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-rw-r--r--NEWS2
-rw-r--r--pod/urpmi.8.pod4
-rw-r--r--urpm/args.pm1
-rwxr-xr-xurpmi2
4 files changed, 9 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 373f6b9d..414a6b32 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
- gurpmi:
o add scrollbar for long one liner messages (mga#5118)
o wrap big messages (mga#5118)
+- urpmi:
+ o add basic support for --downgrade (mga#6655)
- urpmq: minor documentation fix (mga#7166)
Version 6.48.3 - 24 August 2012
diff --git a/pod/urpmi.8.pod b/pod/urpmi.8.pod
index d1776c7d..e52591e5 100644
--- a/pod/urpmi.8.pod
+++ b/pod/urpmi.8.pod
@@ -208,6 +208,10 @@ This is useful if you have C<no-suggests> in urpmi.cfg.
Update only the database, not the filesystem.
+=item B<--downgrade>
+
+Force installing the packages even though they are already installed.
+
=item B<--replacepkgs>
Force installing the packages even though they are already installed.
diff --git a/urpm/args.pm b/urpm/args.pm
index c66db9de..742a4342 100644
--- a/urpm/args.pm
+++ b/urpm/args.pm
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@ my %options_spec = (
'no-suggests' => sub { $urpm->{options}{'no-suggests'} = 1 },
'allow-nodeps' => sub { $urpm->{options}{'allow-nodeps'} = 1 },
'allow-force' => sub { $urpm->{options}{'allow-force'} = 1 },
+ 'downgrade' => sub { $urpm->{options}{downgrade} = 1 },
'parallel=s' => \$::parallel,
'metalink!' => sub { $urpm->{options}{metalink} = $_[1] },
diff --git a/urpmi b/urpmi
index e7a5ef89..0650a46d 100755
--- a/urpmi
+++ b/urpmi
@@ -98,6 +98,8 @@ usage:
") . N(" --clean - remove rpm from cache before anything else.
") . N(" --noclean - don't clean rpms from cache.
") . N(" --justdb - update only the rpm db, not the filesystem.
+") . N(" --downgrade - dowgrade a package from the version currently installed
+ to the previously highest version
") . N(" --replacepkgs - force installing packages which are already installed.
") . N(" --force - force invocation even if some packages do not exist.
") . N(" --allow-nodeps - allow asking user to install packages without