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Document database checking options 

The required adding a Database Option section to the pacman man page
and adding more complete documentation for --asdeps and --asexplicit
as well.

Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
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@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ as an argument, targets will be read from stdin.
Operations
----------
*-D, \--database*::
Modify the package database. This operation allows you to modify certain
attributes of the installed packages in pacman's database. At the
moment, you can only change the install reason using '\--asdeps' and
'\--asexplicit' options.
Operate on the package database. This operation allows you to modify
certain attributes of the installed packages in pacman's database. It
also allows you to check the databases for internal consistency.
See <<DO,Database Options>> below.
*-Q, \--query*::
Query the package database. This operation allows you to view installed
@ -431,6 +431,27 @@ system upgrade and install/upgrade the "foo" package in the same operation.
to-date.
Database Options[[QO]]
----------------------
*\--asdeps* <package>::
Mark a package as non-explicitly installed; in other words, set their install
reason to be installed as a dependency.
*\--asexplicit<package>*::
Mark a package as explicitly installed; in other words, set their install
reason to be explicitly installed. This is useful it you want to keep a
package installed even when it was initially installed as a dependency
of another package.
*-k \--check*::
Check the local package database is internally consistent. This will
check all required files are present and that installed packages have
the required dependencies, do not conflict and that multiple packages
do not own the same file. Specifying this option twice will perform
a check on the sync databases to ensure all specified dependencies
are available.
Handling Config Files[[HCF]]
----------------------------
Pacman uses the same logic as 'rpm' to determine action against files that are