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| -rw-r--r-- | pod/urpmi.addmedia.8.pod | 43 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 22 deletions
diff --git a/pod/urpmi.addmedia.8.pod b/pod/urpmi.addmedia.8.pod index cfd94857..89e35eee 100644 --- a/pod/urpmi.addmedia.8.pod +++ b/pod/urpmi.addmedia.8.pod @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ =head1 NAME -urpmi.addmedia - adds a new rpm medium to be used by urpmi +urpmi.addmedia - adds a new rpm media to be used by urpmi =head1 SYNOPSIS @@ -18,11 +18,11 @@ must be chosen: =item B<urpmi.addmedia> [I<options>] <I<name>> http://<I<login>>:<I<pass>>@<I<host>>/<I<path>> [with <I<relative path of synthesis|hdlist>>] -where <I<name>> is your reference for the medium (e.g. "updates"). -<I<name>> is optional if B<--distrib> is given in the options list. -<I<host>>/<I<path>> is the location of the media directory on the net -(e.g. C<media/main>). <I<relative path of hdlist>> is the pathname where -to find the hdlist of the rpms. The location is given relative to +where <I<name>> is a human-readable name for the new media (e.g. +"updates"). <I<name>> is optional if B<--distrib> is given in the options +list. <I<host>>/<I<path>> is the location of the media directory on the +net (e.g. C<media/main>). <I<relative path of hdlist>> is the pathname +where to find the hdlist of the rpms. The location is given relative to <I<path>>. B<curl> is used by default to download files, B<wget> may be used if B<curl> is not installed or if or B<--wget> is given in I<options>. Example: @@ -56,8 +56,9 @@ The same as for http; you can use the <I<host>>::<I<path>> syntax too. Example: =item B<urpmi.addmedia> [I<options>] <I<name>> file://<I<path>> [with <I<relative path of synthesis|hdlist>>] -where <I<name>> is your reference for the medium (e.g. Myrpms). <I<path>> -is the location of the media directory on your machine (e.g. C<media/main>). +where <I<name>> is a human-readable name for the new media (e.g. +"local updates"). <I<path>> is the location of the media directory on your +machine (e.g. C<media/main>). =item B<urpmi.addmedia> [I<options>] <I<name>> removable://<I<path>> [with <I<relative path of synthesis|hdlist>>] @@ -110,8 +111,8 @@ username and a password. =item B<--update> -Add a medium which will be taken into -account by B<MandrivaUpdate> or by C<urpmi --update> when looking for updates. +Adds a media which will be taken into account by B<MandrivaUpdate> or by +C<urpmi --update> when looking for updates. =item B<--probe-synthesis> @@ -157,14 +158,16 @@ to be updated by C<urpmi.update>. =item B<--norebuild> -Don't try to rebuild the hdlist files from the RPMs -if the original hdlist wasn't readable or was corrupted. +Don't try to rebuild the hdlist files from the RPMs if the original hdlist +wasn't readable or was corrupted (which is the default behaviour). For non +local media, rebuilding the hdlists can be very time- and +bandwidth-consuming. =item B<--raw> -Add the new media -in the urpmi configuration file, but don't update it nor proceed to any -download. The media, to be usable, will need to be updated with C<urpmi.update>. +Add the new media in the urpmi configuration file, but don't update it nor +proceed to any download. The media, to be usable, will need to be updated +with C<urpmi.update>; it's ignored until then. =item B<--nopubkey> @@ -174,10 +177,6 @@ Don't import pubkey of added media. Clean headers cache directory in F</var/cache/urpmi/headers>. -=item B<-h> - -Try to find and use synthesis or hdlist file. - =item B<-f> Force rebuild of base files, or of hdlist files when specified twice. @@ -194,12 +193,12 @@ so far are: =item B<$ARCH> -The architecture (as given in F</etc/mandriva-release>) +The architecture (if found in F</etc/release>). =item B<$RELEASE> -The OS release (as given in F</etc/mandriva-release>; its value is -B<cooker> on a cooker system.) +The OS release (if found in F</etc/release>; its value should be B<cooker> +on a Mandriva cooker system.) =item B<$HOST> |