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Xavier Chantry 5b51dbb11e Cleanup of _alpm_pkg_compare_versions. 
* Change the return values to be more informative.

It was previously boolean, only indicating if a sync package was newer than
a local package.

Now it is a simple wrapper to vercmp, handling the force flag.

* Remove the verbose output from _alpm_pkg_compare_versions.

The "force" message is not so useful.
The "package : local (v1) is newer than repo (v2)" message can be moved to
-Su operation.
For the -S operation, it is better to have something like :
"downgrading package from v1 to v2"

* Don't display the "up to date -- skipping" and "up to date -- reinstalling"
messages, when the local version is newer than the sync one.

* Fix the behavior of --needed option to not skip a target when the local
version is newer, and clarify its description.

* Add a new alpm_pkg_has_force function

This allows us to access the pkg->force field like any other package fields.

Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-08-23 08:47:07 -05:00

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pacman(8)
=========
Name
----
pacman - package manager utility
Synopsis
--------
'pacman' <operation> [options] [packages]
Description
-----------
Pacman is a package management utility that tracks installed packages on a Linux
system. It features dependency support, package groups, install and uninstall
hooks, and the ability to sync your local machine with a remote ftp server to
automatically upgrade packages. Pacman packages are a zipped tar format.
Since version 3.0.0, pacman has been the frontend to linkman:libalpm[3], the
"Arch Linux Package Management" library. This library allows alternative front
ends to be written (for instance, a GUI front end).
Operations
----------
*-Q, \--query*::
Query the package database. This operation allows you to view installed
packages and their files, as well as meta-information about individual
packages (dependencies, conflicts, install date, build date, size). This
can be run against the local package database or can be used on
individual '.tar.gz' packages. See <<QO,Query Options>> below.
*-R, \--remove*::
Remove a package from the system. Groups can also be specified to be
removed, in which case every package in that group will be removed.
Files belonging to the specified package will be deleted, and the
database will be updated. Most configuration files will be saved
with a `.pacsave` extension unless the '\--nosave' option is used.
See <<RO,Remove Options>> below.
*-S, \--sync*::
Synchronize packages. Packages are installed directly from the ftp
servers, including all dependencies required to run the packages. For
example, `pacman -S qt` will download and install qt and all the
packages it depends on. If a package name exists in more than one repo, the
repo can be explicitly specified to clarify the package to install:
`pacman -S testing/qt`. You can also specify version requirements:
`pacman -S "bash>=3.2"`. (Quotes are needed, otherwise your shell
interprets ">" as redirection to file.)
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In addition to packages, groups can be specified as well. For example, if
gnome is a defined package group, then `pacman -S gnome` will install every
package in the gnome group, as well as the dependencies of those packages.
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Packages which provide other packages are also handled. For example, `pacman -S
foo` will first look for a foo package. If foo is not found, packages which
provide the same functionality as foo will be searched for. If any package is
found, it will be installed.
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You can also use `pacman -Su` to upgrade all packages that are out of date. See
<<SO,Sync Options>> below. When upgrading, pacman performs version comparison
to determine which packages need upgrading. This behavior operates as follows:
Alphanumeric:
1.0a < 1.0alpha < 1.0b < 1.0beta < 1.0p < 1.0pre < 1.0rc < 1.0
Numeric:
1 < 1.0 < 1.1 < 1.1.1 < 1.2 < 2.0 < 3.0.0
*-U, \--upgrade*::
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 <<HCF,Handling Config
Files>> for an explanation on how pacman takes care of config files.
*-V, \--version*::
Display version and exit.
*-h, \--help*::
Display syntax for the given operation. If no operation was supplied
then the general syntax is shown.
Options
-------
*\--asdeps*::
Install packages non-explicitly; in other words, fake their install reason
to be installed as a dependency. This is useful for makepkg and other
build from source tools that need to install dependencies before building
the package.
*\--asexplicit*::
Install packages explicitly; in other words, fake their install reason to
be explicitly installed. This is useful if you want to mark a dependency
as explicitly installed so it will not be removed by the '\--recursive'
remove operation.
*-b, \--dbpath* <'path'>::
Specify an alternative database location (a typical default is
