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@@ -1,4 +1,57 @@ pacman-offline ============== -Run offline system update with pacman. +**Run offline system update with pacman.** + +The offline system update with pacman is achieved by integrating into +[offline updates in systemd](https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.offline-updates.html#/etc/system-update). +In fact only two scripts and a number of systemd unit files are used to +glue `systemd` and `pacman`. + +Requirements +------------ + +There are the runtime dependencies: + +* [pacman](https://archlinux.org/pacman/) +* [systemd](https://www.github.com/systemd/systemd) + +Optional basic support for +[plymouth](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/Plymouth/) is +integrated. + +Usage +----- + +A single command `pacman-offline` is used to prepare the offline update. +It accepts some arguments: + +* *-c*: clean before download +* *-f*: force if other system-update is pending +* *-h*: show help +* *-r*: reboot and install immediately +* *-t*: start timer for nightly reboot +* *-y*: update sync databases + +Configuration +------------- + +A sinppet for inclusion in `/etc/pacman.conf` is shipped. To make use of +it add this line: + + Include = /etc/pacman.d/offline.conf + +It will cause `pacman` to ignore linux packages and prevent breaking module +loading. These packages are not ignored on offline update. + +Modify `/etc/pacman.d/offline.conf` to your needs by changing or adding +packages. + +### Upstream + +URL: +[GitHub.com](https://github.com/eworm-de/pacman-offline#pacman-offline) + +Mirror: +[eworm.de](https://git.eworm.de/cgit.cgi/pacman-offline/) +[GitLab.com](https://gitlab.com/eworm-de/pacman-offline#pacman-offline) |