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authorSheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 14:09:25 +0000
committerSheldon Hearn <sheldonh@FreeBSD.org>2000-03-01 14:09:25 +0000
commitf2e366a1057c0492a8abdf936898879a630e633e (patch)
treebd399ef474619a212390cbff31b25daa4aa003b5 /usr.sbin/pkg_install
parentb825cbde0301c29a6c8930a8f64e291fdcda8606 (diff)
Notes
Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/pkg_install')
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.115
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.112
-rw-r--r--usr.sbin/pkg_install/version/pkg_version.19
3 files changed, 24 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1
index 670e3d1d6dde..9f9051ce7859 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/add/pkg_add.1
@@ -71,7 +71,8 @@ The following command line arguments are supported:
.It Ar pkg-name [... pkg-name]
The named packages are installed. A package name of - will cause
.Nm
-to read from stdin. If the packages are not found in the current
+to read from stdin.
+If the packages are not found in the current
working directory,
.Nm
will search them in each directory named by
@@ -89,7 +90,8 @@ Do not record the installation of a package. This means
that you cannot deinstall it later, so only use this option if
you know what you are doing!
.It Fl r
-Use the remote fetching feature. This will determine the appropriate
+Use the remote fetching feature.
+This will determine the appropriate
objformat and release and then fetch and install the package.
.It Fl f
Force installation to proceed even if prerequisite packages are not
@@ -344,7 +346,8 @@ is that this allows you to write a single
.Ar install
script that does both
.Dq before and after
-actions. But, separating the
+actions.
+But, separating the
functionality is more advantageous and easier from a maintainence viewpoint.
.It
After installation is complete, a copy of the packing list,
@@ -378,7 +381,8 @@ The value of the
.Ev PKG_PATH
is used if a given package can't be found. The environment variable
should be a series of entries seperated by colons. Each entry
-consists of a directory name. The current directory may be indicated
+consists of a directory name.
+The current directory may be indicated
implicitly by an empty directory name, or explicitly by a single
period.
.Pp
@@ -407,7 +411,8 @@ The environment variable
.Ev PACKAGESITE
specifies an alternate location for
.Nm
-to fetch from. This variable subverts the automatic directory logic
+to fetch from.
+This variable subverts the automatic directory logic
that
.Nm
uses when the
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.1
index 3407210c3f72..4ecc921ec93c 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/create/pkg_create.1
@@ -110,7 +110,8 @@ Set
.Ar iscript
to be the pre-install procedure for the package. This can be any executable
program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically when the
-package is later installed. It will be passed the package's name as the
+package is later installed.
+It will be passed the package's name as the
first argument.
.Cm Note:
@@ -128,7 +129,8 @@ Set
.Ar piscript
to be the post-install procedure for the package. This can be any
executable program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically
-when the package is later installed. It will be passed the package's name as
+when the package is later installed.
+It will be passed the package's name as
the first argument.
.It Fl P Ar pkgs
Set the initial package dependency list to
@@ -149,7 +151,8 @@ Set
.Ar dscript
to be the de-install procedure for the package. This can be any executable
program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically when the
-package is later (if ever) de-installed. It will be passed the package's
+package is later (if ever) de-installed.
+It will be passed the package's
name as the first argument.
.Cm Note:
@@ -167,7 +170,8 @@ Set
.Ar pdscript
to be the post-deinstall procedure for the package. This can be any
executable program (or shell script). It will be invoked automatically when
-the package is later de-installed. It will be passed the package's name as
+the package is later de-installed.
+It will be passed the package's name as
the first argument.
.It Fl r Ar rscript
diff --git a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/version/pkg_version.1 b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/version/pkg_version.1
index ce50745444ed..efb1130ebafe 100644
--- a/usr.sbin/pkg_install/version/pkg_version.1
+++ b/usr.sbin/pkg_install/version/pkg_version.1
@@ -126,11 +126,13 @@ the version numbers in the on-line ports collection:
.Dl % pkg_version ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/ports-current/INDEX
.Pp
The command below generates a file of commands to run to update the installed
-files. It is
+files.
+It is
.Bf Em
not
.Ef
-suggested that you run these commands automatically. Always review the
+suggested that you run these commands automatically.
+Always review the
suggestions, and then cut-and-paste (or retype) the commands you want to run.
.Pp
.Dl % pkg_version -c > do_update
@@ -150,7 +152,8 @@ Updates to packages
that don't change the version number (e.g. small delta bugfixes in the
package/port itself) aren't detected.
.Pp
-Commands output doesn't know about dependencies between packages. For
+Commands output doesn't know about dependencies between packages.
+For
example, you might have two versions of Tcl installed because two other
packages require the different versions.
.Nm