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@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ installpkg \- install Slackware packages.
[
.B \--threads <number>
]
+[
+.B \--no-overwrite
+]
.BI packagename
[
.B packagename2 ...
@@ -102,6 +105,12 @@ For xz/plzip compressed packages, set the maximum number of threads to be used f
decompression. Only has an effect if a multithreaded compressor was used, and then
only on large packages. The default for plzip is the number of CPU threads available.
The default for xz is 2.
+.TP
+.B \--no-overwrite
+When extracting the package, do not overwrite existing files. Usually, this option
+should not be used. It exists so that upgradepkg can use it for the second installation
+pass. The first pass has already overwritten the previous package's files, and this will
+catch the few corner cases without generating unnecessary writes.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
.B Install a font package for X: