diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'man/C/urpmq.8')
| -rw-r--r-- | man/C/urpmq.8 | 15 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/man/C/urpmq.8 b/man/C/urpmq.8 index a4e563e0..3f00e7b9 100644 --- a/man/C/urpmq.8 +++ b/man/C/urpmq.8 @@ -5,13 +5,17 @@ urpmq \- urpmi database query tool. .SH SYNOPSIS .B urpmq [\fIoptions\fP] [\fIpackage_names\fP | \fIrpm_files...\fP] .SH DESCRIPTION -urpmq allows querying the urpmi database. It is for you if want to list -available packages in the various media of urpmi, or list dependencies of -packages, or packages that will be installed if you start urpmi. +urpmq is a tool to the urpmi database. It can be used to list available +packages in the various urpmi media, or to list the full dependencies of a +package, or to list the packages that will be installed if you start urpmi. .PP -Output format of urpmq is the following according to command line options: +The output of urpmq has the following format, adjusted according to the +command-line options that were used: .IP [group/]package_name[-version][-release][.arch] +.PP +Note that, while \fBurpmq\fP can be run by any user, some informations will +be available only when it's used by root. .SH OPTIONS .IP "\fB\--help\fP" Print a help message and exit (this is the same as \fB-h\fP or \fB-?\fP). @@ -21,7 +25,6 @@ dependencies only in media marked as containing updates. .IP "\fB\--media\fP \fImedium1,...,mediumN\fP" Select specific media to be used, instead of all available media (or update media if \fB--update\fP is used). -\fB--update\fP is used). .IP "\fB\--excludemedia\fP \fImedium1,...,mediumN\fP" Do not use the specified media. .IP "\fB\--sortmedia\fP \fImedium1,...,mediumN\fP" @@ -38,7 +41,7 @@ packages matching partially the name, even if one of them matches exactly the specified name (this is the same as \fB\-y\fP). .IP "\fB\--keep\fP" When some dependencies cannot be satisfied, change the selection of packages -to trying to keep existing packages instead of removing them. This behaviour +to try to keep existing packages instead of removing them. This behaviour generally rejects the upgrade of packages given on command line (or when using --auto-select) when a dependency error occurs. .IP "\fB\--list\fP" |