FS#8021 - pacman -S unstable/package feature not documented

Attached to Project: Pacman
Opened by Panos Papadopoulos (disharmonic) - Saturday, 15 September 2007, 08:05 GMT
Last edited by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 09:24 GMT
Task Type Feature Request
Category Documentation
Status Closed
Assigned To Aaron Griffin (phrakture)
Dan McGee (toofishes)
Architecture All
Severity Low
Priority Normal
Reported Version 3.0.5
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
The option pacman -S unstable/package is not documented in the manpage for pacman and therefore it is not clear how someone would install a package from the unstable repository.

Additional info:
* package version(s)
* config and/or log files etc.


Steps to reproduce:
This task depends upon

Closed by  Roman Kyrylych (Romashka)
Tuesday, 25 September 2007, 09:24 GMT
Reason for closing:  Fixed
Additional comments about closing:  fixed in git
Comment by Xavier (shining) - Saturday, 15 September 2007, 13:08 GMT
About the particular unstable case, read :
http://www.archlinux.org/pipermail/arch-dev-public/2007-September/001617.html
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Saturday, 15 September 2007, 13:13 GMT
haha, good catch :)
Nevertheless report is valid, it just should be said that -S <repo>/<package> works (I used it sometimes for testin or my custom repo).
Comment by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 00:12 GMT
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 5e5d2f5..bf41ae4 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ Operations
Synchronize packages. Packages are installed directly from the ftp
servers, including all dependencies required to run the packages. For
example, `pacman -S qt` will download and install qt and all the
- packages it depends on. You can also use `pacman -Su` to upgrade all
+ packages it depends on. If a package name exists in more than one repo, the
+ repo can be explicitly specified to clarify the package to install:
+ `pacman -S unstable/qt`. You can also use `pacman -Su` to upgrade all
packages that are out of date. See <<SO,Sync Options>> below.

*-U, \--upgrade*::


If that seems acceptable, then I'll close the bug. If not, suggest your own working.
Comment by Roman Kyrylych (Romashka) - Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 08:18 GMT
As Xavier mentioned - unstable/qt is a nonsense, because packages in unstable have different names.
It's better to say about testing/qt there.
Comment by Dan McGee (toofishes) - Tuesday, 18 September 2007, 11:45 GMT
Psh, it was a quick example. These manpages aren't necessarily Arch-specific. But I do get your point and I'll try to incorporate it in the next manpage revision.

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