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| author | Matthew Leeds <matthew.leeds@endlessm.com> | 2018-07-10 17:53:01 +0200 |
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| committer | Alexander Larsson <alexander.larsson@gmail.com> | 2018-07-10 19:26:06 +0200 |
| commit | c9a9b3a1ee7a63490adc00c51ff8e1c9777fa055 (patch) | |
| tree | accd85f546216695fcdb8deccb217689ab4e5d23 | |
| parent | 9c4072573948caca19108db13314e6442d89ce4c (diff) | |
| download | flatpak-c9a9b3a1ee7a63490adc00c51ff8e1c9777fa055.tar.gz | |
doc: Mention P2P capabilities of install/update
Fixes https://github.com/flatpak/flatpak/issues/1329
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/flatpak-install.xml | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/flatpak-update.xml | 7 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/flatpak-install.xml b/doc/flatpak-install.xml index adeb0776..b8f0fb27 100644 --- a/doc/flatpak-install.xml +++ b/doc/flatpak-install.xml @@ -80,6 +80,13 @@ will be created for the lifetime of the <arg choice="plain">REF</arg>. </para> <para> + If the specified <arg choice="plain">REMOTE</arg> has a collection ID configured on it, + flatpak will search mounted filesystems such as USB drives as well as Avahi services + advertised on the local network for the needed refs, in order to support to support + offline updates. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ostree-find-remotes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + for more information. + </para> + <para> The alternative form of the command (<arg>--from</arg> or <arg>--bundle</arg> allows you to install directly from a source such as a .flatpak diff --git a/doc/flatpak-update.xml b/doc/flatpak-update.xml index 7142e679..c4a69514 100644 --- a/doc/flatpak-update.xml +++ b/doc/flatpak-update.xml @@ -69,6 +69,13 @@ with the --commit option. </para> <para> + If the configured remote for a ref being updated has a collection ID configured on it, + flatpak will search mounted filesystems such as USB drives as well as Avahi services + advertised on the local network for the needed refs, in order to support to support + offline updates. See <citerefentry><refentrytitle>ostree-find-remotes</refentrytitle><manvolnum>1</manvolnum></citerefentry> + for more information. + </para> + <para> Note that updating a runtime is different from installing a different branch, and runtime updates are expected to keep strict compatibility. If an application update does cause |