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Remove tar support

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tar is slower and harder to diff. I doubt any one still uses it intentially.

There's a chance some people have not cleared their cache in two years
and still have tar based packages around. But forcing them to clear
their cache is not a big deal at all.
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morganamilo
2019-11-04 04:20:50 +00:00
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@@ -31,8 +31,8 @@ Perform yay specific print operations.
.TP
.B \-G, \-\-getpkgbuild
Downloads PKGBUILD from ABS or AUR. ABS pkgbuilds are always downloaded using
tarballs and taken from trunk. The ABS can only be used for Arch Linux repositories
Downloads PKGBUILD from ABS or AUR. The ABS can only be used for Arch Linux
repositories
.RE
If no arguments are provided 'yay \-Syu' will be performed.
@@ -47,9 +47,8 @@ These operations are extended to support both AUR and repo packages.
.TP
.B \-Sc
Yay will also clean cached AUR package and any untracked Files in the
cache. Untracked files cleaning only works for packages downloaded
using gitclone. Cleaning untracked files will wipe any downloaded
sources or built packages but will keep already downloaded vcs sources.
cache. Cleaning untracked files will wipe any downloaded sources or
built packages but will keep already downloaded vcs sources.
.TP
.B \-R
@@ -132,9 +131,8 @@ Only show titles when printing news.
.SH GETPKGBUILD OPTIONS (APPLY TO \-G AND \-\-GETPKGBUILD)
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.B \-f, \-\-force
Force download for packages that already exist in the current directory. This
ensures directories are not accidentally overwritten. This option is not needed
for git based downloads as \fBgit pull\fR already has safety mechanisms.
Force download for ABS packages that already exist in the current directory. This
ensures directories are not accidentally overwritten.
.SH PERMANENT CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
.TP
@@ -355,28 +353,14 @@ a list of packages into yay (see \fBexamples\fR).
.B \-\-nodevel
Do not check for development packages updates during sysupgrade.
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.B \-\-gitclone
Use git to download and update PKGBUILDs. PKGBUILDs previously downloaded
using tarball will continue to use tarballs until the package is clean
built. Similarly, PKGBUILDs managed with git will continue to use git until
the package is clean built..
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.B \-\-nogitclone
Download and update PKGBUILDs using tarballs. The above conditions about
previously installed packages still apply.
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.B \-\-cleanafter
Remove package sources after successful Install.
Remove untracked files after installation.
For packages downloaded through git, untracked files are removed with the
exception of directories. This allows VCS packages to easily pull an update
Untracked files are removed with the exception of directories.
This allows VCS packages to easily pull an update
instead of having to re clone the entire repo.
For packages downloaded via tarball, the entire directory is deleted.
.TP
.B \-\-nocleanafter
Do not remove package sources after successful Install.