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authorDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2007-05-31 15:48:16 -0400
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2007-06-09 12:58:12 -0400
commitb6f3fe6957d0206485eac98fb2120578b75d0058 (patch)
tree394e45bb19e23284e23103fbab85aa3035d54b27 /doc/pacman.8
parentdfc85cb5f516ffbcff557522e9703c5c7d88b047 (diff)
Implement a -Qt operation in frontend to test the database
After adding a alpm_db_check() operation in the back end, we can call it in the front end and present a user-friendly interface to it. Inspired-by: VMiklos <vmiklos@frugalware.org> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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@@ -157,6 +157,10 @@ useful in combination with \fB--info\fP and \fB--list\fP.
This will search each locally-installed package for names or descriptions that
matche \fIregexp\fP.
.TP
+.B \-t, --test
+Test the consistancy of the local pacman database, and alert you of any
+problems found while searching. Returns 0 on success, >0 otherwise.
+.TP
.B \-u, --upgrades
Lists all packages that are out of date on the local system. This option works
best if the sync database is refreshed using \fB-Sy\fP.