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authorLevente Polyak <anthraxx@archlinux.org>2022-09-12 01:34:08 +0200
committerLevente Polyak <anthraxx@archlinux.org>2023-05-19 22:27:12 +0200
commita8be7423efb287edd5ef80002a75a853fc0c9c1d (patch)
tree327592b654c18c8b66d0919570f7cdc973c65e04 /doc/man/devtools.7.asciidoc
parentd15bd29a9d411dedc0a0682ec54b55e079d4f00f (diff)
pkgctl: add a unified command-line frontend for devtools
This is the first step of a simple and highly structured unified interface to devtools commands in a single wrapper. The split is based on groups like `repo`, `build` and `diff` Signed-off-by: Levente Polyak <anthraxx@archlinux.org>
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diff --git a/doc/man/devtools.7.asciidoc b/doc/man/devtools.7.asciidoc
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@@ -8,16 +8,22 @@ devtools - Developer tools for the Arch Linux distribution
Description
-----------
-Devtools contains tools for package maintenance in Arch Linux. The toolset
-varies from tools for building packages in a clean chroot ('mkarchroot',...),
-packaging related tools for sonames ('sogrep', 'lddd') and tools for
-repository management such as ('pkgrepo')
+Devtools contains tools for package maintenance in Arch Linux. It comes with a
+unified command-line frontend called 'pkgctl' that aids to conveniently
+interact with all the different tools this collection provides.
+
+The toolset varies from tools for building packages in a clean chroot
+('mkarchroot', 'archbuild', ...), packaging related tools ('sogrep', 'diffpkg',
+'lddd') and tools for repository management such as ('pkgrepo').
Programs
--------
The list below gives a short overview; see the respective documentation
for details.
+linkman:pkgctl[1]
+ Unified command-line frontend for devtools
+
linkman:archbuild[1]
Build an Arch Linux package inside a clean chroot
@@ -27,6 +33,12 @@ linkman:arch-nspawn[1]
linkman:checkpkg[1]
Compare the current build package with the repository version
+linkman:diffpkg[1]
+ Compare package files using different modes
+
+linkman:export-pkgbuild-keys[1]
+ Export valid source signing keys from a PKGBUILD
+
linkman:find-libdeps[1]
Find soname dependencies for a package