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authorRay Kohler <ataraxia937@gmail.com>2011-03-25 20:26:07 -0400
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2011-03-27 21:20:20 -0500
commitc0190798e100a46997f58c6afe3598b91f80edda (patch)
tree8a0176c688a21e8da237d8d56a19817aba047e0f /doc
parent86ff381ac20df4317c1068fc82d556e74219ea9b (diff)
Update repo-add manpage
Add -v, mention delta support (other than -d), and split repo-add-specific options out from those common to repo-add and repo-remove. Signed-off-by: Ray Kohler <ataraxia937@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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1 files changed, 27 insertions, 19 deletions
diff --git a/doc/repo-add.8.txt b/doc/repo-add.8.txt
index 26009f67..9167a406 100644
--- a/doc/repo-add.8.txt
+++ b/doc/repo-add.8.txt
@@ -10,35 +10,28 @@ repo-add - package database maintenance utility
Synopsis
--------
-repo-add [-d] [-f] [-q] <path-to-db> <package1> [<package2> ...]
+repo-add [-d] [-f] [-q] [-s] [-v] <path-to-db> <package|delta> [<package|delta> ...]
-repo-remove [-q] <path-to-db> <packagename> [<packagename2> ...]
+repo-remove [-q] [-s] [-v] <path-to-db> <packagename|delta> [<packagename|delta> ...]
Description
-----------
repo-add and repo-remove are two scripts to help build a package database for
packages built with linkman:makepkg[8] and installed with linkman:pacman[8].
+They also handle package deltas produced by linkman:pkgdelta[8].
-repo-add will update a package database by reading a built package file.
-Multiple packages to add can be specified on the command line.
+repo-add will update a package database by reading a built package or package
+delta file. Multiple packages and/or deltas to add can be specified on the
+command line.
-repo-remove will update a package database by removing the package name
-specified on the command line. Multiple packages to remove can be specified
-on the command line.
+repo-remove will update a package database by removing the package name or
+delta specified on the command line. Multiple packages and/or delta to remove
+can be specified on the command line.
-Options
--------
-*-d, \--delta*::
- Automatically generate and add a delta file between the old entry and the
- new one, if the old package file is found next to the new one.
-
-*-f, \--files*::
- Tells repo-add also to create and include a list of the files in the
- specified packages. This is useful for creating databases listing all files
- in a given sync repository for tools that may use this information.
-
+Common Options
+--------------
*-q, \--quiet*::
Force this program to keep quiet and run silent except for warning and
error messages.
@@ -49,9 +42,24 @@ Options
signature file, using the GPG agent if it is available. The signature file
will be the entire filename of the database with a ``.sig'' extension.
+*-v, \--verify*::
+ Verify the PGP signature of the database before updating the database.
+ If the signature is invalid, an error is produced and the update does not
+ proceed.
+
+repo-add Options
+----------------
+*-d, \--delta*::
+ Automatically generate and add a delta file between the old entry and the
+ new one, if the old package file is found next to the new one.
+
+*-f, \--files*::
+ Tells repo-add also to create and include a list of the files in the
+ specified packages. This is useful for creating databases listing all files
+ in a given sync repository for tools that may use this information.
See Also
--------
-linkman:makepkg[8], linkman:pacman[8]
+linkman:makepkg[8], linkman:pacman[8], linkman:pkgdelta[8]
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