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1 files changed, 48 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/src/backend/libsisyphus.py b/src/backend/libsisyphus.py
index f7893cc..33b2177 100644
--- a/src/backend/libsisyphus.py
+++ b/src/backend/libsisyphus.py
@@ -454,20 +454,52 @@ def setActiveMirror(mirror):
writeMirrorCfg(mirrorList)
def showHelp():
- print("\nUsage : sisyphus command [package(s)] || [file(s)]\n")
- print("Sisyphus is a simple python wrapper around portage, gentoolkit, and portage-utils that provides")
+ print("\n" + "Usage : sisyphus command [package(s)] || [file(s)]" + "\n")
+ print("Sisyphus is a simple python wrapper around portage, gentoolkit, and portage-utils which provides")
print("an apt-get/yum-alike interface to these commands, to assist newcomer people transitioning from")
- print("Debian/RedHat-based systems to Gentoo.\n")
- print("Commands :\n")
- print("install - Install new packages")
- print("uninstall - Uninstall packages *safely* (INFO : If reverse deps are found, package(s) will NOT be uninstalled)")
- print("force-uninstall - Uninstall packages *unsafely* (WARNING : This option will ignore reverse deps, which may break your system)")
- print("remove-orphans - Uninstall packages that are no longer needed")
- print("update - Update the Portage tree, Overlay(s), Portage config files && Sisyphus database remote_packages table")
- print("upgrade - Upgrade the system")
- print("search - Search for packages")
- print("spmsync - Sync Sisyphus database with Portage database (if you install something with Portage, not Sisyphus)")
- print("rescue - Rescue Sisyphus database if lost or corrupted")
- print("mirror list - List available mirrors (the active one is marked with *)")
- print("mirror set INDEX - Switch the repository to the selected mirror")
- print("sysinfo - Display information about installed core packages and portage configuration")
+ print("Debian/RedHat-based systems to Gentoo." + "\n")
+ print("Commands :" + "\n")
+ print("install")
+ print("* Install binary packages" + "\n")
+ print("hybrid-install")
+ print("* Install binary and/or ebuild (source) packages" + "\n")
+ print("uninstall")
+ print("* Uninstall packages *SAFELY* by checking for reverse dependencies")
+ print("* If reverse dependencies exist, the package(s) will NOT be uninstalled to prevent the possible breakage of the system")
+ print("* If you really want to uninstall the package, make sure you uninstall all reverse dependencies as well")
+ print("* This will not allways be possible, as the reverse dependency chain may be way to long and require you to uninstall critical system packages" + "\n")
+ print("force-uninstall")
+ print("* Uninstall packages *UNSAFELY* by ignoring reverse dependencies")
+ print("* This may break your system if you uninstall critical system packages")
+ print("* It will try the best it can to preserve the libraries required by other packages to prevent such a breakage")
+ print("* Upgrading the system may pull the packages back in, to fix the reverse dependency chain" + "\n")
+ print("remove-orphans")
+ print("* Uninstall packages that are no longer needed")
+ print("* When you uninstall a package without it's reverse dependencies, those dependencies will become orphans if nothing else requires them")
+ print("* In addition, a package may no longer depend on another one, so that other package becomes orphan as well")
+ print("* Use this option to check the whole dependency chain for such packages, and uninstall them" + "\n")
+ print("update")
+ print("* Update the Portage tree, Overlay(s), Portage config files && Sisyphus's package database" + "\n")
+ print("upgrade")
+ print("* Upgrade the system using binary packages" + "\n")
+ print("hybrid-upgrade")
+ print("* Upgrade the system using binary and/or ebuild (source) packages" + "\n")
+ print("search")
+ print("* Search for packages")
+ print("* In binary mode this will return available binary packages")
+ print("* In source mode this will return binary and ebuild (source) packages" + "\n")
+ print("spmsync")
+ print("* Sync Sisyphus's package database with Portage's package database")
+ print("* When you install something with Portage directly (emerge), Sisyphus is not aware of that package, and it doesn't track it in it's database")
+ print("* Use this option to synchronize Sisyphus's package database with Portage's package database" + "\n")
+ print("rescue")
+ print("* Resurrect Sisyphus's package database if lost or corrupted")
+ print("* If for some reason Sisyphus's package database is lost or corrupted, it can be resurrected using Portage's package database")
+ print("* If Portage's package database is corrupted (in this case you're screwed anyway :D), only a partial resurrection will be possible")
+ print("* If Portage's package database is intact, full resurrection will be possible" + "\n")
+ print("mirror list")
+ print("* List available mirrors (the active one is marked with *)" + "\n")
+ print("mirror set INDEX")
+ print("* Switch the repository to the selected mirror" + "\n")
+ print("sysinfo")
+ print("* Display information about installed core packages and portage configuration" + "\n")