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authorPanu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>2008-09-18 13:24:25 +0300
committerPanu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com>2008-09-18 13:24:25 +0300
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Document manifest behavior for install options too (rhbz#461354)
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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.