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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/rpm.8 | 11 |
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@@ -208,7 +208,8 @@ new package is installed. .PP This will upgrade packages, but only if an earlier version -currently exists. The \fIPACKAGE_FILE\fR +currently exists. The \fIPACKAGE_FILE\fR can be either \fBrpm\fR binary +file or ASCII package manifest (see \fBPACKAGE SELECTION OPTIONS\fR), and may be specified as an \fBftp\fR or \fBhttp\fR URL, @@ -271,6 +272,9 @@ Update only the database, not the filesystem. \fB--nodigest\fR Don't verify package or header digests when reading. .TP +\fB--nomanifest\fR +Don't process non-package files as manifests. +.TP \fB--nosignature\fR Don't verify package or header signatures when reading. .TP @@ -532,9 +536,10 @@ See \fBFTP/HTTP OPTIONS\fR for information on \fBhttp\fR client support. The \fIPACKAGE_FILE\fR argument(s), if not a binary package, will be interpreted as an ASCII package -manifest. Comments are permitted, starting with a '#', and each +manifest unless \fB--nomanifest\fI option is used. +In manifests, comments are permitted, starting with a '#', and each line of a package manifest file may include white space separated -glob expressions, including URL's with remote glob expressions, +glob expressions, including URL's, that will be expanded to paths that are substituted in place of the package manifest as additional \fIPACKAGE_FILE\fR arguments to the query. |