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Improve documentation of -k/--dbonly

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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>
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Dan McGee 2010-05-05 11:18:27 -05:00
parent 9528c36452
commit d485c0370f
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doc/pacman.8.txt
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@ -90,8 +90,9 @@ to determine which packages need upgrading. This behavior operates as follows:
*-U, \--upgrade*::
Upgrade or add package(s) to the system and install the required
dependencies from sync repos. Either a URL or file path can be
specified. This is a ``remove-then-add'' process. See <<HCF,Handling Config
Files>> for an explanation on how pacman takes care of config files.
specified. This is a ``remove-then-add'' process. See <<UO,Upgrade
Options>> below; also see <<HCF,Handling Config Files>> for an explanation
on how pacman takes care of config files.
*-V, \--version*::
Display version and exit.
@ -273,7 +274,7 @@ Remove Options[[RO]]
or more target packages. This operation is recursive, and must be used
with care since it can remove many potentially needed packages.
*-k, \--keep*::
*-k, \--dbonly*::
Removes the database entry only. Leaves all files in place.
*-n, \--nosave*::
@ -375,6 +376,14 @@ linkman:pacman.conf[5].
separating them with a comma.
Upgrade Options[[UO]]
--------------------
*-k, \--dbonly*::
Adds the database entries for the specified packages but do not install any
of the files. On an upgrade operation, the existing package and all files
will be removed and the database entry for the new package will be added.
Handling Config Files[[HCF]]
----------------------------
Pacman uses the same logic as rpm to determine action against files that are

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@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname)
printf("%s:\n", str_opt);
printf(_(" -c, --cascade remove packages and all packages that depend on them\n"));
printf(_(" -d, --nodeps skip dependency checks\n"));
printf(_(" -k, --dbonly only remove database entry, do not remove files\n"));
printf(_(" -k, --dbonly only remove database entries, do not remove files\n"));
printf(_(" -n, --nosave remove configuration files as well\n"));
printf(_(" -s, --recursive remove dependencies also (that won't break packages)\n"
" (-ss includes explicitly installed dependencies too)\n"));
@ -105,6 +105,7 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname)
printf(_(" --asexplicit install packages as explicitly installed\n"));
printf(_(" -d, --nodeps skip dependency checks\n"));
printf(_(" -f, --force force install, overwrite conflicting files\n"));
printf(_(" -k, --dbonly add database entries, do not install or keep existing files\n"));
printf(_(" --print only print the targets instead of performing the operation\n"));
printf(_(" --print-format <string>\n"
" specify how the targets should be printed\n"));