.TH urpmi.update 8 "07 Jan 2003" "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\--proxy\fP \fIproxyhost[:port|1080]\fP"
Use specified HTTP proxy.
.IP "\fB\--proxy-user\fP \fIuser:password\fP"
Use specified user and password to use for proxy authentication.
.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.
.SH FILES
.de FN
\fI\|\\$1\|\fP
..
.TP
.FN /usr/sbin/urpmi.update
The \fBurpmi.update\fP executable (perl script)
.TP
.FN /var/lib/urpmi/list.*
Contains the list of all packages known by urpmi and their location only
if a password is used to access distant location (using network protocol) or
various directory are used to store packages.
.TP
.FN /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.*
Contains information about all known packages, it's a summary of rpm headers.
If an hdlist file is used for a medium \fBurpmf\fP can operate completely which
is almost always the case (please refer to \fBurpmf\fP man page for more
informations on this topic).
.TP
.FN /var/lib/urpmi/synthesis.hdlist.*
Contains synthesis information about all known packages built from hdlist files
that can be used by minimal closure algorithm. If these files are not present
hdlist files will be used instead but this is much slower.
.TP
.FN /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg
Contains media description, previous format from older urpmi is still accepted.
.TP
.FN /etc/urpmi/parallel.cfg
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.
.TP
.FN /etc/urpmi/skip.list
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.
.TP
.FN /etc/urpmi/inst.list
Contains package names that should be installed instead of updated.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
\fIurpmi\fP(8),
\fIurpmi.addmedia\fP(8),
\fIurpmi.removemedia\fP(8),
\fIgurpmi\fP(8),
\fIurpmf\fP(8),
\fIurpmq\fP(8),
\fIrpmdrake\fP(8)
.SH AUTHOR
Pascal Rigaux, Mandrakesoft <pixel@mandrakesoft.com> (original author)
.PP
Francois Pons, Mandrakesoft <fpons@mandrakesoft.com> (current author)