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diff --git a/pod/8/urpmihowto.pod b/pod/8/urpmihowto.pod index 1eb525d1..e1e3edf5 100644 --- a/pod/8/urpmihowto.pod +++ b/pod/8/urpmihowto.pod @@ -303,84 +303,6 @@ Run the urpmi command : for example, to install "package_name" : =back -=head1 urpmi.recover - -urpmi.recover is a tool to help management of RPM rollbacks. One rarely -used feature of RPM is that it can "repackage" the RPMs it deinstalls -(either because they are upgraded to a newer version, or because they are -plainly erased), and then reinstall the repackaged RPMs, thereby restoring -the system to a previous (hopefully more stable) state. - -urpmi.recover has three main functions: - -=over 4 - -=item define a checkpoint - -C<urpmi.recover --checkpoint> is used to define a point in your system -that you consider stable, and to start storing info that will enable you -to rollback to this state (or to any later state). - -=item list installations you've done - -C<urpmi.recover --list date> is used to list chronologically all -installations and upgrades on your system up to the specified date. The -output format gives them grouped by installation transactions. (This -option has two variants, C<--list-all> and C<--list-safe>.) Here are some -examples : - -List all installations made during the last day : - - urpmi.recover --list '1 day ago' - -List all installations since 7th february 2006 : - - urpmi.recover --list 2006-02-07 - -List all installations since the checkpoint : - - urpmi.recover --list-safe - -Lists all installations and upgrades known to the RPM database : - - urpmi.recover --list-all - -=item perform rollbacks - -C<urpmi.recover --rollback> is used to roll back installations and -upgrades to a previous point in the past (at most until your checkpoint.) -It has two variants : - -To roll back until a specified date : - - urpmi.recover --rollback <date> - -The date can be a duration (for example "2 hours ago") or a date given -in YYYY-MM-SS hh:mm format. - -To roll back a specified number of transactions : - - urpmi.recover --rollback <number of transactions> - -In both cases, be careful not to rollback beyond the checkpoint! - -=back - -Once you've defined a checkpoint, when you use urpmi, urpme or directly -rpm to install or remove packages, the older packages will be stored in -/var/spool/repackage. You thus must make sure you have enough space on -this partition to store all repackaged RPMs. - -Technically, defining a checkpoint is equivalent to writing a file -/etc/rpm/macros.d/urpmi.recover.macros that overrides the rpm macros -used to set up the repackaging functionalities of rpm. You can change -C<%_repackage_dir> there if you want to, if you don't want to store -repackaged RPMs in /var/spool/repackage. - -If you want to disable the repackaging functionality and clean up the -repackage spool, use C<urpmi.recover --disable>. Warning: rollbacks won't -be possible anymore. - =head1 Restricted urpmi urpmi has a "restricted" counterpart: rurpmi. It is similar to urpmi, but |