From c2f163b6408fb69c2b85da17d7656cd75ac5449d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Levente Polyak Date: Thu, 28 Apr 2022 01:13:02 +0200 Subject: diffpkg: support comparing two given package archives This adds support similar to diffpkg from the infrastructure repo that is based on the assumption that two archives can be passed to the tooling in order to compare them. --- doc/diffpkg.1.asciidoc | 13 ++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/diffpkg.1.asciidoc') diff --git a/doc/diffpkg.1.asciidoc b/doc/diffpkg.1.asciidoc index e95fa43..3fc0f00 100644 --- a/doc/diffpkg.1.asciidoc +++ b/doc/diffpkg.1.asciidoc @@ -7,15 +7,22 @@ diffpkg - Compare package files using different modes. Synopsis -------- -diffpkg [OPTIONS] [MODES] +diffpkg [OPTIONS] [MODES] [FILE|PKGNAME...] Description ----------- Searches for a locally built package corresponding to the PKGBUILD, and downloads the last version of that package from the Pacman repositories. -It then compares them using different modes while using simple tar -content list by default. +It then compares the package archives using different modes while using +simple tar content list by default. + +When given one package, use it to diff against the locally built one. +When given two packages, diff both packages against each other. + +In either case, a package name will be converted to a filename from the +cache, and diffpkg will proceed as though this filename was initially +specified. Options ------- -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2