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authorJudd Vinet <judd@archlinux.org>2006-02-02 23:41:31 +0000
committerJudd Vinet <judd@archlinux.org>2006-02-02 23:41:31 +0000
commitfe0b4cccb2539165657b7f06bb0a6a1123377798 (patch)
treee2f2a0d49c0b92e5ff975ea7fb0022f893df9a34 /doc
parentbd25319775249fe52d6e0353c984d682d457ecc2 (diff)
downloadpacman-fe0b4cccb2539165657b7f06bb0a6a1123377798.tar.xz
changes merged from 2.9.8 -- clarified license usage, new options var in PKGBUILDs, --noprogressbar pacman switch...
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/makepkg.8.in58
-rw-r--r--doc/pacman.8.in49
2 files changed, 81 insertions, 26 deletions
diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.in b/doc/makepkg.8.in
index a39dcff5..8561f4c6 100644
--- a/doc/makepkg.8.in
+++ b/doc/makepkg.8.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH makepkg 8 "August 3, 2004" "@PACKAGE_VERSION@" ""
+.TH makepkg 8 "January 30, 2006" "makepkg #VERSION#" ""
.SH NAME
makepkg \- package build utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -236,9 +236,26 @@ This is the release number specific to Arch Linux packages.
This should be a brief description of the package and its functionality.
.TP
-.B force
-This is used to force the package to be upgraded by \fB--sysupgrade\fP, even
+.B options
+This array allows you to override some of makepkg's default behaviour
+when building packages. To set an option, just include the option name
+in the \fBoptions\fP array.
+.TP
+.RS
+\fIAvailable Options:\fP
+.RS
+.TP
+.B FORCE
+force the package to be upgraded by \fB--sysupgrade\fP, even
if its an older version.
+.TP
+.B KEEPDOCS
+do not remove /usr/share/doc and /usr/share/info directories.
+.TP
+.B NOSTRIP
+do not strip debugging symbols from binaries and libraries.
+.RE
+.RE
.TP
.B url
@@ -247,8 +264,17 @@ being packaged. This is typically the project's website.
.TP
.B license
-Sets the license type (eg, "GPL", "BSD", "NON-FREE"). (\fBNote\fP: This
-option is still in development and may change in the future)
+This field specifies the license(s) that apply to the package. Commonly-used
+licenses are typically found in \fI/usr/share/licenses/common\fP. If you
+see the package's license there, simply reference it in the license field
+(eg, \fBlicense="GPL"\fP). If the package provides a license not found in
+\fI/usr/share/licenses/common\fP, then you should include the license in
+the package itself and set \fBlicense="custom"\fP or \fBlicense="custom:LicenseName"\fP.
+The license itself should be placed in a directory called
+\fI$startdir/pkg/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname\fP.
+.TP
+.RE
+If multiple licenses are applied, use the array form: \fBlicenses=('GPL' 'FDL')\fP
.TP
.B install
@@ -331,6 +357,9 @@ $ABSROOT (set in your /etc/makepkg.conf). If it finds them it will
run another copy of makepkg to build and install the missing dependencies.
The child makepkg calls will be made with the \fB-b\fP and \fB-i\fP options.
.TP
+.B "\-B, \-\-noccache"
+Do not use ccache during build.
+.TP
.B "\-c, \-\-clean"
Clean up leftover work files/directories after a successful build.
.TP
@@ -342,6 +371,11 @@ Do not perform any dependency checks. This will let you override/ignore any
dependencies required. There's a good chance this option will break the build
process if all of the dependencies aren't installed.
.TP
+.B "\-e, \-\-noextract"
+Do not extract source files. Instead, use whatever already exists in the
+src/ directory. This is handy if you want to go into src and manually
+patch/tweak code, then make a package out of the result.
+.TP
.B "\-f, \-\-force"
\fBmakepkg\fP will not build a package if a \fIpkgname-pkgver-pkgrel.pkg.tar.gz\fP
file already exists in the build directory. You can override this behaviour with
@@ -384,9 +418,23 @@ or run-time dependencies, it will run pacman to try and resolve them. If succes
pacman will download the missing packages from a package repository and
install them for you.
.TP
+.B "\-S, \-\-sudosync"
+Install missing dependencies using pacman and sudo. This is the same as \fB-s\fP
+except that makepkg will call pacman with sudo. This means you don't have to
+build as root to use dependency auto-resolution.
