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authorDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2007-09-17 23:01:01 -0500
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2007-09-17 23:01:01 -0500
commit7325ebbc22091c698fd19140b7ed6986024ec6e8 (patch)
tree07dcbee30fa16b20a865a89c1690b98f92211f01 /doc
parentd34b2c4ed84bc40f4a895846785481fad88116a2 (diff)
Refine pacman manpage, clarify -S repo/package possibility, remove --test
Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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-rw-r--r--doc/pacman.8.txt7
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 5e5d2f55..83eaf372 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ Operations
Synchronize packages. Packages are installed directly from the ftp
servers, including all dependencies required to run the packages. For
example, `pacman -S qt` will download and install qt and all the
- packages it depends on. You can also use `pacman -Su` to upgrade all
+ packages it depends on. If a package name exists in more than one repo, the
+ repo can be explicitly specified to clarify the package to install:
+ `pacman -S unstable/qt`. You can also use `pacman -Su` to upgrade all
packages that are out of date. See <<SO,Sync Options>> below.
*-U, \--upgrade*::
@@ -187,9 +189,6 @@ Query Options[[QO]]
Lists all packages that are out of date on the local system. This option
works best if the sync database is refreshed using '-Sy'.
-*\--test*::
- Run some brief checks looking at the consistency of the local database.
-
Remove Options[[RO]]
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