Re: man page update
Eric Shubert <[email protected]>
| Newsgroups | gmane.linux.rpm.yum |
|---|---|
| Organization | Eric Shubert & Associates |
| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
James Antill wrote: > Eric Shubert <[email protected]> writes: > >> Greetings. I'm new to this list, so please be gentle. >> >> I was recently shown that yum can find and select a package for >> installation based on a feature or capability, such as: >> # yum install "perl(Archive::Tar)" >> This will determine which package contains the named perl module, and >> install it if it's not already installed. Very cool. >> >> When I read the man page (yum-3.2.8-9.el5.centos.2.1), I see nothing >> that even hints at this capability, unless I'm misreading it. It says >> that a package name Should I be looking elsewhere for yum >> documentation, or will the man page be updated/clarified at some point? > > I committed a few changes which might help, feel free to read it over > and give any suggestions: > > Full man page: > http://yum.baseurl.org/gitweb?p=yum.git;a=blob_plain;f=docs/yum.8;hb=fccb827e4e63f3e7d30555af1bfa4399504e328c > > Diff: > http://yum.baseurl.org/gitweb?p=yum.git;a=commitdiff;h=fccb827e4e63f3e7d30555af1bfa4399504e328c > Looks good to me. Thank you very much! -- -Eric 'shubes'