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author | Timo Teräs <timo.teras@iki.fi> | 2020-05-04 15:24:58 +0300 |
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committer | Timo Teräs <timo.teras@iki.fi> | 2020-05-06 13:05:25 +0300 |
commit | 791f93fcbe7a543e0bb844887ba395be8ed8ea44 (patch) | |
tree | a507ab39c1832769433a4e8e4b036643c191878f /doc/apk-upgrade.8.scd | |
parent | 5258b484bf13441d3d5c199e3c8d70cf2a75b3ca (diff) | |
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man pages: make more friendly for help generation
Also few minor fixups added.
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diff --git a/doc/apk-upgrade.8.scd b/doc/apk-upgrade.8.scd index 49b9cb0..8825dc5 100644 --- a/doc/apk-upgrade.8.scd +++ b/doc/apk-upgrade.8.scd @@ -19,14 +19,19 @@ configured package repositories (see *apk-repositories*(5)). following options: *-a, --available* - Resets version constraints in _world_ (see *apk-world*(5)) and prefers - replacing or downgrading packages if the currently installed package is - no longer available from any repository (instead of holding them). + Reset all packages to versions available from current repositories. + This resets all versioned dependencies in _world_ (see *apk-world*(5)). + Additionally, packages are selected from active repositories if possible + even if it means replacing or downgrading the package. + + This is useful to reset system against new set of packages after updating + repositories. *-l, --latest* - Disables normal heuristics for choosing which repository to install a - package from, preferring only repositories from which the latest - version is available. This has no effect on pinned packages. + Always choose the latest package by version. However, the versions + considered are based on the package pinning. Primarily this overrides + the default heuristic and will cause an error to displayed if all + dependencies cannot be satisfied. *--no-self-upgrade* Do not do an early upgrade of the 'apk-tools' package. |