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| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/doc/.gitignore | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/doc/Makefile.am | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | contrib/doc/bacman.8.txt | 67 |
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diff --git a/contrib/doc/.gitignore b/contrib/doc/.gitignore index c5612bca..3ab20353 100644 --- a/contrib/doc/.gitignore +++ b/contrib/doc/.gitignore @@ -1 +1,2 @@ verify-pacman-repo-db.1 +bacman.8 diff --git a/contrib/doc/Makefile.am b/contrib/doc/Makefile.am index 4c316bb7..d5725b1e 100644 --- a/contrib/doc/Makefile.am +++ b/contrib/doc/Makefile.am @@ -4,12 +4,14 @@ # man_MANS if --enable-asciidoc and/or --enable-doxygen are used. ASCIIDOC_MANS = \ - verify-pacman-repo-db.1 + verify-pacman-repo-db.1 \ + bacman.8 EXTRA_DIST = \ asciidoc.conf \ footer.txt \ verify-pacman-repo-db.1.txt \ + bacman.8.txt \ $(ASCIIDOC_MANS) # Files that should be removed, but which Automake does not know. @@ -53,5 +55,6 @@ $(ASCIIDOC_MANS): asciidoc.conf footer.txt Makefile.am # Dependency rules verify-pacman-repo-db.1: verify-pacman-repo-db.1.txt +bacman.8: bacman.8.txt # vim:set noet: diff --git a/contrib/doc/bacman.8.txt b/contrib/doc/bacman.8.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..dc5af481 --- /dev/null +++ b/contrib/doc/bacman.8.txt @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +///// +vim:set ts=4 sw=4 syntax=asciidoc noet spell spelllang=en_us: +///// +bacman(8) +========== + +Name +---- +bacman - recreate installed packages + + +Synopsis +-------- +'bacman' [options] <package(s)> + + +Description +----------- +'bacman' was designed to reassemble installed packages using pacman's database +and system files. +It is useful for regenerating an installed package that you are unable to +download that is also not available in your package cache. + +'bacman' honors packaging settings from linkman:makepkg.conf[8]. + + +Options +------- +*-h, \--help*:: + Display usage information. + +*-q, \--quiet*:: + Silence most of the status reporting. + +*-m, \--nocolor*:: + Disable colored output. + +*-o, \--out <dir>*:: + Write the assembled package(s) to the specified directory. + +*\--pacnew*:: + Package `.pacnew` files if available instead of the (possibly modified) + versions in place on the filesystem. + + +Examples +-------- + +The following are example usages of the 'bacman' utility: + +$ bacman linux-headers:: + Recreate the package ``linux-headers''. + +$ bacman gzip make binutils -o ~/packages:: + Assemble the packages ``gzip'', ``make'', and ``binutils'' and place + the packages in the ``~/packages'' directory. + +$ bacman --nocolor --pacnew -o ~/backup $(pacman -Qq):: + Assemble all currently installed packages using ``.pacnew'' whenever + available, suppress colored output and place the desired packages in + the ``~/backup''. directory + +See Also +-------- +linkman:makepkg[8], linkman:pacman[8] + +include::footer.txt[] |