``/var/lib/pacman''). This should not be used unless you know what you are
doing. *NOTE*: if specified, this is an absolute path and the root path is
not automatically prepended.
*-d, \--nodeps*::
Skips all dependency checks. Normally, pacman will always check a
package's dependency fields to ensure that all dependencies are
installed and there are no package conflicts in the system.
*-f, \--force*::
Bypass file conflict checks and overwrite conflicting files. If the
package that is about to be installed contains files that are already
installed, this option will cause all those files to be overwritten.
This option should be used with care, ideally not at all.
*-r, \--root* <'path'>::
Specify an alternative installation root (default is ``/''). This should
not be used as a way to install software into ``/usr/local'' instead of
``/usr''. This option is used if you want to install a package on a
temporary mounted partition which is "owned" by another system.
*NOTE*: if database path or logfile are not specified on either the
command line or in linkman:pacman.conf[5], their default location will
be inside this root path.
*-v, --verbose*::
Output paths such as as the Root, Conf File, DB Path, Cache Dirs, etc.
*\--cachedir* <'dir'>::
Specify an alternative package cache location (a typical default is
``/var/cache/pacman/pkg''). Multiple cache directories can be specified,
and they are tried in the order they are passed to pacman. *NOTE*: this
is an absolute path, the root path is not automatically prepended.
*\--config* <'file'>::
Specify an alternate configuration file.
*\--logfile* <'file'>::
Specify an alternate log file. This is an absolute path, regardless of
the installation root setting.
*\--noconfirm*::
Bypass any and all "Are you sure?" messages. It's not a good idea to do
this unless you want to run pacman from a script.
*\--noprogressbar*::
Do not show a progress bar when downloading files. This can be useful
for scripts that call pacman and capture the output.
*\--noscriptlet*::
If an install scriptlet exists, do not execute it. Do not use this
unless you know what you are doing.
Query Options[[QO]]
-------------------
*-c, \--changelog*::
View the ChangeLog of a package. Not every package will provide one but
it will be shown if available.
*-d, \--deps*::
List all packages installed as dependencies. This option can be combined
with '-t' for listing real orphans- packages that were installed as
dependencies but are no longer required by any installed package. ('-Qdt'
is equivalent to the pacman 3.0.X '-Qe' option.)
*-e, \--explicit*::
List all packages explicitly installed. This option can be combined with
'-t' to list top-level packages- those packages that were explicitly
installed but are not required by any other package. ('-Qet' is equivalent
to the pacman 2.9.X '-Qe' option.)
*-g, \--groups*::
Display all packages that are members of a named group. If a name is not
specified, list all grouped packages.
*-i, \--info*::
Display information on a given package. The '-p' option can be used if
querying a package file instead of the local database. Passing two
'\--info' or '-i' flags will also display the list of backup files and
their modification states.
*-l, \--list*::
List all files owned by a given package. Multiple packages can be
specified on the command line.
*-m, \--foreign*::
Restrict or filter output to packages that were not found in the sync
database(s). Typically these are packages that were downloaded manually
and installed with '\--upgrade'.
*-o, \--owns* <'file'>::
Search for the package that owns file. The path can be relative or
absolute.
*-p, \--file*::
Signifies that the package supplied on the command line is a file and
not an entry in the database. The file will be decompressed and queried.
This is useful in combination with '\--info' and '\--list'.
*-q, \--quiet*::
Show less information for certain query operations. Search will only show
package names and not version, group, and description information; a bare
query will only show package names rather than names and versions.
*-s, \--search* <'regexp'>::
This will search each locally-installed package for names or
descriptions that match `regexp`.
*-t, \--unrequired*::
Restrict or filter output to packages not required by any currently
installed package.
*-u, \--upgrades*::
Lists all packages that are out of date on the local system. This option
works best if the sync database is refreshed using '-Sy'.
Remove Options[[RO]]
--------------------
*-c, \--cascade*::
Remove all target packages, as well as all packages that depend on one
or more target packages. This operation is recursive, and must be used
with care since it can remove many potentially needed packages.
*-k, \--keep*::
Removes the database entry only. Leaves all files in place.
*-n, \--nosave*::
Instructs pacman to ignore file backup designations. Normally, when a
file is removed from the system the database is checked to see if the
file should be renamed with a ``.pacsave'' extension.
