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| author | Andrew Gregory <andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com> | 2017-04-09 20:42:02 -0400 |
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| committer | Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> | 2017-04-12 11:47:44 +1000 |
| commit | 13ec13c85e4ea39e51d58b0842d8bef50e2ae369 (patch) | |
| tree | 4fb8e51f9c728cb07a125bc7ba3fcd6fccaef996 /doc | |
| parent | 04d211effa8d65020887112ee30c7b3b0fc28ad3 (diff) | |
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 <andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.8.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index 2586c1fe..f01f4aa4 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -237,14 +237,6 @@ Transaction Options (apply to '-S', '-R' and '-U') Upgrade Options (apply to '-S' and '-U')[[UO]] ---------------------------------------------- -*\--force*:: - Bypass file conflict checks and overwrite conflicting files. If the - package that is about to be installed contains files that are already - installed, this option will cause all those files to be overwritten. - Using '\--force' will not allow overwriting a directory with a file or - installing packages with conflicting files and directories. - This option should be used with care, ideally not at all. - *\--asdeps*:: Install packages non-explicitly; in other words, fake their install reason to be installed as a dependency. This is useful for makepkg and other |