From f7f4c8eba9212c9474800bbd8ea5da104005f45c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: dol-sen Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 19:40:58 -0700 Subject: update manpage --- doc/layman.8.txt | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------- 1 file changed, 43 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc') diff --git a/doc/layman.8.txt b/doc/layman.8.txt index 94fa650..a8e57e1 100644 --- a/doc/layman.8.txt +++ b/doc/layman.8.txt @@ -204,6 +204,26 @@ nocheck:: Set to "yes" if *layman* should stop worrying about overlays with missing a contact address or the description. +*New* +Per repository type Add, Sync options. + +bzr_addopts : +bzr_syncopts : +... + These are command options to include in the commands sent to perform + the desired action. + +Per repository type Post Sync, Add hooks. + +bzr_postsync : +cvs_postsync : +darcs_postsync : +git_postsync : +... + These are commands that are run after each add, sync operation if they + are defined. + + HANDLING OVERLAYS ----------------- @@ -233,6 +253,9 @@ will merge the contents of all lists. *layman* also allows you to define local files in this list. Just make sure you prepend these path names in standard URL notation with 'file://'. +*New* is the ability to just add an overlay definition to /etc/layman/overlays/ + some-overlay.xml and it will be automatically available for actions such as + add, delete, info... (see below for file format details) If you need to use a proxy for access to the Internet, you can use the corresponding variable in the *layman* configuration file. @@ -328,8 +351,10 @@ on 'http://gpo.zugaina.org/'. OVERLAY TYPES ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Currently *layman* supports overlays that are exported via *rsync*, -*subversion*, *bzr*, *darcs*, *git*, *mercurial* or provided as tar -packages. +*CVS*, *subversion*, *bzr*, *darcs*, *git*, *mercurial* or provided as *tar* +packages. It also supports the generated overlay type *g-common* installed +with the g-cran package (at time of this writing, only available in the science + overlay). OVERLAY LISTS @@ -347,18 +372,18 @@ Example 1. An example overlays.xml file - gnome - experimental gnome ebuilds - http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gnome.git;a=summary - - gnome@gentoo.org - GNOME herd - - git://git.overlays.gentoo.org/proj/gnome.git - http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitroot/proj/gnome.git - git+ssh://git@git.overlays.gentoo.org/proj/gnome.git - http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gnome.git;a=atom - http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gnome.git;a=rss + gnome + experimental gnome ebuilds + http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gnome.git;a=summary + + gnome@gentoo.org + GNOME herd + + git://git.overlays.gentoo.org/proj/gnome.git + http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitroot/proj/gnome.git + git+ssh://git@git.overlays.gentoo.org/proj/gnome.git + http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gnome.git;a=atom + http://git.overlays.gentoo.org/gitweb/?p=proj/gnome.git;a=rss ------------------------------------------- @@ -368,7 +393,9 @@ ADDING AN OVERLAY LOCALLY ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Simply create an overlay list in the format described above and run *layman* with the -o switch. You need to prepend local file URLs -with 'file://'. +with 'file://'. *New* is the ability to just add an overlay definition like + the above to /etc/layman/overlays/ some-overlay.xml and it will be + automatically available for actions such as add, delete, info... ADDING AN OVERLAY GLOBALLY @@ -426,6 +453,7 @@ AUTHORS ------- - Gunnar Wrobel - Sebastian Pipping +- Brian Dolbec REPORTING BUGS -- cgit v1.2.3-1-g7c22