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@@ -10,26 +10,45 @@ repo-add - package database maintenance utility
Synopsis
--------
-repo-add [-d] [-f] [-q] <path-to-db> <package1> [<package2> ...]
+'repo-add' [-d] [-f] [-q] [-s] [-v] <path-to-db> <package|delta> [<package|delta> ...]
-repo-remove [-q] <path-to-db> <packagename> [<packagename2> ...]
+'repo-remove' [-q] [-s] [-v] <path-to-db> <packagename|delta> [<packagename|delta> ...]
Description
-----------
-repo-add and repo-remove are two scripts to help build a package database for
+'repo-add' and 'repo-remove' are two scripts to help build a package database for
packages built with linkman:makepkg[8] and installed with linkman:pacman[8].
+They also handle package deltas produced by linkman:pkgdelta[8].
-repo-add will update a package database by reading a built package file.
-Multiple packages to add can be specified on the command line.
+'repo-add' will update a package database by reading a built package or package
+delta file. Multiple packages and/or deltas to add can be specified on the
+command line.
-repo-remove will update a package database by removing the package name
-specified on the command line. Multiple packages to remove can be specified
-on the command line.
+'repo-remove' will update a package database by removing the package name or
+delta specified on the command line. Multiple packages and/or delta to remove
+can be specified on the command line.
-Options
--------
+Common Options
+--------------
+*-q, \--quiet*::
+ Force this program to keep quiet and run silent except for warning and
+ error messages.
+
+*-s, \--sign*::
+ Generate a PGP signature file using GnuPG. This will execute `gpg
+ --detach-sign --use-agent` on the generated database to generate a detached
+ signature file, using the GPG agent if it is available. The signature file
+ will be the entire filename of the database with a ``.sig'' extension.
+
+*-v, \--verify*::
+ Verify the PGP signature of the database before updating the database.
+ If the signature is invalid, an error is produced and the update does not
+ proceed.
+
+repo-add Options
+----------------
*-d, \--delta*::
Automatically generate and add a delta file between the old entry and the
new one, if the old package file is found next to the new one.
@@ -39,12 +58,8 @@ Options
specified packages. This is useful for creating databases listing all files
in a given sync repository for tools that may use this information.
-*-q, \--quiet*::
- Force this program to keep quiet and run silent except for warning and
- error messages.
-
See Also
--------
-linkman:makepkg[8], linkman:pacman[8]
+linkman:makepkg[8], linkman:pacman[8], linkman:pkgdelta[8]
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