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pkg(8) COMMANDS: install: local archive #2320

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pkg(8) should document the local archive capability of pkg-install(8).

pkg(8) should document the local archive capability of pkg-install(8).
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grahamperrin commented Sep 29, 2024

Affects:

The phrase local archive is consistent with:

Background:

If a package is found in more than one remote repository,
then installation happens from the first one.
Downloading a package is tried from each package repository in turn,
Install a package from a package repository or a local archive.
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Install a package from a package repository or a local archive.
Install a package from a repository or a local archive.

In this context, does describing a repository as a package repository add value?

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Would you update .Dd in a case such as this?

It is, essentially, a gap in documentation of an established feature (added a decade ago); not a new feature.

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