rpm2paco.8.in

About: Paco (pacKAGE oRGANIZER) is a simple, yet powerful tool to aid package management when insta

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.TH RPM2PACO "8" "@RELEASEDATE@" "paco-@PACKAGE_VERSION@" "System"
.SH NAME
rpm2paco - create paco logs from a local RPM database
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBrpm2paco\fR [OPTIONS] <packages>
.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
\fBrpm2paco\fR is a shell script that create \fBpaco(8)\fR logs from
\fBrpm(8)\fR ones. The newly created logs are placed into
the paco log directory automatically.
.PP
Is not mandatory to add the version suffix to the input packages, since
rpm adds it automatically.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fB\-a, \-\-all\fR
Read the whole rpm database of the system, and create a paco log for
each logged package. Warning: for more than a few packages, this may take
a long time.
.TP
\fB\-q, \-\-quiet\fR
Be quiet, except for errors.
.TP
\fB\-f, \-\-force\fR
Force overwrite of any already logged package. By default they are skipped.
.TP
\fB\-j, \-\-sync\-version\fR
Remove obsolete versions of the packages from the paco database. For
instance, if foo-1.0 is beeing imported, and foo-2.4 is logged by paco
but not by rpm, remove foo-2.4 from the paco database.
.TP
\fB\-s, \-\-strip\-release\fR
Remove the release suffix from the name of the package
(e.g. 'foo-1.0.2-2.1' --> 'foo-1.0.2').
.TP
\fB\-h, \-\-help\fR
Print a usage message and exit.
.TP
\fB\-v, \-\-version\fR
Print version information and exit.
.SH WEB SITE
http://paco.sourceforge.net
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (C) 2004-2007  David Rosal <@PACKAGE_BUGREPORT@>
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This is free software; see the source for copying conditions.  There is NO
warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
.SH SEE ALSO
paco(8), pacorc(5), superpaco(8), pacoball(8)