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authorNagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu>2009-05-14 16:15:20 +0200
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2009-05-18 23:09:24 -0500
commitf89f7e136ba8d923680a6d0342d5e51d4fda1570 (patch)
tree34c8710c919f604bc7f959b0df4c88bdbe006aca /doc
parent212ea8a9ed342efe2d74655cdebf668cc0cc7ce2 (diff)
Query documentation updates
The old documentation didn't emphasize our filtering options at all, and it was a bit misleading. ("List ALL...") I also clarified the description of -Qu. Signed-off-by: Nagy Gabor <ngaba@bibl.u-szeged.hu> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 37680be8..4582be5f 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -33,7 +33,10 @@ Operations
packages and their files, as well as meta-information about individual
packages (dependencies, conflicts, install date, build date, size). This
can be run against the local package database or can be used on
- individual '.tar.gz' packages. See <<QO,Query Options>> below.
+ individual '.tar.gz' packages. In the first case, if no package names
+ are provided in the command line, all installed packages will be
+ queried. Additionally, various filters can be applied on the package
+ list. See <<QO,Query Options>> below.
*-R, \--remove*::
Remove a package from the system. Groups can also be specified to be
@@ -164,16 +167,17 @@ Query Options[[QO]]
it will be shown if available.
*-d, \--deps*::
- List all packages installed as dependencies. This option can be combined
- with '-t' for listing real orphans- packages that were installed as
- dependencies but are no longer required by any installed package. ('-Qdt'
- is equivalent to the pacman 3.0.X '-Qe' option.)
+ Restrict or filter output to packages installed as dependencies. This
+ option can be combined with '-t' for listing real orphans- packages that
+ were installed as dependencies but are no longer required by any
+ installed package. ('-Qdt' is equivalent to the pacman 3.0.X '-Qe'
+ option.)
*-e, \--explicit*::
- List all packages explicitly installed. This option can be combined with
- '-t' to list top-level packages- those packages that were explicitly
- installed but are not required by any other package. ('-Qet' is equivalent
- to the pacman 2.9.X '-Qe' option.)
+ Restrict or filter output to packages explicitly installed. This option
+ can be combined with '-t' to list top-level packages- those packages
+ that were explicitly installed but are not required by any other
+ package. ('-Qet' is equivalent to the pacman 2.9.X '-Qe' option.)
*-g, \--groups*::
Display all packages that are members of a named group. If a name is not
@@ -221,8 +225,10 @@ Query Options[[QO]]
installed package.
*-u, \--upgrades*::
- Lists all packages that are out of date on the local system. This option
- works best if the sync database is refreshed using '-Sy'.
+ Restrict or filter output to packages that are out of date on the local
+ system. (Only package versions are used to find outdated packages,
+ replacements are not checked here.) This option works best if the sync
+ database is refreshed using '-Sy'.
Remove Options[[RO]]