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Make it clearer that PACKAGE_FILE logic applies to all -F, -U, and -i.

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Ville Skyttä 2009-04-06 23:08:15 +03:00 committed by Panu Matilainen
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@ -185,31 +185,7 @@ will be run after a chroot(2) to
\fIDIRECTORY\fR.
.SS "INSTALL AND UPGRADE OPTIONS"
.PP
The general form of an rpm install command is
.PP
\fBrpm\fR {\fB-i|--install\fR} [\fBinstall-options\fR] \fB\fIPACKAGE_FILE\fB\fR\fI ...\fR
.PP
This installs a new package.
.PP
The general form of an rpm upgrade command is
.PP
\fBrpm\fR {\fB-U|--upgrade\fR} [\fBinstall-options\fR] \fB\fIPACKAGE_FILE\fB\fR\fI ...\fR
.PP
This upgrades or installs the package currently installed
to a newer version. This is the same as install, except
all other version(s) of the package are removed after the
new package is installed.
.PP
\fBrpm\fR {\fB-F|--freshen\fR} [\fBinstall-options\fR] \fB\fIPACKAGE_FILE\fB\fR\fI ...\fR
.PP
This will upgrade packages, but only if an earlier version
currently exists. The \fIPACKAGE_FILE\fR can be either \fBrpm\fR binary
In these options, \fIPACKAGE_FILE\fR can be either \fBrpm\fR binary
file or ASCII package manifest (see \fBPACKAGE SELECTION OPTIONS\fR), and
may be specified as an
\fBftp\fR or
@ -219,7 +195,27 @@ installed. See \fBFTP/HTTP OPTIONS\fR
for information on \fBrpm\fR's internal
\fBftp\fR and
\fBhttp\fR
client support.
client support.
.PP
The general form of an rpm install command is
.PP
\fBrpm\fR {\fB-i|--install\fR} [\fBinstall-options\fR] \fB\fIPACKAGE_FILE\fB\fR\fI ...\fR
.PP
This installs a new package.
.PP
The general form of an rpm upgrade command is
.PP
\fBrpm\fR {\fB-U|--upgrade\fR} [\fBinstall-options\fR] \fB\fIPACKAGE_FILE\fB\fR\fI ...\fR
.PP
This upgrades or installs the package currently installed
to a newer version. This is the same as install, except
all other version(s) of the package are removed after the
new package is installed.
.PP
\fBrpm\fR {\fB-F|--freshen\fR} [\fBinstall-options\fR] \fB\fIPACKAGE_FILE\fB\fR\fI ...\fR
.PP
This will upgrade packages, but only ones for which an earlier version is
installed.
.PP
.TP
\fB--aid\fR
@ -537,7 +533,7 @@ See \fBFTP/HTTP OPTIONS\fR for information on
\fBhttp\fR
client support. The \fIPACKAGE_FILE\fR argument(s),
if not a binary package, will be interpreted as an ASCII package
manifest unless \fB--nomanifest\fI option is used.
manifest unless \fB--nomanifest\fR option is used.
In manifests, comments are permitted, starting with a '#', and each
line of a package manifest file may include white space separated
glob expressions, including URL's,