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2010-10-11CLI args: stricter/better parsingJakob Gruber
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 valuesNezmer
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 Schottelius
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 McGee
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 Gabor
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 McGee
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2010-03-14Add new --print operation for all operationsXavier Chantry
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 Gabor
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 Chantry
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 Chantry
Signed-off-by: Xavier Chantry <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-07-22Introduce -SuuNagy Gabor
If the user switches from unstable repo to a stable one, it is quite hard to sync its system with the new repo (the user will see many "Local is newer than stable" messages, nothing more). That's why I introduced -Suu, which treats a sync package like an upgrade, iff the package version doesn't match with the local one's. I added a new pactest (sync104.py) to test this, and I updated the documentation of -Su. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> [Dan: slight doc reword] Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-07-22New feature: files verificationDan McGee
This implements FS#13877. Add a new option "-Qk" which checks if all of the files for a given package (or packages) are really on the system (i.e. not accidentally deleted). This can be combined with filters and other display options. It also respects both the --quiet and --verbose flags to give varying levels of output. Based on the original patch by Charly Coste <changaco@laposte.net>, thanks for your work! Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-06-23Update the documentation of -Qs and -SsNagy Gabor
It was undocumented that multiple regexps are interpreted using logical AND. Thanks to Recursive@#archlinux for his help. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-06-06Document -T in the manualNagy Gabor
See FS#14833. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> [Dan: slight wording rework] Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-06-01Change package to package(s) and file to file(s) in documentationNagy Gabor
The pacman --help pages and the manual suggested that only one package can be upgraded/removed per transaction. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-05-18Query documentation updatesNagy Gabor
The old documentation didn't emphasize our filtering options at all, and it was a bit misleading. ("List ALL...") I also clarified the description of -Qu. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-05-11Remove version information from -Qqo outputDan McGee
This was the only --quiet operation that showed version information; make it consistent with the rest. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-05-11Introduce -QlqNagy Gabor
With --quiet flag, -Ql doesn't print the package name, just lists the files. I made --quiet documentation up-to-date (I also added -Sgq/-Qgq). Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-04-05Document --debugNagy Gabor
After some irc/forum experiences, I decided to document this option. However, I left the debug-level undocumented (--debug=2). Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2009-01-13doc: Consistency and formatting cleanupsDan McGee
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-08-23Cleanup of _alpm_pkg_compare_versions.Xavier Chantry
* 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>
2008-07-24Fix vercmp and add additional testsDan McGee
This vercmp issue has been a sticking point but this should resolve many of the issues that have come up. Only a few minor code changes were necessary to get the behavior we desired, and this version appears to beat any other vercmp rendition on a few more cases added in this commit. This commit passes all 58 vercmp tests currently out there. Other 'fixes' still fail on a few tests, namely these ones: test: ver1: 1.5.a ver2: 1.5 ret: -1 expected: 1 ==> FAILURE test: ver1: 1.5 ver2: 1.5.a ret: 1 expected: -1 ==> FAILURE test: ver1: 1.5-1 ver2: 1.5.b ret: 1 expected: -1 ==> FAILURE test: ver1: 1.5.b ver2: 1.5-1 ret: -1 expected: 1 ==> FAILURE 4 of 58 tests failed Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-07-13sync_addtarget reworkNagy Gabor
Now '-S provision' handling is done in the back-end. In case of multiple providers, the first one is selected (behavior change: deleted provision002.py). The old processing order was: literal, group, provision; the new one: literal, provision, group. This is more rational, but "pacman -S group" will be slower now. "pacman -S repo/provision" also works. Provision was generalized to dependencies, so you can resolve deps by hand: "pacman -S 'bash>2.0'" or "pacman -S 'core/bash>2.0'" etc. This can be useful in makepkg dependency resolving. The changes were documented in pacman manual. alpm_find_pkg_satisfiers and _alpm_find_dep_satisfiers functions were removed, since they are no longer needed. I added some verbosity to "select provider instead of literal" and "fallback to group". Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-06-19Add information on version comparison to manpagesDan McGee
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-06-19Merge branch 'maint'Dan McGee
2008-06-14Document pacman -q/--quiet operationDan McGee
Fixes FS#10644. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-06-08Various updates needed prior to a new releaseDan McGee
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-03-30doc/pacman.8: fix manpage typoDan McGee
Fix a misspelling and make a clarification while we are at it. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-03-23Add new CleanMethod option.Chantry Xavier
As it was already mentioned several times, the new -Sc behavior in 3.1 is great, but only when the package cache is not shared. This option has two possible values : KeepInstalled and KeepCurrent With KeepCurrent, -Sc will clean packages that are no longer available in any sync db, rather than packages that are no longer in the local db. The resulting behavior should be better for shared cache. Ref : http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2008-February/011140.html Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-03-22Kill the dependsonly option.Chantry Xavier
