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pacman-db-upgrade - upgrade the local pacman database to a newer format

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  BUGS  AUTHORS 

NAME

pacman-db-upgrade − upgrade the local pacman database to a newer format

SYNOPSIS

pacman−db−upgrade [options]

DESCRIPTION

pacman−db−upgrade is a script that upgrades the local database used by pacman(8) to a newer format.

Options

*−h, \−−help*::
Show the built−in help message and exit.
*−V, \−−version*::
Show version information and exit.
*−d, \−−dbpath* <path>::
Set an alternate database location.
*−r, \−−root* <path>::
Set an alternate installation root.
*\−−config* <path>::
Set an alternate configuration file.
*\−−nocolor*::
Remove color from output.

See Also

pacman(8)

See the pacman website at https://archlinux.org/pacman/ for current information on pacman and its related tools.

BUGS

Bugs? You must be kidding; there are no bugs in this software. But if we happen to be wrong, please report them to the issue tracker at https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman/−/issues with specific information such as your command−line, the nature of the bug, and even the package database if it helps.

AUTHORS

Current maintainers:

• Allan McRae <[email protected]>

• Andrew Gregory <[email protected]>

• Morgan Adamiec <[email protected]>

Past major contributors:

• Judd Vinet <[email protected]>

• Aurelien Foret <[email protected]>

• Aaron Griffin <[email protected]>

• Dan McGee <[email protected]>

• Xavier Chantry <[email protected]>

• Nagy Gabor <[email protected]−szeged.hu>

• Dave Reisner <[email protected]>

• Eli Schwartz <[email protected]>

For additional contributors, use git shortlog −s on the pacman.git repository.


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