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diff --git a/slackware64-current/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/upgradepkg.8 b/slackware64-current/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/upgradepkg.8 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..8ca7811ba --- /dev/null +++ b/slackware64-current/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/upgradepkg.8 @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +.\" -*- nroff -*- +.ds g \" empty +.ds G \" empty +.\" Like TP, but if specified indent is more than half +.\" the current line-length - indent, use the default indent. +.de Tp +.ie \\n(.$=0:((0\\$1)*2u>(\\n(.lu-\\n(.iu)) .TP +.el .TP "\\$1" +.. +.TH UPGRADEPKG 8 "31 May 2002" "Slackware Version 8.1.0" +.SH NAME +upgradepkg \- upgrade Slackware packages. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B upgradepkg +[ +.B --dry-run +] +[ +.B --install-new +] +[ +.B --reinstall +] +[ +.B --verbose +] +.BI newpackagename +.BI [ newpackagename2 ] +.LP +.B upgradepkg +[ +.B --dry-run +] +[ +.B --install-new +] +[ +.B --reinstall +] +[ +.B --verbose +] +.BI oldpackagename%newpackagename +.BI [ old2%new2 ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B upgradepkg +upgrades a Slackware package from an older version to a +newer one. It does this by +.B INSTALLING +the new package onto the system, and then +.B REMOVING +any files from the old package that aren't in the new package. +If the old and new packages have the same name, a single argument is all that +is required. If the packages have different names, supply the name of the +old package followed by a percent symbol (%), then the name of the new package. +Do not add any extra whitespace between pairs of old/new package names. + +If upgradepkg finds more than one installed package matching the old package's +name, it will remove them all. +.TP +To upgrade in a directory other than / (such as /mnt): +.TP +ROOT=/mnt upgradepkg package.tgz (or .tbz, .tlz, .txz) +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B \--dry-run +Output a report about which packages would be installed or upgraded +but don't actually perform the upgrades. +.TP +.B \--install-new +Normally upgradepkg only upgrades packages that are already installed on the system, and +will skip any packages that do not already have a version installed. +If +.B --install-new +is specified, the behavior is modified to install new packages in addition to upgrading +existing ones. +.TP +.B \--reinstall +Upgradepkg usually skips packages if the exact same package +(matching name, version, arch, and build number) is already installed on the system. +Use the --reinstall option if you want to upgrade all packages even if the same +version is already installed. +.TP +.B \--verbose +Show all the gory details of the upgrade. +.SH BUGS +Before upgrading a package, save any configuration files (such as in /etc) +that you wish to keep. Sometimes these will be preserved, but it depends on +the package structure. If you want to force new versions of the config files +to be installed, remove the old ones manually prior to running upgradepkg. +.SH AUTHOR +Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com> +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR makepkg(8), +.BR installpkg(8), +.BR removepkg(8), +.BR explodepkg(8), +.BR pkgtool(8) |