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| author | Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> | 2009-05-14 16:15:20 +0200 |
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| committer | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2009-05-18 23:09:24 -0500 |
| commit | f89f7e136ba8d923680a6d0342d5e51d4fda1570 (patch) | |
| tree | 34c8710c919f604bc7f959b0df4c88bdbe006aca /doc | |
| parent | 212ea8a9ed342efe2d74655cdebf668cc0cc7ce2 (diff) | |
| download | pacman-f89f7e136ba8d923680a6d0342d5e51d4fda1570.tar.xz | |
Query documentation updates
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>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.8.txt | 28 |
1 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index 37680be8..4582be5f 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ Operations packages and their files, as well as meta-information about individual packages (dependencies, conflicts, install date, build date, size). This can be run against the local package database or can be used on - individual '.tar.gz' packages. See <<QO,Query Options>> below. + individual '.tar.gz' packages. In the first case, if no package names + are provided in the command line, all installed packages will be + queried. Additionally, various filters can be applied on the package + list. See <<QO,Query Options>> below. *-R, \--remove*:: Remove a package from the system. Groups can also be specified to be @@ -164,16 +167,17 @@ Query Options[[QO]] it will be shown if available. *-d, \--deps*:: - List all packages installed as dependencies. This option can be combined - with '-t' for listing real orphans- packages that were installed as - dependencies but are no longer required by any installed package. ('-Qdt' - is equivalent to the pacman 3.0.X '-Qe' option.) + Restrict or filter output to packages installed as dependencies. This + option can be combined with '-t' for listing real orphans- packages that + were installed as dependencies but are no longer required by any + installed package. ('-Qdt' is equivalent to the pacman 3.0.X '-Qe' + option.) *-e, \--explicit*:: - List all packages explicitly installed. This option can be combined with - '-t' to list top-level packages- those packages that were explicitly - installed but are not required by any other package. ('-Qet' is equivalent - to the pacman 2.9.X '-Qe' option.) + Restrict or filter output to packages explicitly installed. This option + can be combined with '-t' to list top-level packages- those packages + that were explicitly installed but are not required by any other + package. ('-Qet' is equivalent to the pacman 2.9.X '-Qe' option.) *-g, \--groups*:: Display all packages that are members of a named group. If a name is not @@ -221,8 +225,10 @@ Query Options[[QO]] installed package. *-u, \--upgrades*:: - Lists all packages that are out of date on the local system. This option - works best if the sync database is refreshed using '-Sy'. + Restrict or filter output to packages that are out of date on the local + system. (Only package versions are used to find outdated packages, + replacements are not checked here.) This option works best if the sync + database is refreshed using '-Sy'. Remove Options[[RO]] |