From 07996bfac7cf172e656f7527794512fd596a9edf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Allan McRae Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:07:27 +1000 Subject: Document group and providers selection The format required for selection of packages within the group selection dialog is not entirely obvious, so provide some documentation. Fixes FS#24134. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae (cherry picked from commit 94d22f93096e210cd00d2e9c97c65f77d49ae387) --- doc/pacman.8.txt | 12 ++++++++---- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index a4d41d0e..9dd748a3 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ Synopsis -------- 'pacman' [options] [targets] - Description ----------- Pacman is a package management utility that tracks installed packages on a Linux @@ -69,13 +68,18 @@ Operations interprets ">" as redirection to file.) + In addition to packages, groups can be specified as well. For example, if -gnome is a defined package group, then `pacman -S gnome` will install every -package in the gnome group, as well as the dependencies of those packages. +gnome is a defined package group, then `pacman -S gnome` will provide a +prompt allowing you to select which packages to install from a numbered list. +The package selection is specified using a space separated list of package +numbers. Sequential packages may be selected by specifying the first and last +package numbers separated by a hyphen (`-`). Excluding packages is achieved by +prefixing a number or range of numbers with a caret (`^`). + Packages that provide other packages are also handled. For example, `pacman -S foo` will first look for a foo package. If foo is not found, packages that provide the same functionality as foo will be searched for. If any package is -found, it will be installed. +found, it will be installed. A selection prompt is provided if multiple packages +providing foo are found. + You can also use `pacman -Su` to upgrade all packages that are out of date. See <> below. When upgrading, pacman performs version comparison -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf From e0f41e0fb4ec9eb7d1e2c54744e6dbcd4d61a713 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan McGee Date: Tue, 9 Aug 2011 19:15:04 -0500 Subject: 3.5.4 release preparation Signed-off-by: Dan McGee --- NEWS | 9 +++++++++ configure.ac | 4 ++-- doc/index.txt | 2 ++ 3 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index b525b104..62b46305 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -1,5 +1,14 @@ VERSION DESCRIPTION ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- +3.5.4 - fix display of lists on non-TTYs and other output fixes + - fix group selection entry for large inputs (FS#24253) + - fix divide by zero when downloading zero length files + - flush terminal input before reading response (FS#20538) + - allow files to be replaced by directories (FS#24904) + - makepkg: fix filenames with spaces and noextract (FS#25100) + - scripts: remove ln -f option for POSIX compliance (FS24893) + - various small documentation updates + - minor translation updates: de, fi 3.5.3 - segfault when creating lock in non-existent dir (FS#24292) - segfault when uninstalling broken backed-up symlink (FS#24230) - --print should not enable --noconfirm (FS#24287) diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac index f6d5a2c3..16993807 100644 --- a/configure.ac +++ b/configure.ac @@ -42,12 +42,12 @@ AC_PREREQ(2.62) # pacman_version_micro += 1 m4_define([lib_current], [6]) -m4_define([lib_revision], [3]) +m4_define([lib_revision], [4]) m4_define([lib_age], [0]) m4_define([pacman_version_major], [3]) m4_define([pacman_version_minor], [5]) -m4_define([pacman_version_micro], [3]) +m4_define([pacman_version_micro], [4]) m4_define([pacman_version], [pacman_version_major.pacman_version_minor.pacman_version_micro]) diff --git a/doc/index.txt b/doc/index.txt index c04ca8a9..8d3481b9 100644 --- a/doc/index.txt +++ b/doc/index.txt @@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ Releases `------------`------- Date Version --------------------- +2011-08-10 v3.5.4 +2011-06-07 v3.5.3 2011-04-18 v3.5.2 2011-03-23 v3.5.1 2011-03-16 v3.5.0 -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf