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-rw-r--r--doc/pacman.8.txt13
-rw-r--r--src/pacman/pacman.c8
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index a362d2cf..10368df4 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -229,6 +229,17 @@ Upgrade Options (apply to '-S' and '-U')[[UO]]
there is one available. Multiple groups can be specified by
separating them with a comma.
+*\--needed*::
+ Do not reinstall the targets that are already up to date.
+
+*\--recursive*::
+ Recursively reinstall all dependencies of the targets. This forces upgrades
+ or reinstalls of all dependencies without requiring explicit version
+ requirements. This is most useful in combination with the '\--needed' flag,
+ which will induce a deep dependency upgrade without any unnecessary
+ reinstalls.
+
+
Query Options[[QO]]
-------------------
*-c, \--changelog*::
@@ -398,7 +409,7 @@ system upgrade and install/upgrade the foo package in the same operation.
to date.
*\--needed*::
- Don't reinstall the targets that are already up to date.
+ Do not reinstall the targets that are already up to date.
*\--recursive*::
Recursively reinstall all dependencies of the targets. This forces upgrades
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index 585c8e08..f7ea3fb5 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -134,6 +134,8 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname)
addlist(_(" -u, --unneeded remove unneeded packages\n"));
} else if(op == PM_OP_UPGRADE) {
printf("%s: %s {-U --upgrade} [%s] <%s>\n", str_usg, myname, str_opt, str_file);
+ addlist(_(" --needed do not reinstall up to date packages\n"));
+ addlist(_(" --recursive reinstall all dependencies of target packages\n"));
printf("%s:\n", str_opt);
} else if(op == PM_OP_QUERY) {
printf("%s: %s {-Q --query} [%s] [%s]\n", str_usg, myname, str_opt, str_pkg);
@@ -164,7 +166,7 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname)
addlist(_(" -u, --sysupgrade upgrade installed packages (-uu allows downgrade)\n"));
addlist(_(" -w, --downloadonly download packages but do not install/upgrade anything\n"));
addlist(_(" -y, --refresh download fresh package databases from the server\n"));
- addlist(_(" --needed don't reinstall up to date packages\n"));
+ addlist(_(" --needed do not reinstall up to date packages\n"));
addlist(_(" --recursive reinstall all dependencies of target packages\n"));
} else if(op == PM_OP_DATABASE) {
printf("%s: %s {-D --database} <%s> <%s>\n", str_usg, myname, str_opt, str_pkg);
@@ -531,6 +533,8 @@ static int parsearg_upgrade(int opt)
case 'f': config->flags |= ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_FORCE; break;
case OP_ASDEPS: config->flags |= ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_ALLDEPS; break;
case OP_ASEXPLICIT: config->flags |= ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_ALLEXPLICIT; break;
+ case OP_NEEDED: config->flags |= ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_NEEDED; break;
+ case OP_RECURSIVE: config->flags |= ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSE; break;
case OP_IGNORE:
parsearg_util_addlist(&(config->ignorepkg));
break;
@@ -547,8 +551,6 @@ static int parsearg_sync(int opt)
if(parsearg_upgrade(opt) == 0)
return 0;
switch(opt) {
- case OP_NEEDED: config->flags |= ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_NEEDED; break;
- case OP_RECURSIVE: config->flags |= ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_RECURSE; break;
case 'c': (config->op_s_clean)++; break;
case 'g': (config->group)++; break;
case 'i': (config->op_s_info)++; break;