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diff --git a/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/explodepkg.8 b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/explodepkg.8 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3e11fddc --- /dev/null +++ b/source/a/pkgtools/manpages/explodepkg.8 @@ -0,0 +1,41 @@ +.\" -*- nroff -*- +.ds g \" empty +.ds G \" empty +.\" Like TP, but if specified indent is more than half +.\" the current line-length - indent, use the default indent. +.de Tp +.ie \\n(.$=0:((0\\$1)*2u>(\\n(.lu-\\n(.iu)) .TP +.el .TP "\\$1" +.. +.TH EXPLODEPKG 8 "21 May 1994" "Slackware Version 2.0.0" +.SH NAME +explodepkg \- Extract the contents of a tar+compression package (such as a Slackware +software package) in the current directory. +.SH SYNOPSIS +.B explodepkg +.BI package +.BI [ +.BI package2, +.BI package3, +.BI ... +.BI ] +.SH DESCRIPTION +.B explodepkg +uncompresses and untars Slackware *.tgz (or .tbz, .tlz, .txz) packages (or any archive +that was created by +compressing a tarfile with one of the supported compression utilities) in the current directory. It is not usually +used to install packages, since it doesn't execute the installation scripts +in ./install or ./var/log/setup. The primary use for +.B explodepkg +is in package maintenance - exploding a package in a subdirectory, making fixes +to it or upgrading the software, and then building the updated package with +.B makepkg. +.SH AUTHOR +Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com> +.SH "SEE ALSO" +.BR tar(1), +.BR gzip(1), +.BR installpkg(8), +.BR makepkg(8), +.BR pkgtool(8), +.BR upgradepkg(8) |