+.TP
.B "\-w <destdir>"
Write the resulting package file to the directory \fI<destdir>\fP instead of the
current working directory.
+.TP
+.B "\-\-noconfirm"
+When calling pacman to resolve dependencies or conflicts, makepkg can pass
+the \fI--noconfirm\fP option to it so it does not wait for any user
+input before proceeding with operations.
+.TP
+.B "\-\-noprogressbar"
+When calling pacman, makepkg can pass the \fI--noprogressbar\fP option to it.
+This is useful if one is directing makepkg's output to a non-terminal (ie, a file).
.SH CONFIGURATION
Configuration options are stored in \fI/etc/makepkg.conf\fP. This file is parsed
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.in b/doc/pacman.8.in
index 46c53bf9..3ca7fa0f 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.in
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.in
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH pacman 8 "September 17, 2004" "pacman @PACKAGE_VERSION@" ""
+.TH pacman 8 "January 21, 2006" "pacman #VERSION#" ""
.SH NAME
pacman \- package manager utility
.SH SYNOPSIS
@@ -81,8 +81,12 @@ Output more status and error messages.
Specify an alternate configuration file.
.TP
.B "\-\-noconfirm"
-Bypass any and all "Are you sure?" messages. It's not a good to do this
+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"
@@ -105,18 +109,14 @@ dependencies, conflicts, etc.
List all files in the specified repositories. Multiple repositories 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 "\-p, \-\-print-uris"
-Print out URIs for each specified package and its dependencies. These
-can be piped to a file and downloaded at a later time, using a program
-like wget.
+Print out URIs for each package that will be installed, including any
+dependencies that have yet to be installed. These can be piped to a
+file and downloaded at a later time, using a program like wget.
.TP
-.B "\-s, \-\-search <string>"
+.B "\-s, \-\-search <regexp>"
This will search each package in the package list for names or descriptions
-that contains <string>.
+that matches <regexp>.
.TP
.B "\-u, \-\-sysupgrade"
Upgrades all packages that are out of date. pacman will examine every
@@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ removed.
For each target specified, remove it and all its dependencies, provided
that (A) they are not required by other packages; and (B) they were not
explicitly installed by the user.
-This option is analogous to a backwards --sync operation.
+This option is analagous to a backwards --sync operation.
.SH QUERY OPTIONS
.TP
.B "\-e, \-\-orphans"
@@ -178,6 +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
@@ -186,9 +190,9 @@ Tells pacman that the package supplied on the command line is a
file, not an entry in the database. Pacman will decompress the
file and query it. This is useful with \fB--info\fP and \fB--list\fP.
.TP
-.B "\-s, \-\-search <string>"
+.B "\-s, \-\-search <regexp>"
This will search each locally-installed package for names or descriptions
-that contains <string>.
+that matches <regexp>.
.SH HANDLING CONFIG FILES
pacman uses the same logic as rpm to determine action against files
that are designated to be backed up. During an upgrade, it uses 3
@@ -214,9 +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
@@ -244,10 +248,6 @@ Server = file:///home/pkgs
Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory. The default is
\fIvar/lib/pacman\fP.
.TP
-.B "CacheDir = path/to/cache/dir"
-Overrides the default location of the package cache directory. The default is
-\fIvar/cache/pacman\fP.
-.TP
.B "HoldPkg = <package> [package] ..."
If a user tries to \fB--remove\fP a package that's listed in HoldPkg, pacman
will ask for confirmation before proceeding.
@@ -280,6 +280,13 @@ Disables passive ftp connections when downloading packages. (aka Active Mode)
All files listed with a \fBNoUpgrade\fP directive will never be touched during a package
install/upgrade. \fINote:\fP do not include the leading slash when specifying files.
.TP
+.B "NoExtract = <file> [file] ..."
+All files listed with a \fBNoExtract\fP directive will never be extracted from
+a package into the filesystem. This can be useful when you don't want part of
+a package to be installed. For example, if your httpd root uses an index.php,
+then you would not want the index.html file to be extracted from the apache
+package.
+.TP
.B "UseSyslog"
Log action messages through syslog(). This will insert pacman log entries into your
/var/log/messages or equivalent.