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| author | Patrick Steinhardt <steinhardt.ptk@gmail.com> | 2013-06-18 17:44:15 +0200 |
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| committer | Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> | 2013-06-26 15:32:16 +1000 |
| commit | dfcea1456da5df042f2ba2ba23efeb245436718f (patch) | |
| tree | 63dcff337bd1306335a8fd98312399dc3da8464e /doc | |
| parent | ec831e05f58e3db1c06aadb23a87b5b82ab3ebf3 (diff) | |
Enable inverted patterns in NoExtract and NoUpgrade.
It is now possible to invert patterns in NoExtract and NoUpgrade.
This feature allows users to whitelist certain files that were
previously blacklisted by another entry.
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.conf.5.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt index 83a399e1..049faee2 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt @@ -128,7 +128,10 @@ Options '.pacnew' extension. These files refer to files in the package archive, so do not include the leading slash (the RootDir) when specifying them. Shell-style glob patterns - are allowed. + are allowed. It is possible to invert matches by prepending a file with + an exclamation mark. Inverted files will result in previously blacklisted + files being whitelisted again. Subsequent matches will override previous + ones. A leading literal exclamation mark or backslash needs to be escaped. *NoExtract =* file ...:: All files listed with a `NoExtract` directive will never be extracted from @@ -138,7 +141,10 @@ Options from the 'apache' package. These files refer to files in the package archive, so do not include the leading slash (the RootDir) when specifying them. Shell-style glob patterns - are allowed. + are allowed. It is possible to invert matches by prepending a file with + an exclamation mark. Inverted files will result in previously blacklisted + files being whitelisted again. Subsequent matches will override previous + ones. A leading literal exclamation mark or backslash needs to be escaped. *CleanMethod =* KeepInstalled &| KeepCurrent:: If set to `KeepInstalled` (the default), the '-Sc' operation will clean |