[yum-cvs] yum/docs yum.8,1.35,1.36
Panu Matilainen
pmatilai at linux.duke.edu
Tue Dec 20 19:14:56 UTC 2005
Update of /home/groups/yum/cvs/yum/docs
In directory login1.linux.duke.edu:/tmp/cvs-serv7098
Modified Files:
yum.8
Log Message:
- document "clean metadata" operation
- document that all yum operations use the active repository configuration,
including clean
Index: yum.8
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RCS file: /home/groups/yum/cvs/yum/docs/yum.8,v
retrieving revision 1.35
retrieving revision 1.36
diff -u -r1.35 -r1.36
--- yum.8 12 Dec 2005 18:19:30 -0000 1.35
+++ yum.8 20 Dec 2005 19:14:54 -0000 1.36
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@
.PP
Unless the \-\-help or \-h option is given, one of the above commands
must be present\&.
+.PP
+Repository configuration is honored in all operations.
.PP
.IP "\fBinstall\fP"
Is used to install the latest version of a package or
@@ -138,7 +140,7 @@
Produces a list of all dependencies and what packages provide those
dependencies for the given packages.
.IP
-.PP
+.PP
.SH "GENERAL OPTIONS"
Most command line options can be set using the configuration file as
well and the descriptions indicate the necessary configuration option
@@ -234,14 +236,21 @@
.PP
.SH "CLEAN OPTIONS"
The following are the ways which you can invoke \fByum\fP in clean
-mode.
+mode. Note that "all files" in the commands below means
+"all files in currently enabled repositories".
+If you want to also clean any (temporarily) disabled repositories you need to
+use \fB--enablerepo='*'\fP option.
.IP "\fByum clean packages\fP"
Eliminate any cached packages from the system. Note that packages are not automatically deleted after they are downloaded.
.IP "\fByum clean headers\fP"
+Eliminate all of the header files which yum uses for dependency resolution.
+
+.IP "\fByum clean metadata\fP"
Eliminate all of the files which yum uses to determine the remote
-availability of packages. Using this option will force yum to download all the headers the next time it is run.
+availability of packages. Using this option will force yum to download all the
+metadata the next time it is run.
.IP "\fByum clean all\fP"
Runs \fByum clean packages\fP and \fByum clean headers\fP as above.
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