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2013-05-30Revise pacman(8)Jason St. John1-72/+74
Resolve several grammatical errors and minor formatting consistency issues in pacman(8). Generalize the "FTP servers" and package file extension information. Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
2013-05-29pacman.8: document .pacorig filesAndrew Gregory1-0/+5
Signed-off-by: Andrew Gregory <andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
2013-03-30Document -QkkAllan McRae1-1/+3
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
2013-03-07update documentation and config filesSimon Gomizelj1-0/+5
Signed-off-by: Simon Gomizelj <simongmzlj@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
2013-02-24Perform limited conflict checking with --forceAllan McRae1-0/+2
Pacman currently bails when trying to extract a file over a directory when using --force. Instead of ignoring all conflict, perform the check and skip any file-file conflicts. Conflicts between directories and files are still flagged and cause the transation to abort. As a bonus, we now know about files changing packages when using --force, so we can skip removing them fixing upgrade046. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
2013-02-07document that stdin must not be a tty to read from itAndrew Gregory1-2/+2
Signed-off-by: Andrew Gregory <andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
2012-11-27pacman: add -n/--native filter to -QSimon Gomizelj1-0/+4
Signed-off-by: Simon Gomizelj <simongmzlj@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
2012-09-18Merge branch 'maint'Dan McGee1-3/+0
2012-09-18pacman.8: remove redundant sectionAllan McRae1-3/+0
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
2012-05-20Merge branch 'maint'Dan McGee1-7/+0
Conflicts: scripts/pacman-key.sh.in
2012-05-20pacman: support group selection delimited by commasDave Reisner1-4/+4
We support multiple arguments being comma separated elsewhere, so this seems like a natural extension to support in our multiparse selection code. Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2012-05-04doc: remove --recursive documentation for non-remove operationsDan McGee1-7/+0
This documentation was added in commit 857357f9 so was not caught in the removal of this option in commit 85712814. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2012-02-20Merge branch 'maint'Dan McGee1-7/+0
Conflicts: contrib/pacsysclean.in src/pacman/conf.h
2012-02-15Revert "Add -S --recursive operation"Dan McGee1-7/+0
This reverts commit f3fa77bcf1d792971c314f8c0de255866e89f3f3 along with making other necessary changes to fully back this (mis)feature out until we can do it correctly. The quick summary here is this was not implemented correctly; provides are not fully taken into account in this logic, and making that happen exposes a lot of other flaws in this code that are covered up later on in the dependency resolving process by several other pieces of convoluted and conditional logic. Tests have been adjusted accordingly. Some test EXISTS conditions have been removed as we already know the package is installed locally, and we also are checking the VERSION condition anyway. With these two related revert commits, we do have some changes in test pass/fail results: * upgrade078.py: does not pass, this is due to --recursive getting removed for -U/-S operations after this commit. * sync302.py: the version checks have been disabled, so this test continues to pass but has been scaled back in scope. * sync303.py: now passes, was failing before. * sync304.py: still failing, was failing before. * sync305.py: now passes, was failing before. * sync306.py: still passes, was passing before. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2012-01-23Merge branch 'maint'Dan McGee1-1/+1
Conflicts: lib/libalpm/diskspace.c src/pacman/util.h
2012-01-18Don't remove unknown files in cache cleaning codeDan McGee1-1/+1
This removes the hack I added to skip '*.sig' files earlier since there are other files that also fall into the same bucket- source packages from `makepkg --source`, delta files, etc. Rather than prompting for each and every one, simply skip them. Doing '-Scc' rather than '-Sc' will delete these files if that is really what you want to do. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-10-14Remove -f short option for --forceDan McGee1-1/+1
This is not something that should be used on a frequent basis, and giving it a short option encourages use without making the drawbacks obvious. For the 1% of situations that require it, the 5 extra keystrokes are a fair price to pay. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-08-23vercmp: ensure 2.0a and 2.0.a do not compare equalDan McGee1-1/+1
We had this interesting set of facts conundrum, according to vercmp return values: 2.0a < 2.0 2.0 < 2.0.a 2.0a == 2.0.a This introduces a code change that ensures '2.0a < 2.0.a' as would be expected by the first two comparisons. Unfortunately this stays us a bit further from upstream RPM code, but those are the breaks (in RPM, the versions involving 'a' do in fact compare the same, but they are both greater than the bare '2.0'). Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-08-11pacman: remove --dbonly shortoptDave Reisner1-1/+1
This is somewhat of a dangerous option with limited use cases. Don't advertise it as an easily accessibly option. Signed-off-by: Dave Reisner <dreisner@archlinux.org> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-08-11Allow --needed and --recursive on -U operationsDan McGee1-1/+12
Trivial to implement as the same backend machinery is used anyway. Document it and add it to the accepted options. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-08-11Add -S --recursive operationDan McGee1-0/+7
This closely matches what we had before for -R --recursive. Basically, when specifying a target (e.g., pacman), we can now recursively pull all dependencies, regardless of version specifiers and whether they are already satisfied in the local database. This could be used to update pacman on a system with an old glibc, for example, as both pacman and glibc would get pulled into the transaction. This is most useful with --needed to prevent needless reinstalls as described in the man page changes. The end goal of this change is to wire it into SyncFirst and have it be the default mode of operation there, but that belongs in a separate changeset. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-07-28Unify modelines in Asciidoc filesDan McGee1-1/+1
This gets us close to using the same modeline in all files we run through Asciidoc, as well as adding the spell and spelllang declarations, just as we had in NEWS already. The choice of 'en_us' is mainly for consistency and because the body of work already uses these spellings. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2011-06-24Document 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>
2011-06-01Merge branch 'maint'Dan McGee1-2/+2
2011-06-01Update pacman manpage and pacman.conf for gpgdirPang Yan Han1-5/+6
pacman.8.txt --gpgdir section is updated based on the pacman.conf manpage pacman.conf is updated to include the default GPGDir Signed-off-by: Pang Yan Han <pangyanhan@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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>
2011-04-29Merge branch 'maint'Dan McGee1-6/+6
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>
2011-04-22Merge branch 'maint'Dan McGee1-6/+8
2011-04-20doc/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>
2011-03-23Let pacman specify GnuPG's home directory.Chris Brannon1-0/+7
GnuPG looks for configuration files and keyrings in its home directory. For a user, that is typically ~/.gnupg. This patch causes pacman to use /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/ as the default GnuPG home. One may override the default using --gpgdir on the command-line or GPGDir in pacman's configuration file. Signed-off-by: Chris Brannon <cmbrannon@cox.net> Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@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>
2011-03-16pacman.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>
2010-12-12alpm/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>
2010-12-12CLI 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>
2010-10-13Update documentation to reflect new epoch package variableDan McGee1-0/+3
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-10-11CLI 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>
2010-10-11Use 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>
2010-07-02manpage: 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>
2010-03-25Update -Si docs to reflect new -Sii operationDan McGee1-2/+3
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-03-14Add 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>
2009-09-08Use 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>
2009-09-08Allow '-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>