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diff --git a/src/backend/libsisyphus.py b/src/backend/libsisyphus.py
index 5a41e35..ec2d848 100644
--- a/src/backend/libsisyphus.py
+++ b/src/backend/libsisyphus.py
@@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ def startInstall(pkgList):
else:
sys.exit("\n" + "No package found; Quitting." + "\n")
else:
- sys.exit("\n" + "No binary package found; Source package found; Use sisyphus hybrid-install; Quitting." + "\n")
+ sys.exit("\n" + "No binary package found; Source package found; Use sisyphus --hybrid-install; Quitting." + "\n")
def startHybridInstall(pkgList):
syncAll()
@@ -394,7 +394,7 @@ def startUpgrade():
else:
sys.exit("\n" + "No package upgrades found; Quitting." + "\n")
else:
- sys.exit("\n" + "No binary package upgrades found; Source package upgrades found; Use sisyphus hybrid-upgrade; Quitting." + "\n")
+ sys.exit("\n" + "No binary package upgrades found; Source package upgrades found; Use sisyphus --hybrid-upgrade; Quitting." + "\n")
def startHybridUpgrade():
syncAll()
@@ -547,47 +547,49 @@ def showHelp():
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")
+ print("--install")
print("* Install binary packages" + "\n")
- print("hybrid-install")
+ print("--hybrid-install")
print("* Install binary and/or ebuild (source) packages" + "\n")
- print("uninstall")
+ 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("--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("--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 if nothing else requires it")
print("* Use this option to check the whole dependency chain for such packages, and uninstall them" + "\n")
- print("update")
+ print("--update")
print("* Update the Portage tree, Overlay(s), Portage config files && Sisyphus's package database" + "\n")
- print("upgrade")
+ print("--upgrade")
print("* Upgrade the system using binary packages" + "\n")
- print("hybrid-upgrade")
+ print("--hybrid-upgrade")
print("* Upgrade the system using binary and/or ebuild (source) packages" + "\n")
- print("search")
+ 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("--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("--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("--mirror --list")
print("* List available mirrors (the active one is marked with *)" + "\n")
- print("mirror set INDEX")
+ print("--mirror --set INDEX")
print("* Switch the repository to the selected mirror" + "\n")
- print("sysinfo")
+ print("--sysinfo")
print("* Display information about installed core packages and portage configuration" + "\n")
+ print("--help")
+ print("* Display this help information" + "\n")