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-rw-r--r--source/a/pkgtools/manpages/installpkg.817
-rw-r--r--source/a/pkgtools/manpages/makepkg.835
-rw-r--r--source/a/pkgtools/manpages/pkgdiff.857
-rw-r--r--source/a/pkgtools/manpages/removepkg.846
-rw-r--r--source/a/pkgtools/manpages/upgradepkg.820
5 files changed, 150 insertions, 25 deletions
diff --git a/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/installpkg.8 b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/installpkg.8
index 534f20849..f06e611df 100644
--- a/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/installpkg.8
+++ b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/installpkg.8
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ installpkg \- install Slackware packages.
.B \--terse
]
[
+.B \--terselength <length>
+]
+[
.B \--ask
]
[
@@ -39,13 +42,16 @@ installpkg \- install Slackware packages.
[
.B \--tagfile /somedir/tagfile
]
+[
+.B \--threads <number>
+]
.BI packagename
[
.B packagename2 ...
]
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B installpkg
-installs single or multiple *.tgz (or .tbz, .tlz, .txz) binary packages designed
+installs single or multiple *.txz (or .tbz, .tgz, .tlz) binary packages designed
for use with the Slackware Linux distribution onto your system.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
@@ -73,6 +79,9 @@ package(s) or not. Generally used when installpkg is called from other scripts.
.B \--terse
Install the package displaying only a single description line to stdout.
.TP
+.B \--terselength <length>
+Maximum line length of --terse mode output. Default is the number of terminal columns.
+.TP
.B \--ask
Used with -menu mode. When selected, always ask if a package should be
installed regardless of what the package's priority is.
@@ -87,6 +96,12 @@ the values set in the tagfile for the entire package list.
.B \--tagfile /somedir/tagfile
Specify a different file to use for package priorities (in this example, /somedir/tagfile
will be used). The default is "tagfile" in the package's directory.
+.TP
+.B \--threads <number>
+For xz/plzip compressed packages, set the maximum number of threads to be used for
+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.
.SH EXAMPLES
.TP
.B Install a font package for X:
diff --git a/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/makepkg.8 b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/makepkg.8
index b280ce51f..0f239a9b2 100644
--- a/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/makepkg.8
+++ b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/makepkg.8
@@ -18,6 +18,18 @@ makepkg \- make Slackware packages.
[
.B -c, --chown y|n
]
+[
+.B --threads <number>
+]
+[
+.B --compress <option>
+]
+[
+.B --acls
+]
+[
+.B --xattrs
+]
.BI packagename
.SH DESCRIPTION
.B makepkg
@@ -30,9 +42,9 @@ appended to the primary installation script
, or, if that script does not exist it will be created with those contents.
The package will be written out to the file
.BI packagename
-which should be the full name, including the extension. This is usually .tgz,
-but .tbz, .tlz, and .txz are also accepted. The proper compression utility
-(gzip, bzip2, lzma, or xz) needs to be installed on the machine.
+which should be the full name, including the extension. This is usually .txz,
+but .tgz, .tbz, and .tlz are also accepted. The proper compression utility
+(xz, gzip, bzip2, or lzip) needs to be installed on the machine.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \-l, --linkadd y|n
@@ -51,6 +63,23 @@ If y, makepkg will reset all directory permissions to 755 and ownership to root:
In general, you should have the permissions and ownerships worked out yourself, so
relying on setting this option to y is somewhat sloppy. It is not the default. If an
option is not provided, makepkg will prompt.
+.TP
+.B --threads <number>
+For xz/plzip compressed packages, set the maximum number of threads to be used for
+compression. Only has an effect on large packages. For plzip, the default is the number
+of CPU threads available. For xz, the default is 2 (due to commonly occuring memory
+related failures on 32-bit with too many threads and multithreaded xz compression).
+.TP
+.B --compress <option>
+Supply a custom option to the compressor. This will be used in place of the default, which is: -9
+.TP
+.B --acls
+Support storing POSIX ACLs in the package. The resulting package will not be compatible
+with pkgtools version < 15.0.
+.TP
+.B --xattrs
+Support storing extended attributes in the package. The resulting package will not be
+compatible with pkgtools version < 15.0.
.SH INSTALLATION SCRIPTS
There are 3 types of installation scripts supported in the Slackware package
system.
diff --git a/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/pkgdiff.8 b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/pkgdiff.8
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..5d91ac211
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/pkgdiff.8
@@ -0,0 +1,57 @@
+.\" -*- 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 PKGDIFF 8 "11 Apr 2018" "Slackware Version 15.0
+.SH NAME
+pkgdiff \- compare the file contents of two packages.
+.SH SYNOPSIS
+.B pkgdiff
+[
+.B \--help
+]
+[
+.B \-c
+]
+[
+.B \-a
+]
+.BI packagename
+.BI packagename2
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B pkgdiff
+Displays the differences in the files contained in two packages. This works with
+plain .tar, Slackware packages (.tgz, .tbz, .tlz, .txz), .rpm, and .deb. By default,
+the results will be displayed in a tree-style unified diff format.
