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commit 3fda2738b0c78df0454e72691a43b459c2e57c21
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Author: James Antill <james@and.org>
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Date: Tue Mar 11 15:09:18 2014 -0400
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Change man page text for RHEL-7 group_command=object feedback.
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diff --git a/docs/yum.8 b/docs/yum.8
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index 6794581..1ab8534 100644
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--- a/docs/yum.8
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+++ b/docs/yum.8
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@@ -250,20 +250,34 @@ Is used to download and make usable all the metadata for the currently enabled
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sure the repos. are current (much like "yum clean expire-cache").
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.IP
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.IP "\fBgroups\fP"
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-A command, new in 3.4.2, that collects all the subcommands that act on groups together.
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-
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-"\fBgroup install\fP" is used to install all of the individual packages in a group, of the specified
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-types (this works as if you'd taken each of those package names and put them on
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-the command line for a "yum install" command).
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+A command, new in 3.4.2, that collects all the subcommands that act on groups
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+together. Note that recent yum using distributions (Fedora-19+, RHEL-7+) have
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+configured group_command=objects which changes how group commands act in some
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+important ways.
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+
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+"\fBgroup install\fP" is used to install all of the individual packages in a
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+group, of the specified types (this works as if you'd taken each of those
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+package names and put them on the command line for a "yum install" command).
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The group_package_types configuration option specifies which types will
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be installed.
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-
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-"\fBgroup update\fP" is just an alias for groupinstall, which will do the right thing because
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-"yum install X" and "yum update X" do the same thing, when X is already
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-installed.
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-
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-"\fBgroup list\fP" is used to list the available groups from all \fByum\fP repos. Groups are marked
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-as "installed" if all mandatory packages are installed, or if a group doesn't
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+ If you wish to "reinstall" a group so that you get a package that is currently
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+blacklisted the easiest way to do that currently is to install the package
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+manually and then run "groups mark packages-sync mygroup mypackagename" (or
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+use yumdb to set the group_member of the package(s)).
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+
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+"\fBgroup update\fP" is just an alias for group install, when using
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+group_command=compat. This will install packages in the group not already
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+installed and upgrade existing packages. With group_command=simple it will just
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+upgrade already installed packages. With group_command=objects it will try to
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+upgrade the group object, installing any available packages not blacklisted
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+(marked '-' in group info) and will upgrade the installed packages.
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+
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+"\fBgroup list\fP" is used to list the available groups from all \fByum\fP
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+repos. When group_command=objects the group is installed if the user
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+explicitly installed it (or used the group mark* commands to mark it installed).
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+It does not need to have any packages installed.
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+When not using group_command=objects groups are shown as "installed" if all
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+mandatory packages are installed, or if a group doesn't
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have any mandatory packages then it is installed if any of the optional or
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default package are installed (when not in group_command=objects mode).
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You can pass optional arguments to the list/summary commands: installed,
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@@ -300,6 +314,9 @@ meaning of these markers is:
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.br
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"=" = Package is installed, and was installed via the group.
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+you can move an installed package into an installed group using either
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+"group mark package-sync/package-sync-forced" or "yumdb set group_member".
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+
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"\fBgroup summary\fP" is used to give a quick summary of how many groups
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are installed and available.
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commit e15943868e2a05e4304247f1e19d2520701e9cca
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Author: James Antill <james@and.org>
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Date: Tue Mar 25 00:12:26 2014 -0400
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Documentation tweak for group info and blacklisted packages.
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diff --git a/docs/yum.8 b/docs/yum.8
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index 1ab8534..3f028f8 100644
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--- a/docs/yum.8
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+++ b/docs/yum.8
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@@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ to each package saying how that package relates to the group object. The
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meaning of these markers is:
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.br
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-"-" = Package isn't installed, and won't be installed as part of the group (Eg. group install foo -pkgA … this will have pkgA marked as '-')
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+"-" = Package isn't installed, and won't be installed as part of the group (Eg. "yum group install foo -pkgA" or "yum group install foo; yum remove pkgA" … this will have pkgA marked as '-')
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.br
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"+" = Package isn't installed, but will be the next time you run "yum upgrade" or "yum group upgrade foo"
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.br
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