From 52c980f191993b61a42438a478d1e5629ea36c9f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jaroslav Mracek Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 10:24:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Documentation update for reposync (RhBug:2132383,2182004) The update describe the behavior when `-n` and `--download-metadata` is used. https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2132383 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2182004 --- doc/reposync.rst | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/reposync.rst b/doc/reposync.rst index 0df00b9..bbf714c 100644 --- a/doc/reposync.rst +++ b/doc/reposync.rst @@ -46,7 +46,11 @@ All general DNF options are accepted. Namely, the ``--repoid`` option can be use Delete local packages no longer present in repository. ``--download-metadata`` - Download all repository metadata. Downloaded copy is instantly usable as a repository, no need to run createrepo_c on it. + Download all repository metadata. Downloaded copy is instantly usable as a repository, no need to run createrepo_c + on it. When the option is used with `--newest-only`, only latest packages will be downloaded, but metadata will + still contain older packages. It might be useful to update metadata using `createrepo_c --update` to remove + the packages with missing RPM files from metadata. Otherwise, DNF ends with an error due to the missing files + whenever it tries to download older packages. ``-g, --gpgcheck`` Remove packages that fail GPG signature checking after downloading. Exit code is ``1`` if at least one package was removed. -- 2.40.1