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Diffstat (limited to 'genhdlist2')
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@@ -228,23 +228,29 @@ genhdlist2 - generates an hdlist and a synthesis file =over 4 -=item --no-md5sum +=item B<--clean> + +Do not use existing hdlist.cz, build hdlist from scratch. + +=item B<--no-md5sum> Do not generate MD5SUM file. -=item --no-bad-rpm +=item B<--no-bad-rpm> Do not abort on bad rpms. =item B<--nolock> -Don't lock the media (can be useful when locks fail, eg NFS) +Don't lock the media (can be useful when locks fail, eg NFS). Since the lock +is used to verify no other genhdlist2 process is running on the same media, it +is a dangerous option. -=item --clean +=item B<-v> -Do not use existing hdlist.cz, build hdlist from scratch +Be verbose. Use one more B<-v> to get even more verbose. -=item --quiet +=item B<--quiet> Quiet mode. @@ -253,8 +259,15 @@ Quiet mode. =head1 DESCRIPTION F<genhdlist2> is used to generate an hdlist and an associated synthesis file -from a set of RPM packages found in the directories passed on the command-line. -By default it will put the hdlist and synthesis files in the current directory. +from a set of RPM packages found in the directory passed on the command-line. +It will put the hdlist and synthesis files in media_info/ sub-directory. + +Without B<--clean>, F<genhdlist2> is incremental, ie it will modify existing +media_info/hdlist.cz: it will first remove package headers for packages that +are no more in the directory. It will then add new packages. This makes an +important assumption: name-version-release-arch is enough to uniquely +indentify a package. So if foo-1-1 is in hdlist, genhdlist2 will keep it and +not bother verifying if it really is the same package. =head1 SEE ALSO |