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author | Ville Skyttä <ville.skytta@iki.fi> | 2009-04-06 23:08:15 +0300 |
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committer | Panu Matilainen <pmatilai@redhat.com> | 2009-04-09 14:11:39 +0300 |
commit | 0f29cc7f2781cdcedab9c8a03786d45f14fc316b (patch) | |
tree | 02fa84bfbeddcb0df55e987958f497ff012bc93d /doc | |
parent | 48580a70bc7372d1227f07f3377f9c253e492385 (diff) | |
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Make it clearer that PACKAGE_FILE logic applies to all -F, -U, and -i.
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@@ -185,41 +185,37 @@ will be run after a chroot(2) to \fIDIRECTORY\fR. .SS "INSTALL AND UPGRADE OPTIONS" .PP +In these options, \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, +in which case the package will be downloaded before being +installed. See \fBFTP/HTTP OPTIONS\fR +for information on \fBrpm\fR's internal +\fBftp\fR and +\fBhttp\fR +client support. +.PP The general form of an rpm install command is .PP - \fBrpm\fR {\fB-i|--install\fR} [\fBinstall-options\fR] \fB\fIPACKAGE_FILE\fB\fR\fI ...\fR - .PP This installs a new package. .PP The general form of an rpm upgrade command is .PP - \fBrpm\fR {\fB-U|--upgrade\fR} [\fBinstall-options\fR] \fB\fIPACKAGE_FILE\fB\fR\fI ...\fR - .PP This upgrades or installs the package currently installed to a newer version. This is the same as install, except all other version(s) of the package are removed after the new package is installed. .PP - \fBrpm\fR {\fB-F|--freshen\fR} [\fBinstall-options\fR] \fB\fIPACKAGE_FILE\fB\fR\fI ...\fR - .PP -This will upgrade packages, but only if an earlier version -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, -in which case the package will be downloaded before being -installed. See \fBFTP/HTTP OPTIONS\fR -for information on \fBrpm\fR's internal -\fBftp\fR and -\fBhttp\fR -client support. +This will upgrade packages, but only ones for which an earlier version is +installed. .PP .TP \fB--aid\fR @@ -537,7 +533,7 @@ 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 unless \fB--nomanifest\fI option is used. +manifest unless \fB--nomanifest\fR 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, |