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diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index f6eb69c3..a6bc3d9a 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -28,13 +28,6 @@ ends to be written (for instance, a GUI front end). Operations ---------- -*-A, \--add* (deprecated):: - Add a package to the system. Either a URL or file path can be specified. - The package will be uncompressed into the installation root and the - database will be updated. The package will not be installed if another - version is already installed. *NOTE*: please use '\--upgrade' in place of - this option. - *-Q, \--query*:: Query the package database. This operation allows you to view installed packages and their files, as well as meta-information about individual @@ -86,11 +79,17 @@ You can also use `pacman -Su` to upgrade all packages that are out of date. See Options ------- *\--asdeps*:: - Install packages non-explicitly; in other works, fake their install reason + Install packages non-explicitly; in other words, fake their install reason to be installed as a dependency. This is useful for makepkg and other build from source tools that need to install dependencies before building the package. +*\--asexplicit*:: + Install packages explicitly; in other words, fake their install reason to + be explicitly installed. This is useful if you want to mark a dependency + as explicitly installed so it will not be removed by the '\--recursive' + remove operation. + *-b, \--dbpath* <'path'>:: Specify an alternative database location (a typical default is ``/var/lib/pacman''). This should not be used unless you know what you are @@ -226,7 +225,12 @@ Remove Options[[RO]] that (A) they are not required by other packages; and (B) they were not explicitly installed by the user. This operation is recursive and analogous to a backwards '\--sync' operation, and helps keep a clean system without - orphans. + orphans. If you want to omit condition (B), pass this option twice. + +*-u, \--unneeded*:: + Removes the targets that are not required by any other packages. + This is mostly useful when removing a group without using the '-c' option, + to avoid breaking any dependencies. Sync Options[[SO]] @@ -241,10 +245,9 @@ Sync Options[[SO]] packages that are no longer installed; use two to remove all packages from the cache. In both cases, you will have a yes or no option to remove packages and/or unused downloaded databases. - -*-e, \--dependsonly*:: - Install all dependencies of a package, but not the specified package - itself. This is pretty useless and we're not sure why it even exists. ++ +If you use a network shared cache, see the 'CleanMethod' option in +linkman:pacman.conf[5]. *-g, \--groups*:: Display all the members for each package group specified. If no group |