From the man page : "This is pretty useless and we're not sure why it even exists." Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com>
2008-03-10Add -Rss optionNagy Gabor
* -Rss removes all dependencies (including explicitly installed ones). * updated documentation * two pactest files added to test the difference between -Rs and -Rss Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu>
2008-03-08Remove the Add option from the command lineDan McGee
There is still a lot of code that could be cleaned up internally. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-02-06New remove option : -u / --unneeded (FS#6505).Nagy Gabor
With --unneeded option 'pacman -R' doesn't stop in case of dependency error; it removes the needed-dependency targets from the target-list instead. See also: http://archlinux.org/pipermail/pacman-dev/2007-October/009653.html . The patch also adds a new causingpkg field to pmdepmissing_t which indicates the to-be-removed package which would cause a dependency break. This is needed, because miss->depend.name may be a provision. miss->causingpkg will be useful in -R dependency error messages too. [Xavier: renamed inducer to causingpkg, removed the _alpm_pkgname_pkg_cmp helper function as requested by Aaron. This might be added by a further commit. Other small cleanups, updated manpage and bash completion.] Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com>
2008-01-21New --asexplicit optionNagy Gabor
This is the symmetric of --asdeps, install packages explicitly. Documentation and completion files were updated accordingly. Added sync301.py and upgrade032.py pactest files to test this. I also made a little modification in ALLDEPS handling too. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com>
2008-01-15Another documentation update for FS#9204Chantry Xavier
Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-01-15Clarify -Sc documentation.Chantry Xavier
s/old packages/packages that are no longer installed/g. Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-01-14Update cachedir documentation (FS#9204).Chantry Xavier
Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-01-13doc: update documentation for --recursive and --cascadeChantry Xavier
This addresses some of the issues in FS#9192. Attempt to clarify the -Rc and -Rs options in the man page. Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-01-10Rename -t --orphans to -t --unrequired (FS#9144).Chantry Xavier
It turns out the orphan name was misleading. Real orphans are packages installed as dependency no longer required by any others (-Qtd). The -t option only shows package not required by any others, so --unrequired describes it better. Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-01-08Documentation updatesNathan Jones
Document the following: * -R can take a group * -S can take a group and provision I also split up the -S description into multiple paragraphs because it was getting too large. Signed-off-by: Nathan Jones <nathanj@insightbb.com> [Dan: added some feedback from the ML, rewrapped lines] Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-01-06Documentation updatesDan McGee
Update description of path specifiers for both pacman and pacman.conf in their respective manpages. Ensure it is obvious that they are absolute and not relative paths. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2008-01-05doc: remove --ask option from pacman manpageDan McGee
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2007-12-29doc: rename manlink macro to linkmanDan McGee
Between AsciiDoc 8.2.2 and 8.2.3, the following change was made to the stock Asciidoc configuration: @@ -149,7 +153,10 @@ # Inline macros. # Backslash prefix required for escape processing. # (?s) re flag for line spanning. -(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>\w(\w|-)*?):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + +# Explicit so they can be nested. +(?su)[\\]?(?P<name>(http|https|ftp|file|mailto|callto|image|link)):(?P<target>\S*?)(\[(?P<attrlist>.*?)\])= + # Anchor: [[[id]]]. Bibliographic anchor. (?su)[\\]?\[\[\[(?P<attrlist>[\w][\w-]*?)\]\]\]=anchor3 # Anchor: [[id,xreflabel]] This default regex now matches explicit values, and unfortunately in this case manlink was being matched by just 'link', causing the wrong inline macro template to be applied. By renaming the macro, we can avoid being matched by the wrong regex. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2007-12-05Update pacman manpage with description of --clean optionDan McGee
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2007-12-02Add new --needed option for -S.Chantry Xavier
During a pacman operation such as a group install, pacman can ask several questions such as "local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway?". They are usually all answered either by yes or by no: * yes when you want to reinstall all the targets. * no when you only want to install the missing ones (either because you are installing a group, or because you are copying a pacman -S line from wiki or whatever). So instead of asking this question for each target, it is now now configured with a flag. Yes will be the default -S behavior, No will be achieved with the --needed flag. Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2007-11-21Remove -F/--freshen operationDan McGee
This operation made sense in the days before sync DBs existed, but it no longer has the same usefulness it once did. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin@gmail.com>
2007-11-13Make it easier to ignore multiple packages.Nathan Jones
This makes --ignore and --ignoregroup able to accept multiple packages/groups by separating each with a comma. For instance: pacman -Su --ignore kernel26,udev,glibc This was requested in the comments of FS#8054. Signed-off-by: Nathan Jones <nathanj@insightbb.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2007-11-13Add help for --ignoregroup.Nathan Jones
Signed-off-by: Nathan Jones <nathanj@insightbb.com> [Dan: split usage line into two lines for clarity] Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2007-11-08Small manpage updatesDan McGee
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
2007-09-27document the -Qii option.Chantry Xavier
I suppose -Qii could be used for other things than displaying the list of backup files, but currently, it's the only one, so that's how I documented it.. Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>