*-s, \--recursive*::
Remove each target specified including all of their dependencies, provided
that (A) they are not required by other packages; and (B) they were not
explicitly installed by the user. This operation is recursive and analogous
to a backwards '\--sync' operation, and helps keep a clean system without
orphans. If you want to omit condition (B), pass this option twice.
*-u, \--unneeded*::
Removes the targets that are not required by any other packages.
This is mostly useful when removing a group without using the '-c' option,
to avoid breaking any dependencies.
Sync Options[[SO]]
------------------
*-c, \--clean*::
Remove packages that are no longer installed from the cache as well as
currently unused sync databases to free up disk space. When pacman
downloads packages, it saves them in a cache directory. In addition,
databases are saved for every sync DB you download from, and are not
deleted even if they are removed from the configuration file
linkman:pacman.conf[5]. Use one '\--clean' switch to only remove
packages that are no longer installed; use two to remove all packages
from the cache. In both cases, you will have a yes or no option to
remove packages and/or unused downloaded databases.
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If you use a network shared cache, see the 'CleanMethod' option in
linkman:pacman.conf[5].
*-g, \--groups*::
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.
*-i, \--info*::
Display dependency and other information for a given package. This will
search through all repositories for a matching package.
*-l, \--list*::
List all packages in the specified repositories. Multiple repositories
can be specified on the command line.
*-p, \--print-uris*::
Print out URIs for each package that will be installed, including any
dependencies yet to be installed. These can be piped to a file and
downloaded at a later time, using a program like wget.
*-q, \--quiet*::
Show less information for certain sync operations. Search will only show
package names and not version, group, and description information; list
will only show package names and omit databases and versions.
*-s, \--search* <'regexp'>::
This will search each package in the sync databases for names or
descriptions that match `regexp`.
*-u, \--sysupgrade*::
Upgrades all packages that are out of date. Each currently-installed
package will be examined and upgraded if a newer package exists. A
report of all packages to upgrade will be presented and the operation
will not proceed without user confirmation. Dependencies are
automatically resolved at this level and will be installed/upgraded if
necessary.
*-w, \--downloadonly*::
Retrieve all packages from the server, but do not install/upgrade
anything.
*-y, \--refresh*::
Download a fresh copy of the master package list from the server(s)
defined in linkman:pacman.conf[5]. This should typically be used each time
you use '\--sysupgrade' or '-u'. Passing two '\--refresh' or '-y' flags
will force a refresh of all package lists even if they are thought to be up
to date.
*\--needed*::
Don't reinstall the targets that are already up-to-date.
*\--ignore* <'package'>::
Directs pacman to ignore upgrades of package even if there is one
available. Multiple packages can be specified by separating them
with a comma.
*\--ignoregroup* <'group'>::
Directs pacman to ignore upgrades of all packages in 'group' even if
there is one available. Multiple groups can be specified by
separating them with a comma.
Handling Config Files[[HCF]]
----------------------------
Pacman uses the same logic as rpm to determine action against files that are
designated to be backed up. During an upgrade, 3 md5 hashes are used for each
backup file to determine the required action: one for the original file
installed, one for the new file that's about to be installed, and one for the
actual file existing on the filesystem. After comparing these 3 hashes, the
follow scenarios can result:
original=X, current=X, new=X::
All three files are the same, so overwrites are not an issue Install the
new file.
original=X, current=X, new=Y::
The current file is the same as the original but the new one differs.
Since the user did not ever modify the file, and the new one may contain
improvements or bugfixes, install the new file.
original=X, current=Y, new=X::
Both package versions contain the exact same file, but the one on the
filesystem has been modified. Leave the current file in place.
original=X, current=Y, new=Y::
The new file is identical to the current file. Install the new file.
original=X, current=Y, new=Z::
All three files are different, so install the new file with a '.pacnew'
extension and warn the user. The user must then manually merge any
necessary changes into the original file.
Configuration
-------------
See linkman:pacman.conf[5] for more details on configuring pacman using the
'pacman.conf' file.
See Also
--------
linkman:pacman.conf[5], linkman:makepkg[8], linkman:libalpm[3]
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