[pacman-dev] [PATCH 2/2] pacman.8: Consistently refer to the package database

Allan McRae allan at archlinux.org
Mon Sep 7 01:21:47 UTC 2015


On 08/08/15 13:37, Eric Bélanger wrote:
> On Aug 7, 2015 8:48 PM, "Allan McRae" <allan at archlinux.org> wrote:
>>
>> We use "package database" everywhere apart from in the description of
> "-y".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org>
>> ---
>>  doc/pacman.8.txt | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
>> index 5c57450..d9fa705 100644
>> --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
>> +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
>> @@ -424,7 +424,7 @@ system upgrade and install/upgrade the "foo" package
> in the same operation.
>>         Retrieve all packages from the server, but do not install/upgrade
> anything.
>>
>>  *-y, \--refresh*::
>> -       Download a fresh copy of the master package list from the
> server(s)
>> +       Download a fresh copy of the master package database from the
> server(s)
>>         defined in linkman:pacman.conf[5]. This should typically be used
> each time
>>         you use '\--sysupgrade' or '-u'. Passing two '\--refresh' or '-y'
> flags
>>         will force a refresh of all package lists, even if they appear to
> be up-
> 
> 
> Shouldn't  the "package lists" in the last line be replaced by "package
> databases"?
> 

Yes - fixed.

Allan


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