It was unclear what "loading the full package" actually did. The detailed description should clear that up, without having to look at the code. Signed-off-by: Sebastian Nowicki --- lib/libalpm/package.c | 3 +++ 1 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/lib/libalpm/package.c b/lib/libalpm/package.c index ffaa96b..32ff3a8 100644 --- a/lib/libalpm/package.c +++ b/lib/libalpm/package.c @@ -54,6 +54,9 @@ */ /** Create a package from a file. + * If full is false, the archive is read only until all necessary + * metadata is found. If it is true, the entire archive is read, which + * serves as a verfication of integrity and the filelist can be created. * @param filename location of the package tarball * @param full whether to stop the load after metadata is read or continue * through the full archive -- 1.5.4.5