From 13ec13c85e4ea39e51d58b0842d8bef50e2ae369 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Gregory Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 20:42:02 -0400 Subject: deprecate --force in favor of --overwrite --force is widely misunderstood and the same effect can now be achieved with --overwrite, which is better named and can be used more safely. Signed-off-by: Andrew Gregory Signed-off-by: Allan McRae --- doc/pacman.8.txt | 8 -------- 1 file changed, 8 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index 2586c1fe..f01f4aa4 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -237,14 +237,6 @@ Transaction Options (apply to '-S', '-R' and '-U') Upgrade Options (apply to '-S' and '-U')[[UO]] ---------------------------------------------- -*\--force*:: - Bypass file conflict checks and overwrite conflicting files. If the - package that is about to be installed contains files that are already - installed, this option will cause all those files to be overwritten. - Using '\--force' will not allow overwriting a directory with a file or - installing packages with conflicting files and directories. - This option should be used with care, ideally not at all. - *\--asdeps*:: Install packages non-explicitly; in other words, fake their install reason to be installed as a dependency. This is useful for makepkg and other -- cgit v1.2.3-24-g4f1b