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authorBrian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org>2014-05-04 19:01:26 -0700
committerBrian Dolbec <dolsen@gentoo.org>2014-05-04 19:01:26 -0700
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Update man page with new options
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@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ Print a usage summary and exit.
Show program's version number and exit.
.SS "Main modes"
.TP
-.B \-4, \-\-ipv4
-only use IPv4.
-.TP
-.B \-6, \-\-ipv6
-only use IPv6.
+.B \-a, \-\-all
+This will present a list of all filtered search results
+to make it possible to select mirrors you wish to use.
+For the -r, --rsync option, it will select the rotation server
+only. As multiple rsync URL's are not supported.
.TP
.B \-D, \-\-deep
Deep mode. This is used to give a more accurate speed test. It will download
@@ -33,6 +33,11 @@ Interactive Mode, this will present a list to make it possible to select mirrors
you wish to use.
.SS "Server type selection (choose at most one)"
.TP
+.BI \-c " COUNTRY " "\fR,\fP \-\-country " COUNTRY "
+Only use mirrors from the specified country.
+NOTE: Names with a space must be quoted
+ eg.: -c 'South Korea'
+.TP
.B \-F, \-\-ftp
ftp only mode. Will not consider hosts of other types.
.TP
@@ -42,20 +47,45 @@ http only mode. Will not consider hosts of other types.
.B \-r, \-\-rsync
rsync mode. Allows you to interactively select your rsync mirror.
Requires -i to be used.
+.TP
+.BI \-R " REGION " "\fR,\fP \-\-region " REGION "
+Only use mirrors from the specified region.
+NOTE: Names with a space must be quoted.
+ eg.: -R 'North America'
+.TP
+.B \-4, \-\-ipv4
+only use IPv4.
+.TP
+.B \-6, \-\-ipv6
+only use IPv6.
.SS "Other options"
.TP
-.BI \-b " BLOCKSIZE " "\fR,\fP \-blocksize" " BLOCKSIZE "
+.BI \-b " BLOCKSIZE " "\fR,\fP \-\-blocksize" " BLOCKSIZE "
This is to be used in automatic mode and will split the hosts into blocks of
BLOCKSIZE for use with netselect. This is required for certain routers which
block 40+ requests at any given time.
Recommended parameters to pass are: -s 3 -b 10
.TP
-.B \-d, \-\-debug
+.BI \-d " VERBOSITY " "\fR,\fP \-\-debug " VERBOSITY "
Debug mode.
.TP
+.BI \-f " FILE " "\fR,\fP \-\-file "FILE "
+An alternate file to download for deep testing. Please
+choose the file carefully as to not abuse the system
+by selecting an overly large size file. You must also
+use the -m, --md5 option.
+.TP
+.BI \-m " MD5 " "\fR,\fP \-\-md5 " MD5 "
+An alternate file md5sum value used to compare the
+downloaded file against for deep testing.
+.TP
.B \-o, \-\-output
Output Only Mode, this is especially useful when being used during installation,
-to redirect output to a file other than /etc/portage/make.conf
+to redirect output to a file other than /etc/portage/make.conf.
+.TP
+.BI \-P " PROXY " "\fR,\fP \-\-proxy " PROXY "
+Proxy server to use if not the default proxy in the
+environment.
.TP
.B \-q, \-\-quiet
Quiet mode.