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| -rw-r--r-- | src/backend/libsisyphus.py | 64 |
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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") |