[yum-commits] Branch 'yum-3_2_X' - docs/yum.8

skvidal at osuosl.org skvidal at osuosl.org
Wed Jan 7 14:22:23 UTC 2009


 docs/yum.8 |    7 +++----
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

New commits:
commit a54eb03317b9e9142e318aebecaf25c9fad09232
Author: Seth Vidal <skvidal at fedoraproject.org>
Date:   Wed Jan 7 09:22:02 2009 -0500

    fix some confusing ambiguity in the 'update' command docs

diff --git a/docs/yum.8 b/docs/yum.8
index e31ce0f..6eebd80 100644
--- a/docs/yum.8
+++ b/docs/yum.8
@@ -81,11 +81,10 @@ passed to the groupinstall command\&.
 .IP 
 .IP "\fBupdate\fP"
 If run without any packages, update will update every currently
-installed package.  If one or more packages are specified, Yum will
+installed package.  If one or more packages or package globs are specified, Yum will
 only update the listed packages\&.  While updating packages, \fByum\fP
-will ensure that all dependencies are satisfied\&.  If no package
-matches the given package name(s), they are assumed to be a shell glob
-and any matches are then installed\&. 
+will ensure that all dependencies are satisfied\&. If the packages or globs specified
+match to packages which are not currently installed then update will not install them\&.
 
 If the main obsoletes configure option is true (default) or the \-\-obsoletes
 flag is present \fByum\fP will include package 


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