X-Git-Url: https://pd.if.org/git/?a=blobdiff_plain;f=doc%2Fzpm-update.8;h=4f10ca6037f6bed57e28ec62dad11a925d006b1c;hb=bd21f0a1265b43ad5f05353a39db31c16826f05c;hp=638b06a740eaa3907ca3e5ce946b7feb79409b08;hpb=eb29765346e82eb2bf00771b161b75e03055704f;p=zpackage diff --git a/doc/zpm-update.8 b/doc/zpm-update.8 index 638b06a..4f10ca6 100644 --- a/doc/zpm-update.8 +++ b/doc/zpm-update.8 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ zpm-update \- update set of installed packages .BI -f " pkgfile" ] [ -.B -LAOUn +.B -LAOUnzvpSC ] .RI [ \fB[+|-]\fIpackage ...] .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -15,7 +15,9 @@ zpm-update \- update set of installed packages It can install, remove, or update a set of packages as given on the command line. It will search defined repositories for packages, and download, merge, and prepare the packages and the local database. By itself, zpm-update just -prepares the system for the file operations and runs package scripts. +prepares the system for the file operations and runs package scripts. Actual +filesystem actions (i.e. removing or installing of files in the file system) +is delegated to zpm-syncfs. .PP Packages may be specified by a full package id triple, or any shortened version of one (i.e. a package may be given by name, name @@ -36,6 +38,15 @@ In other words, all of the packages given are updated, removed, installed at the same time, rather than taking each package one at a time and installing, updating, or removing it. If the admin wants to do the packages one at a time, zpm-update can be run multiple times. +.PP +Either the package update process, or package scripts may +put notes in the database with information for the sysadmin. +zpm-note should be run after updates to check for these. +.SS Package Search +Packages will be searched for in *.repo files, the local database, and +in individual zpm package files. These are looked for by default +in /var/lib/zpm/*.repo /var/lib/zpm/packages/*.zpm and the usual +location for the local database. .SH OPTIONS .TP \-f @@ -47,8 +58,33 @@ and doesn't run any package scripts. Since scripts aren't run and no files are changed, this can only detect and report some types of errors. .TP +\-R \fIrootdir\fR +Specify a root directory for the package installs. Files will be +installed relative to this directory. +.TP +\-S +Don't run any package pre or post scripts. Normally zpm-update will run +package pre and post scripts associated with packages being removed, updated, +or installed. See zpm-script(8) for details. If any scripts are skipped due +to the option, a note will be added. +.TP +\-C +Don't run package configure scripts. Any skipped scripts will have a note +added. +.TP +\-v +Run syncfs in verbose mode. This flag is passed on to zpm-syncfs. +.TP +\-p +Passed to zpm-syncfs to control the type of progress meter. +.TP +\-z +Don't pull remote repositories before searching for packages, by +default all remote repos are refreshed with repo pull before +commencing a search for new packages. +.TP \-L -Don't check for library dependencies +Don't check for library dependencies, passed on to zpm-search. .TP \-A run zpm-syncfs in accept mode @@ -78,11 +114,12 @@ the vim package. .SH FILES /var/lib/zpm/local.db .SH ENVIRONMENT -ZPMDB +ZPMDB ZPM_ROOT_DIR .SH AUTHOR Nathan Wagner .SH SEE ALSO .BR zpm (8) +.BR zpm-search (8) .BR zpm-script (8) .BR zpm-repo (8) .BR zpm-syncfs (8)