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author | paul <paul@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-12-28 19:42:06 +0000 |
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committer | paul <paul@FreeBSD.org> | 2000-12-28 19:42:06 +0000 |
commit | a411a40492e7469cc20dc01c63ad989fe373b39a (patch) | |
tree | 23c2b83de51a3c694ba76cf1af6f9fa49995909a /usr.sbin/pkg_install | |
parent | 5910beac29d522719018c870664710e7cd5ab1a9 (diff) | |
download | FreeBSD-src-a411a40492e7469cc20dc01c63ad989fe373b39a.zip FreeBSD-src-a411a40492e7469cc20dc01c63ad989fe373b39a.tar.gz |
Bring the man page up to date with the current version of the script.
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-rw-r--r-- | usr.sbin/pkg_install/update/pkg_update.1 | 28 |
1 files changed, 25 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/update/pkg_update.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/update/pkg_update.1 index a92b0f8..2a8d36e 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/update/pkg_update.1 +++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/update/pkg_update.1 @@ -29,15 +29,37 @@ .Os FreeBSD .Sh NAME .Nm pkg_update -.Nd update an installed package +.Nd update an installed package. .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm +.Op Fl nv +.Op Fl r Ar oldpkg +.Ar newpkg.tgz .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm -command is used to update an installed packaged, adjusting all other -packages dependencies to take account of the update. +command is used to update an already installed package. It takes care +of propagating dependencies from the replaced versions to the newly +installed version. It would normally be used to replace all currently +installed versions of a package with a more current version. It can +also be used to revert a package to an older version by specifying the +version to be replaced with the +.Fl r +option. .Pp +The following options are available: +.Bl -tag -width indent +.It Fl n +Print the actions to be performed but don't actually do them. +.It Fl r Ar oldpkg +Replace the specified version of the package. Normally +.Nm +will replace all installed versions of a package with the new version. +This isn't always desirable since for some packages it is expected +that multiple versions will be installed at the same time. +This option allows a specific version to be replaced. +.It Fl v +Enable verbose output. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pkg_add 1 , .Xr pkg_create 1 , |