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* Added some undocumented options to the manpage.

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@ -25,10 +25,10 @@ ends to be written (for instance, a GUI front end).
.SH OPERATIONS
.TP
.B \-A, --add (deprecated)
Add a package to the system. The package will be uncompressed into the
installation root and the database will be updated. The package will not be
installed if another version is already installed. Please use \fB--upgrade\fP
in place of this option.
Add a package to the system. Either a URL or file path can be specified. The
package will be uncompressed into the installation root and the database will
be updated. The package will not be installed if another version is already
installed. NOTE: please use \fB--upgrade\fP in place of this option.
.TP
.B \-F, --freshen
This is like \fB--upgrade\fP except it will only upgrade packages already
@ -42,22 +42,22 @@ against the local package database or can be used on individual .tar.gz
packages. See \fBQUERY OPTIONS\fP below.
.TP
.B \-R, --remove
Remove a package from the system. Files belonging to the specified package
will be deleted, and the database will be updated. Most configuration files
Remove a package from the system. Files belonging to the specified package
will be deleted, and the database will be updated. Most configuration files
will be saved with a \fI.pacsave\fP extension unless the \fB--nosave\fP option
is used. See \fBREMOVE OPTIONS\fP below.
.TP
.B \-S, --sync
Synchronize packages. Packages are installed directly from the ftp servers,
including all dependencies required to run the packages. For example,
including all dependencies required to run the packages. For example,
\fBpacman -S qt\fP will download and install \fBqt\fP and all the packages it
depends on. You can also use \fBpacman -Su\fP to upgrade all packages that are
out of date. See \fBSYNC OPTIONS\fP below.
.TP
.B \-U, --upgrade
Upgrade or add a package to the system. This is a "remove-then-add" process.
See \fBHANDLING CONFIG FILES\fP for an explanation on how pacman takes care of
config files.
Upgrade or add a package to the system. Either a URL or file path can be
specified. This is a "remove-then-add" process. See \fBHANDLING CONFIG
FILES\fP for an explanation on how pacman takes care of config files.
.TP
.B \-V, --version
Display version and exit.
@ -167,8 +167,9 @@ downloads packages, it saves them in \fI/var/cache/pacman/pkg\fP. Use one
packages from the cache.
.TP
.B \-g, --groups
Display all the members for each package group specified. If no group names are
provided, all groups will be listed.
Display all the members for each package group specified. If no group names
are provided, all groups will be listed; pass the flag twice to view all
groups and their members.
.TP
.B \-i, --info
Display dependency and other information for a given package. This will search
@ -199,8 +200,10 @@ Retrieve all packages from the server, but do not install/upgrade anything.
.TP
.B \-y, --refresh
Download a fresh copy of the master package list from the server(s) defined in
\fBpacman.conf\fP. This should typically be used each time you use
\fB--sysupgrade\fP.
\fBpacman.conf\fP. This should typically be used each time you use
\fB--sysupgrade\fP or \fB-u\fP. Passing two \fB--refresh\fP or \fB-y\fP flags
will force a refresh of all package lists even if they are thought to be
up to date.
.TP
.B \--ignore \fIpackage\fP
Directs \fBpacman\fP to ignore upgrades of \fIpackage\fP even if there is one