+.SH OPTIONS
+.TP
+.B \--help
+Display help for using the pkgdiff utility.
+.TP
+.B \-c
+Colorize the tree-style output a-la DIR_COLORS. If piping to a pager such as
+less, you'll need to enable displaying raw data. For example:
+.P
+pkgdiff -c package-1.0-i586-1.txz package-2.0-i586-1.txz | less -r
+.TP
+.B \-a
+Instead of a tree-style output format, generate a simple unified diff of the
+package file lists.
+.SH EXAMPLES
+.TP
+.B Compare two packages and pipe the result to less:
+.P
+pkgdiff package-1.0-i586-1.txz package-2.0-i586-1.txz | less
+.SH AUTHOR
+Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com>
+.SH "SEE ALSO"
+.BR makepkg(8),
+.BR removepkg(8),
+.BR explodepkg(8),
+.BR pkgtool(8),
+.BR upgradepkg(8)
diff --git a/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/removepkg.8 b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/removepkg.8
index 3bd8bf7a7..d6be202c2 100644
--- a/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/removepkg.8
+++ b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/removepkg.8
@@ -19,16 +19,19 @@ removepkg \- remove Slackware packages.
]
.B removepkg
[
-.B \-copy
+.B \--copy
]
[
-.B \-keep
+.B \--keep
]
[
-.B \-preserve
+.B \--preserve
]
[
-.B \-warn
+.B \--terse
+]
+[
+.B \--warn
]
.BI packagename
.SH DESCRIPTION
@@ -36,14 +39,14 @@ removepkg \- remove Slackware packages.
removes a previously installed Slackware package, while writing a progress
report to the standard output. A package may be specified either by the
full package name (as you'd see listed in /var/log/packages/), or by the
-base package name. For example, the package foo-1.0-i486-1.tgz may be removed
+base package name. For example, the package foo-1.0-i586-1.txz may be removed
with any of the following commands:
-removepkg foo-1.0-i486-1.tgz (also recognized: .tbz, .tlz, .txz)
+removepkg foo-1.0-i586-1.txz (also recognized: .tgz, .tbz, .tlz)
-removepkg foo-1.0-i486-1
+removepkg foo-1.0-i586-1
-removepkg foo.tgz
+removepkg foo.txz
removepkg foo
@@ -72,22 +75,25 @@ When removing a package, it's original file index will be moved from
script will be moved from /var/log/scripts to /var/log/removed_scripts.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.B \-warn packagename
-Generate a report to the standard output about which files and directories
-would be removed, but does not actually remove the package.
-.TP
-.B \-preserve packagename
-If specified, the complete package subtree is reconstructed in
-/var/log/setup/tmp/preserved_packages/packagename.
-.TP
-.B \-copy packagename
+.B \--copy packagename
Construct a copy of the package under /var/log/setup/tmp/preserved_packages/packagename,
but don't remove it. (same effect as \-warn \-preserve)
.TP
-.B \-keep
-Save the intermediate files created by removepkg (delete_list,
-required_files, uniq_list, del_link_list, required_links,
+.B \--keep
+Save the intermediate files created by removepkg (delete_list,
+required_files, uniq_list, del_link_list, required_links,
required_list). Mostly useful for debugging purposes.
+.TP
+.B \--preserve packagename
+If specified, the complete package subtree is reconstructed in
+/var/log/setup/tmp/preserved_packages/packagename.
+.TP
+.B \--terse
+Remove the package displaying only a single description line to stdout.
+.TP
+.B \--warn packagename
+Generate a report to the standard output about which files and directories
+would be removed, but does not actually remove the package.
.SH " "
It's possible to remove a package from a filesystem
other than / by supplying
diff --git a/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/upgradepkg.8 b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/upgradepkg.8
index 8ca7811ba..af526648d 100644
--- a/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/upgradepkg.8
+++ b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/upgradepkg.8
@@ -22,6 +22,12 @@ upgradepkg \- upgrade Slackware packages.
.B --reinstall
]
[
+.B \--terse
+]
+[
+.B \--terselength <length>
+]
+[
.B --verbose
]
.BI newpackagename
@@ -38,6 +44,12 @@ upgradepkg \- upgrade Slackware packages.
.B --reinstall
]
[
+.B \--terse
+]
+[
+.B \--terselength <length>
+]
+[
.B --verbose
]
.BI oldpackagename%newpackagename
@@ -60,7 +72,7 @@ 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)
+ROOT=/mnt upgradepkg package.txz (or .tbz, .tgz, .tlz)
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
.B \--dry-run
@@ -81,6 +93,12 @@ Upgradepkg usually skips packages if the exact same package
Use the --reinstall option if you want to upgrade all packages even if the same
version is already installed.
.TP
+.B \--terse
+Upgrade the package displaying only a single description line to stdout.
+.TP
+.B \--terselength <length>
+Maximum line length of --terse mode output. Default is the number of terminal columns.
+.TP
.B \--verbose
Show all the gory details of the upgrade.
.SH BUGS