From 13ec13c85e4ea39e51d58b0842d8bef50e2ae369 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrew Gregory Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2017 20:42:02 -0400 Subject: deprecate --force in favor of --overwrite --force is widely misunderstood and the same effect can now be achieved with --overwrite, which is better named and can be used more safely. Signed-off-by: Andrew Gregory Signed-off-by: Allan McRae --- src/pacman/pacman.c | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'src') diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c index e0e7d01d..9d1cf6bb 100644 --- a/src/pacman/pacman.c +++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c @@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname) switch(op) { case PM_OP_SYNC: case PM_OP_UPGRADE: - addlist(_(" --force force install, overwrite conflicting files\n")); addlist(_(" --overwrite \n" " overwrite conflicting files (can be used more than once)\n")); addlist(_(" --asdeps install packages as non-explicitly installed\n")); @@ -708,6 +707,8 @@ static int parsearg_upgrade(int opt) } switch(opt) { case OP_FORCE: + pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_WARNING, + _("option --force is deprecated; use --overwrite instead\n")); config->flags |= ALPM_TRANS_FLAG_FORCE; break; case OP_OVERWRITE_FILES: -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2