From 037ce9ee8a69b30fd22b73b5e68071a369171b38 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Spiers Date: Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:42:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add a few more items to index. --- doc/stow.texi | 5 +++++ 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/stow.texi b/doc/stow.texi index d3b4423..c2d4f07 100644 --- a/doc/stow.texi +++ b/doc/stow.texi @@ -711,6 +711,7 @@ package. However, this behaviour can be prevented via the @node Conflicts, Mixing Operations, Deleting Packages, Top @chapter Conflicts +@cindex conflicts If, during installation, a file or symlink exists in the target tree and has the same name as something Stow needs to create, and if the existing name is not a folded tree that can be split open, then a @@ -728,6 +729,7 @@ take into account all of these operations. @anchor{Deferred Operation} @section Deferred Operation +@cindex deferred operation Since version 2.0, Stow now adopts a two-phase algorithm, first scanning for any potential conflicts before any stowing or unstowing @@ -743,6 +745,7 @@ inconsistent state. @c =========================================================================== @node Mixing Operations, Multiple Stow Directories, Conflicts, Top @chapter Mixing Operations +@cindex mixing operations Since version 2.0, multiple distinct actions can be specified in a single invocation of GNU Stow. For example, to update an installation of Emacs from @@ -755,6 +758,7 @@ stow -D emacs-21.3 -S emacs-21.4a @noindent which will replace emacs-21.3 with emacs-21.4a using a single invocation. +@cindex deferred operation This is much faster and cleaner than performing two separate invocations of stow, because redundant folding/unfolding operations can be factored out. In addition, all the operations are calculated @@ -796,6 +800,7 @@ open the tree in the correct manner. @node Target Maintenance, Resource Files, Multiple Stow Directories, Top @chapter Target Maintenance +@cindex maintenance From time to time you will need to clean up your target tree. Since version 2, Stow provides a new utility @command{chkstow} to help with this. It includes three operational modes which performs checks that