Update of /cvsroot/fink/fink
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv31427
Modified Files:
fink.8.in
Log Message:
Documented some more commands
Index: fink.8.in
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RCS file: /cvsroot/fink/fink/fink.8.in,v
retrieving revision 1.11
retrieving revision 1.12
diff -u -r1.11 -r1.12
--- fink.8.in 11 Aug 2002 12:30:14 -0000 1.11
+++ fink.8.in 15 Jan 2003 19:37:30 -0000 1.12
@@ -75,15 +75,21 @@
doesn't check dependencies itself but rather completly leaves that to the
dpkg tool (usually this poses no problem, though).
.Pp
-The remove command only removes the actual package files, but leaves the .deb
-compressed package file intact. This means that you can re-install the
-package later without going through the compile process again. If you need
-the disk space, you can remove the .deb from the
+The remove command removes the actual package files (excluding configuration
+files), but leaves the .deb compressed package file intact. This means that you
+can re-install the package later without going through the compile process again.
+If you need the disk space, you can remove the .deb from the
.Pa @PREFIX@/fink/dists
tree.
.Pp
Aliases:
-.Cm disable, deactivate, unuse, delete, purge
+.Cm disable, deactivate, unuse, delete
+.It Cm purge Ar package...
+The purge command purges packages from the system by calling
+.Ql "dpkg --purge".
+This is the same as
+.Cm fink remove
+except that it removes configuration files as well.
.It Cm update-all
This command updates all installed packages to the latest version. It does
not need a package list, so you just type:
@@ -117,6 +123,13 @@
.Pp
The quotes in the last example are necessary to stop the shell from
interpreting the pattern itself.
+.It Cm fink apropos Ar package...
+This command behaves similarly to
+.Cm fink list
+except that
+.Ar package...
+must be supplied and it searches package descriptions as well as package
+names.
.It Cm describe Ar package...
This command displays a description of the package you name on the command
line. Note that only a small part of the packages currently have a
@@ -180,6 +193,22 @@
Rebuilds the package cache. You should not normally need to execute this manually,
.Nm
should auto-detect when it needs to be updated.
+.It Cm validate Ar file...
+This command performs various checks on .info and .deb files. Package maintainers
+should run this on their package descriptions and corresponding built
+packages before submitting them.
+.Pp
+Aliases:
+.Cm check
+.It Cm scanpackages Op Ar tree...
+Calls
+.Xr dpkg-scanpackages 8
+with the specified trees.
+.It Cm checksums
+Validates the MD5 digest of all packages' tarballs, where possible.
+.It Cm cleanup
+Removes obsolete package files (.info, .patch, .deb) if newer versions
+are available. This can reclaim large amounts of disk space.
.El
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