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| author | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2009-10-04 09:48:56 -0500 |
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| committer | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2009-10-04 09:48:56 -0500 |
| commit | 42042723a884930caf80ed578fc9fee2e0822bfb (patch) | |
| tree | 7c48977bbbcf2cfae133b91b9151283f9086c58a /doc | |
| parent | 44a57c890b2ecba85dbd8364594883439634f630 (diff) | |
doc: ensure SyncFirst behavior with flags is clear
When a SyncFirst transaction kicks in, no flags like '--force' are honored.
This is for good reason, as honoring something like '--asdeps' could be
quite unintentional. Document this fact and a possible workaround.
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.conf.5.txt | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt index a1c1f2a6..3e361102 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt @@ -86,8 +86,11 @@ Options *SyncFirst =* package ...:: Instructs pacman to check for newer version of these packages before any sync operation. The user will have the choice to either cancel the current - operation and upgrade these packages first or go on with the current operation. - This option is typically used with the 'pacman' package. + operation and upgrade these packages first or go on with the current + operation. This option is typically used with the 'pacman' package. + *NOTE*: when a `SyncFirst` transaction takes place, no command line flags + (e.g. '\--force') are honored. If this is not ideal, disabling `SyncFirst` + and performing a manual sync of the involved packages may be required. *IgnoreGroup =* group ...:: Instructs pacman to ignore any upgrades for all packages in this |