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@@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ Options
'.pacnew' extension.
These files refer to files in the package archive, so do not include the
leading slash (the RootDir) when specifying them. Shell-style glob patterns
- are allowed.
+ are allowed. It is possible to invert matches by prepending a file with
+ an exclamation mark. Inverted files will result in previously blacklisted
+ files being whitelisted again. Subsequent matches will override previous
+ ones. A leading literal exclamation mark or backslash needs to be escaped.
*NoExtract =* file ...::
All files listed with a `NoExtract` directive will never be extracted from
@@ -138,7 +141,10 @@ Options
from the 'apache' package.
These files refer to files in the package archive, so do not include the
leading slash (the RootDir) when specifying them. Shell-style glob patterns
- are allowed.
+ are allowed. It is possible to invert matches by prepending a file with
+ an exclamation mark. Inverted files will result in previously blacklisted
+ files being whitelisted again. Subsequent matches will override previous
+ ones. A leading literal exclamation mark or backslash needs to be escaped.
*CleanMethod =* KeepInstalled &| KeepCurrent::
If set to `KeepInstalled` (the default), the '-Sc' operation will clean