow '-Su foo' operationXavier Chantry1-1/+3
This implements FS#15581 '-Su foo' should be more or less equivalent do '-Su ; -S foo' Note : I moved a block of code to a new process_target function Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-09-06Add Architecture and --arch optionXavier Chantry1-0/+2
Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-07-23Introduce -SuuNagy Gabor1-1/+4
If the user switches from unstable repo to a stable one, it is quite hard to sync its system with the new repo (the user will see many "Local is newer than stable" messages, nothing more). That's why I introduced -Suu, which treats a sync package like an upgrade, iff the package version doesn't match with the local one's. I added a new pactest (sync104.py) to test this, and I updated the documentation of -Su. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> [Dan: slight doc reword] Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-07-23New feature: files verificationDan McGee1-1/+7
This implements FS#13877. Add a new option "-Qk" which checks if all of the files for a given package (or packages) are really on the system (i.e. not accidentally deleted). This can be combined with filters and other display options. It also respects both the --quiet and --verbose flags to give varying levels of output. Based on the original patch by Charly Coste <changaco@laposte.net>, thanks for your work! Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-06-24Update the documentation of -Qs and -SsNagy Gabor1-2/+6
It was undocumented that multiple regexps are interpreted using logical AND. Thanks to Recursive@#archlinux for his help. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-06-06Document -T in the manualNagy Gabor1-0/+7
See FS#14833. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> [Dan: slight wording rework] Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-06-02Change package to package(s) and file to file(s) in documentationNagy Gabor1-2/+2
The pacman --help pages and the manual suggested that only one package can be upgraded/removed per transaction. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-05-19Query documentation updatesNagy Gabor1-11/+17
The old documentation didn't emphasize our filtering options at all, and it was a bit misleading. ("List ALL...") I also clarified the description of -Qu. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-05-12Remove version information from -Qqo outputDan McGee1-4/+4
This was the only --quiet operation that showed version information; make it consistent with the rest. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-05-12Introduce -QlqNagy Gabor1-6/+12
With --quiet flag, -Ql doesn't print the package name, just lists the files. I made --quiet documentation up-to-date (I also added -Sgq/-Qgq). Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-04-06Document --debugNagy Gabor1-1/+5
After some irc/forum experiences, I decided to document this option. However, I left the debug-level undocumented (--debug=2). Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-01-13doc: Consistency and formatting cleanupsDan McGee1-4/+4
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-08-23Cleanup of _alpm_pkg_compare_versions.Xavier Chantry1-1/+1
* Change the return values to be more informative. It was previously boolean, only indicating if a sync package was newer than a local package. Now it is a simple wrapper to vercmp, handling the force flag. * Remove the verbose output from _alpm_pkg_compare_versions. The "force" message is not so useful. The "package : local (v1) is newer than repo (v2)" message can be moved to -Su operation. For the -S operation, it is better to have something like : "downgrading package from v1 to v2" * Don't display the "up to date -- skipping" and "up to date -- reinstalling" messages, when the local version is newer than the sync one. * Fix the behavior of --needed option to not skip a target when the local version is newer, and clarify its description. * Add a new alpm_pkg_has_force function This allows us to access the pkg->force field like any other package fields. Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-07-25Fix vercmp and add additional testsDan McGee1-1/+1
This vercmp issue has been a sticking point but this should resolve many of the issues that have come up. Only a few minor code changes were necessary to get the behavior we desired, and this version appears to beat any other vercmp rendition on a few more cases added in this commit. This commit passes all 58 vercmp tests currently out there. Other 'fixes' still fail on a few tests, namely these ones: test: ver1: 1.5.a ver2: 1.5 ret: -1 expected: 1 ==> FAILURE test: ver1: 1.5 ver2: 1.5.a ret: 1 expected: -1 ==> FAILURE test: ver1: 1.5-1 ver2: 1.5.b ret: 1 expected: -1 ==> FAILURE test: ver1: 1.5.b ver2: 1.5-1 ret: -1 expected: 1 ==> FAILURE 4 of 58 tests failed Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-07-13sync_addtarget reworkNagy Gabor1-1/+3
Now '-S provision' handling is done in the back-end. In case of multiple providers, the first one is selected (behavior change: deleted provision002.py). The old processing order was: literal, group, provision; the new one: literal, provision, group. This is more rational, but "pacman -S group" will be slower now. "pacman -S repo/provision" also works. Provision was generalized to dependencies, so you can resolve deps by hand: "pacman -S 'bash>2.0'" or "pacman -S 'core/bash>2.0'" etc. This can be useful in makepkg dependency resolving. The changes were documented in pacman manual. alpm_find_pkg_satisfiers and _alpm_find_dep_satisfiers functions were removed, since they are no longer needed. I added some verbosity to "select provider instead of literal" and "fallback to group". Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-06-20Add information on version comparison to manpagesDan McGee1-1/+7
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-06-19Merge branch 'maint'Dan McGee1-0/+10
2008-06-14Document pacman -q/--quiet operationDan McGee1-0/+10
Fixes FS#10644. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-06-08Various updates needed prior to a new releaseDan McGee1-4/+3
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-03-30doc/pacman.8: fix manpage typoDan McGee1-2/+3
Fix a misspelling and make a clarification while we are at it. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-03-23Add new CleanMethod option.Chantry Xavier1-0/+3
As it was already mentioned several times, the new -Sc behavior in 3.1 is great, but only when the package cache is not shared. This option has two possible values : KeepInstalled and KeepCurrent With KeepCurrent, -Sc will clean packages that are no longer available in any sync db, rather than packages that are no longer in the local db. The resulting behavior should be better for shared cache. Ref : http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2008-February/011140.html Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-03-22Kill the dependsonly option.Chantry Xavier1-4/+0
From the man page : "This is pretty useless and we're not sure why it even exists." Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com>
2008-03-11Add -Rss optionNagy Gabor1-1/+1
* -Rss removes all dependencies (including explicitly installed ones). * updated documentation * two pactest files added to test the difference between -Rs and -Rss Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu>
2008-03-08Remove the Add option from the command lineDan McGee1-7/+0
There is still a lot of code that could be cleaned up internally. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-02-06New remove option : -u / --unneeded (FS#6505).Nagy Gabor1-0/+5
With --unneeded option 'pacman -R' doesn't stop in case of dependency error; it removes the needed-dependency targets from the target-list instead. See also: http://archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2007-October/009653.html . The patch also adds a new causingpkg field to pmdepmissing_t which indicates the to-be-removed package which would cause a dependency break. This is needed, because miss->depend.name may be a provision. miss->causingpkg will be useful in -R dependency error messages too. [Xavier: renamed inducer to causingpkg, removed the _alpm_pkgname_pkg_cmp helper function as requested by Aaron. This might be added by a further commit. Other small cleanups, updated manpage and bash completion.] Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com>
2008-01-22New --asexplicit optionNagy Gabor1-1/+6
This is the symmetric of --asdeps, install packages explicitly. Documentation and completion files were updated accordingly. Added sync301.py and upgrade032.py pactest files to test this. I also made a little modification in ALLDEPS handling too. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com>
2008-01-16Another documentation update for FS#9204Chantry Xavier1-0/+3
Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-01-16Clarify -Sc documentation.Chantry Xavier1-8/+9
s/old packages/packages that are no longer installed/g. Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-01-15Update cachedir documentation (FS#9204).Chantry Xavier1-3/+3
Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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