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diff --git a/doc/makepkg.8.in b/doc/makepkg.8.in index a39dcff5..8561f4c6 100644 --- a/doc/makepkg.8.in +++ b/doc/makepkg.8.in @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH makepkg 8 "August 3, 2004" "@PACKAGE_VERSION@" "" +.TH makepkg 8 "January 30, 2006" "makepkg #VERSION#" "" .SH NAME makepkg \- package build utility .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -236,9 +236,26 @@ This is the release number specific to Arch Linux packages. This should be a brief description of the package and its functionality. .TP -.B force -This is used to force the package to be upgraded by \fB--sysupgrade\fP, even +.B options +This array allows you to override some of makepkg's default behaviour +when building packages. To set an option, just include the option name +in the \fBoptions\fP array. +.TP +.RS +\fIAvailable Options:\fP +.RS +.TP +.B FORCE +force the package to be upgraded by \fB--sysupgrade\fP, even if its an older version. +.TP +.B KEEPDOCS +do not remove /usr/share/doc and /usr/share/info directories. +.TP +.B NOSTRIP +do not strip debugging symbols from binaries and libraries. +.RE +.RE .TP .B url @@ -247,8 +264,17 @@ being packaged. This is typically the project's website. .TP .B license -Sets the license type (eg, "GPL", "BSD", "NON-FREE"). (\fBNote\fP: This -option is still in development and may change in the future) +This field specifies the license(s) that apply to the package. Commonly-used +licenses are typically found in \fI/usr/share/licenses/common\fP. If you +see the package's license there, simply reference it in the license field +(eg, \fBlicense="GPL"\fP). If the package provides a license not found in +\fI/usr/share/licenses/common\fP, then you should include the license in +the package itself and set \fBlicense="custom"\fP or \fBlicense="custom:LicenseName"\fP. +The license itself should be placed in a directory called +\fI$startdir/pkg/usr/share/licenses/$pkgname\fP. +.TP +.RE +If multiple licenses are applied, use the array form: \fBlicenses=('GPL' 'FDL')\fP .TP .B install @@ -331,6 +357,9 @@ $ABSROOT (set in your /etc/makepkg.conf). If it finds them it will run another copy of makepkg to build and install the missing dependencies. The child makepkg calls will be made with the \fB-b\fP and \fB-i\fP options. .TP +.B "\-B, \-\-noccache" +Do not use ccache during build. +.TP .B "\-c, \-\-clean" Clean up leftover work files/directories after a successful build. .TP @@ -342,6 +371,11 @@ Do not perform any dependency checks. This will let you override/ignore any dependencies required. There's a good chance this option will break the build process if all of the dependencies aren't installed. .TP +.B "\-e, \-\-noextract" +Do not extract source files. Instead, use whatever already exists in the +src/ directory. This is handy if you want to go into src and manually +patch/tweak code, then make a package out of the result. +.TP .B "\-f, \-\-force" \fBmakepkg\fP will not build a package if a \fIpkgname-pkgver-pkgrel.pkg.tar.gz\fP file already exists in the build directory. You can override this behaviour with @@ -384,9 +418,23 @@ or run-time dependencies, it will run pacman to try and resolve them. If succes pacman will download the missing packages from a package repository and install them for you. .TP +.B "\-S, \-\-sudosync" +Install missing dependencies using pacman and sudo. This is the same as \fB-s\fP +except that makepkg will call pacman with sudo. This means you don't have to +build as root to use dependency auto-resolution. +.TP .B "\-w <destdir>" Write the resulting package file to the directory \fI<destdir>\fP instead of the current working directory. +.TP +.B "\-\-noconfirm" +When calling pacman to resolve dependencies or conflicts, makepkg can pass +the \fI--noconfirm\fP option to it so it does not wait for any user +input before proceeding with operations. +.TP +.B "\-\-noprogressbar" +When calling pacman, makepkg can pass the \fI--noprogressbar\fP option to it. +This is useful if one is directing makepkg's output to a non-terminal (ie, a file). .SH CONFIGURATION Configuration options are stored in \fI/etc/makepkg.conf\fP. This file is parsed diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.in b/doc/pacman.8.in index 46c53bf9..3ca7fa0f 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.in +++ b/doc/pacman.8.in @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH pacman 8 "September 17, 2004" "pacman @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "" +.TH pacman 8 "January 21, 2006" "pacman #VERSION#" "" .SH NAME pacman \- package manager utility .SH SYNOPSIS @@ -81,8 +81,12 @@ Output more status and error messages. Specify an alternate configuration file. .TP .B "\-\-noconfirm" -Bypass any and all "Are you sure?" messages. It's not a good to do this +Bypass any and all "Are you sure?" messages. It's not a good idea to do this unless you want to run pacman from a script. +.TP +.B "\-\-noprogressbar" +Do not show a progress bar when downloading files. This can be useful for +scripts that call pacman and capture the output. .SH SYNC OPTIONS .TP .B "\-c, \-\-clean" @@ -105,18 +109,14 @@ dependencies, conflicts, etc. List all files in the specified repositories. Multiple repositories can be specified on the command line. .TP -.B "\-m, \-\-foreign" -List all packages that were not found in the sync database(s). Typically these -are packages that were downloaded manually and installed with --add. -.TP .B "\-p, \-\-print-uris" -Print out URIs for each specified package and its dependencies. These -can be piped to a file and downloaded at a later time, using a program -like wget. +Print out URIs for each package that will be installed, including any +dependencies that have yet to be installed. These can be piped to a +file and downloaded at a later time, using a program like wget. .TP -.B "\-s, \-\-search <string>" +.B "\-s, \-\-search <regexp>" This will search each package in the package list for names or descriptions -that contains <string>. +that matches <regexp>. .TP .B "\-u, \-\-sysupgrade" Upgrades all packages that are out of date. pacman will examine every @@ -158,7 +158,7 @@ removed. For each target specified, remove it and all its dependencies, provided that (A) they are not required by other packages; and (B) they were not explicitly installed by the user. -This option is analogous to a backwards --sync operation. +This option is analagous to a backwards --sync operation. .SH QUERY OPTIONS .TP .B "\-e, \-\-orphans" @@ -178,6 +178,10 @@ option then the .PKGINFO file will be printed. List all files owned by <package>. Multiple packages can be specified on the command line. .TP +.B "\-m, \-\-foreign" +List all packages that were not found in the sync database(s). Typically these +are packages that were downloaded manually and installed with --add. +.TP .B "\-o, \-\-owns <file>" Search for the package that owns <file>. .TP @@ -186,9 +190,9 @@ Tells pacman that the package supplied on the command line is a file, not an entry in the database. Pacman will decompress the file and query it. This is useful with \fB--info\fP and \fB--list\fP. .TP -.B "\-s, \-\-search <string>" +.B "\-s, \-\-search <regexp>" This will search each locally-installed package for names or descriptions -that contains <string>. +that matches <regexp>. .SH HANDLING CONFIG FILES pacman uses the same logic as rpm to determine action against files that are designated to be backed up. During an upgrade, it uses 3 @@ -214,9 +218,9 @@ original=\fBX\fP, current=\fBY\fP, new=\fBY\fP The new one is identical to the current one. Win win. Install the new file. .TP original=\fBX\fP, current=\fBY\fP, new=\fBZ\fP -All three files are different. So we install the new file, but back up the -old one to a .pacsave extension. This way the user can move the old configuration -file back into place if he wishes. +All three files are different, so we install the new file with a .pacnew +extension and warn the user, so she can manually move the file into place +after making any necessary customizations. .SH CONFIGURATION pacman will attempt to read \fI/etc/pacman.conf\fP each time it is invoked. This configuration file is divided into sections or \fIrepositories\fP. Each section @@ -244,10 +248,6 @@ Server = file:///home/pkgs Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory. The default is \fIvar/lib/pacman\fP. .TP -.B "CacheDir = path/to/cache/dir" -Overrides the default location of the package cache directory. The default is -\fIvar/cache/pacman\fP. -.TP .B "HoldPkg = <package> [package] ..." If a user tries to \fB--remove\fP a package that's listed in HoldPkg, pacman will ask for confirmation before proceeding. @@ -280,6 +280,13 @@ Disables passive ftp connections when downloading packages. (aka Active Mode) All files listed with a \fBNoUpgrade\fP directive will never be touched during a package install/upgrade. \fINote:\fP do not include the leading slash when specifying files. .TP +.B "NoExtract = <file> [file] ..." +All files listed with a \fBNoExtract\fP directive will never be extracted from +a package into the filesystem. This can be useful when you don't want part of +a package to be installed. For example, if your httpd root uses an index.php, +then you would not want the index.html file to be extracted from the apache +package. +.TP .B "UseSyslog" Log action messages through syslog(). This will insert pacman log entries into your /var/log/messages or equivalent. |