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authorChantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com>2007-11-22 21:01:45 +0100
committerDan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>2007-12-02 11:14:13 -0600
commit250331a636699561e1239e341f30f2adfebbcb43 (patch)
tree0a8ebd84f468ac9f9628d1257ed68d28713f3181 /doc
parentc15f7710deafe1b4fe9411381bd07cd0dbe8da48 (diff)
downloadpacman-250331a636699561e1239e341f30f2adfebbcb43.tar.xz
Add new --needed option for -S.
During a pacman operation such as a group install, pacman can ask several questions such as "local version is up to date. Upgrade anyway?". They are usually all answered either by yes or by no: * yes when you want to reinstall all the targets. * no when you only want to install the missing ones (either because you are installing a group, or because you are copying a pacman -S line from wiki or whatever). So instead of asking this question for each target, it is now now configured with a flag. Yes will be the default -S behavior, No will be achieved with the --needed flag. Signed-off-by: Chantry Xavier <shiningxc@gmail.com> Signed-off-by: Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org>
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@@ -261,6 +261,9 @@ Sync Options[[SO]]
'\--sysupgrade' or '-u'. Passing two '\--refresh' or '-y' flags will force
a refresh of all package lists even if they are thought to be up to date.
+*\--needed*::
+ Only install the targets that are not already installed and up-to-date.
+
*\--ignore* <'package'>::
Directs pacman to ignore upgrades of package even if there is one
available. Multiple packages can be specified by separating them