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authorBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2015-10-21 09:28:52 +0200
committerBoris Kolpackov <boris@codesynthesis.com>2015-10-21 09:28:52 +0200
commit6fed384f9bdc86fa9bb13d87753d14a886f4f87e (patch)
tree67c10caec6871102551c74956dd9346fa80f234d /bpkg/build-options.cli
parent108c54f8ae62453a76d05e31ad477efd3559e65a (diff)
Add support for held packages, package versions
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diff --git a/bpkg/build-options.cli b/bpkg/build-options.cli
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+++ b/bpkg/build-options.cli
@@ -24,6 +24,12 @@ source archive (<file>) or package source directory (<dir>). See
\cb{pkg-fetch} and \cb{pkg-unpack} for more information on the
semantics of specifying the package as an archive or directory.
+Packages that are specified explicitly on the command line will be \i{held},
+that is, they will not be considered for automatic removal if they no longer
+have any dependents. Packages that are specified with the explicit package
+version (<ver>) as well as an archive or directory, will, in addition, have
+their versions \i{held}, that is, they will not be automatically upgraded.
+
The \cb{build} command also supports several \cb{--*-only} options
that allow you to limit the amount of work that will be done.
*/