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authorNagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu>2009-05-14 16:15:20 +0200
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2009-05-18 23:09:24 -0500
commitf89f7e136ba8d923680a6d0342d5e51d4fda1570 (patch)
tree34c8710c919f604bc7f959b0df4c88bdbe006aca
parent212ea8a9ed342efe2d74655cdebf668cc0cc7ce2 (diff)
Query documentation updates
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>
-rw-r--r--doc/pacman.8.txt28
-rw-r--r--src/pacman/pacman.c10
2 files changed, 22 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 37680be8..4582be5f 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ Operations
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.
+ individual '.tar.gz' packages. In the first case, if no package names
+ are provided in the command line, all installed packages will be
+ queried. Additionally, various filters can be applied on the package
+ list. See <<QO,Query Options>> below.
*-R, \--remove*::
Remove a package from the system. Groups can also be specified to be
@@ -164,16 +167,17 @@ Query Options[[QO]]
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.)
+ Restrict or filter output to 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.)
+ Restrict or filter output to 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
@@ -221,8 +225,10 @@ Query Options[[QO]]
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'.
+ Restrict or filter output to packages that are out of date on the local
+ system. (Only package versions are used to find outdated packages,
+ replacements are not checked here.) This option works best if the sync
+ database is refreshed using '-Sy'.
Remove Options[[RO]]
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index 14cfdfa1..72a72ba5 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -103,17 +103,17 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname)
printf("%s: %s {-Q --query} [%s] [%s]\n", str_usg, myname, str_opt, str_pkg);
printf("%s:\n", str_opt);
printf(_(" -c, --changelog view the changelog of a package\n"));
- printf(_(" -d, --deps list all packages installed as dependencies\n"));
- printf(_(" -e, --explicit list all packages explicitly installed\n"));
+ printf(_(" -d, --deps list packages installed as dependencies [filter]\n"));
+ printf(_(" -e, --explicit list packages explicitly installed [filter]\n"));
printf(_(" -g, --groups view all members of a package group\n"));
printf(_(" -i, --info view package information (-ii for backup files)\n"));
printf(_(" -l, --list list the contents of the queried package\n"));
- printf(_(" -m, --foreign list installed packages not found in sync db(s)\n"));
+ printf(_(" -m, --foreign list installed packages not found in sync db(s) [filter]\n"));
printf(_(" -o, --owns <file> query the package that owns <file>\n"));
printf(_(" -p, --file <package> query a package file instead of the database\n"));
printf(_(" -s, --search <regex> search locally-installed packages for matching strings\n"));
- printf(_(" -t, --unrequired list all packages not required by any package\n"));
- printf(_(" -u, --upgrades list all outdated packages\n"));
+ printf(_(" -t, --unrequired list packages not required by any package [filter]\n"));
+ printf(_(" -u, --upgrades list outdated packages [filter]\n"));
printf(_(" -q, --quiet show less information for query and search\n"));
} else if(op == PM_OP_SYNC) {
printf("%s: %s {-S --sync} [%s] [%s]\n", str_usg, myname, str_opt, str_pkg);