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| author | Arttu Tarkiainen <arttu.tarkiainen@qt.io> | 2022-03-25 15:04:35 +0200 |
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| committer | Arttu Tarkiainen <arttu.tarkiainen@qt.io> | 2022-03-31 11:52:19 +0000 |
| commit | 5135c46335d033da7af832410d645124c6bf13b8 (patch) | |
| tree | 04265c5dcee6d4a0bef50dc80663e818d664b43f | |
| parent | dcc773f8603d65cddd36ae725022326a1065ac9a (diff) | |
Doc: add reference of metadata formats supported by repogen
Change-Id: Ie36c8fdad257b08e8a6238f5460fd2de15682253
Reviewed-by: Iikka Eklund <iikka.eklund@qt.io>
Reviewed-by: Katja Marttila <katja.marttila@qt.io>
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/installerfw.qdoc | 12 |
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/installerfw.qdoc b/doc/installerfw.qdoc index 554a02b6b..4b5c720ce 100644 --- a/doc/installerfw.qdoc +++ b/doc/installerfw.qdoc @@ -1236,6 +1236,12 @@ specify the location in the installer configuration file when creating an installer for it. + Repositories contain compressed metadata that can be packaged as a separate 7z archive + for each component, or combined into a single 7z archive for the repository entirety. + By default, repogen packages the metadata in both formats for backward compatibility + with older installers not supporting the unified meta-format. This can be changed with + the \c --unite-metadata and \c --component-metadata options. + You can use an existing repository to repack packages to another repository or offline installer. @@ -1283,6 +1289,12 @@ \row \li -v or --verbose \li Display debug output. + \row + \li --unite-metadata + \li Combine all metadata into one 7z. This speeds up metadata download phase. + \row + \li --component-metadata + \li Creates one metadata 7z per component. \row \li -s or --sha-update p1,...,pn \li Comma-separated list of packages to be updated based on the component sha |