.TH urpmi.update 8 "29 Aug 2002" "MandrakeSoft" "Mandrake Linux"
.IX urpmi.update
.SH NAME
urpmi.update \- Updates packages list for specified medias
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B urpmi.update [options] [<\fInames\fP>]
.SH DESCRIPTION
urpmi.update scans all the <\fInames\fP> media to update their packages list.
Usefull for ftp location for example.
.PP
<\fInames\fP> is a list of name you first told to urpmi.addmedia

.SH OPTIONS
.IP "\fB\--wget\fP"
use wget only for downloading distant files. By default curl is used if
available or wget instead.
.IP "\fB\--curl\fP"
use curl only for downloading distant files. By default curl is used if
available or wget instead.
.IP "\fB\-a\fP"
Select all media that are not using a removable device to update them.
.IP "\fB\-c\fP"
Clean /var/cache/urpmi/headers directory on exit.
.IP "\fB\-d\fP"
Force complete computation of (not used anymore) /var/lib/urpmi/depslist.ordered file.
.IP "\fB\-f\fP"
Force rebuild of hdlist files or base files (/var/lib/urpmi/depslist.ordered,
/var/lib/urpmi/provides and /var/lib/urpmi/compss).
.SH FILES
/usr/sbin/urpmi.update
.br
The \fBurpmi.update\fP executable (perl script)
.PP
/var/lib/urpmi/list.*
.br
Contains the list of all packages known by urpmi and their location.
There is one filelist per media(*).
.PP
/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.*
.br
Contain information about all known packages, it's a summary of rpm headers.
There is one filelist per media(*).
.PP
/var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.*
.br
Contain synthesis information about all known packages built from hdlist files
that can be used by minimal closure algorithm. If these files are not present
use \fBurpmi.update -a\fP to generate them. These files are not mandatory.
.PP
/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg
.br
Contains media description, previous format from older urpmi is accepted.
.PP
/etc/urpmi/parallel.cfg
.br
Contains parallel alias description, format is
\fB<alias>:<interface[(media)]>:<interface_parameter>\fP where \fB<alias>\fP is
a symbolic name, \fB<interface>\fP can be \fBka-run\fP or \fBssh\fP,
\fB<media>\fP is a media list (as \fB--media\fP parameter),
\fB<interface_parameter>\fP is a specific interface parameter list like "-c ssh
-m node1 -m node2" for \fBka-run\fP extension or "node1:node2" for \fBssh\fP
extension.
.PP
/etc/urpmi/skip.list
.br
Contains package expressions that should not be automatically updated. The
format is a list of provide of package (or regular expression if bounded by
slashes (\fB/\fP)) with optional operator and version string, or regular
expression to match the fullname of packages too.
.PP
/etc/urpmi/inst.list
.br
Contains package names that should be installed instead of updated.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
urpmi(8),
urpmi.addmedia(8),
urpmf(8),
urpmq(8),
autoirpm(8),
autoirpm-icons(8),
gurpmi(8),
rpmdrake(8)
.SH AUTHOR
Pascal Rigaux, Mandrakesoft <pixel@mandrakesoft.com>
.br
Francois Pons, Mandrakesoft <fpons@mandrakesoft.com>