[pacman-dev] [PATCH v2 1/2] Document pacman -F
Allan McRae
allan at archlinux.org
Wed Oct 28 03:17:27 UTC 2015
On 26/10/15 02:06, Florian Pritz wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Florian Pritz <bluewind at xinu.at>
> ---
>
> v2:
> - Document --refresh
>
> doc/pacman.8.txt | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
> index 5c57450..38b8bb7 100644
> --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
> +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
> @@ -110,6 +110,11 @@ greater than `1:3.6-1`.
> Options>> below; also see <<HCF,Handling Config Files>> for an explanation
> on how pacman takes care of configuration files.
>
> +*-F, \--files*::
> + Query the files database. This operation allows you to look for package
> + owning certain files or display files owned by certain packages. See
> + <<FO,File Options>> below.
> +
> *-V, \--version*::
> Display version and exit.
>
> @@ -451,6 +456,27 @@ Database Options[[QO]]
> a check on the sync databases to ensure all specified dependencies
> are available.
>
> +File Options[[FO]]
> +------------------
> +
> +The '--list', '--search' and '--owns' options are exclusive and can not be combined.
I first read that as --list can not be combined with anything else (e.g.
--refresh). I also note that we do not do that for any other option, so
is it fine just to delete this line?
> +
> +*-y, --refresh*::
> + Download fresh package databases from the server. Use twice to force a
> + refresh even if databases are up to date.
> +
> +*-l <package>, \--list <package>*::
> + List the files owned by the queried package.
> +
> +*-s <pattern>, \--search <pattern>*::
> + Search package file names for matching strings.
> +
> +*-x, --regex*::
> + Treat arguments to '--search' as regular expressions.
> +
> +*-o <file>, \--owns<file>*::
> + Search for packages that own a particular file.
> +
>
> Handling Config Files[[HCF]]
> ----------------------------
>
More information about the pacman-dev
mailing list