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NAME

6       cdist-type__update_index - Update the package index
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DESCRIPTION

9       This  cdist  type allows you to update the package index on the target.
10       It will automatically use the appropriate package manager.
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REQUIRED PARAMETERS

13       None
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OPTIONAL PARAMETERS

16       type   The package manager to use. Default is determined based  on  the
17              $os explorer variable.  e.g.  * apt for Debian * yum for Red Hat
18              * pacman for Arch Linux
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20       maxage Available for package manager apt and pacman, max time  in  sec‐
21              onds  since last update. Repo update is skipped if maxage is not
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MESSAGES

25       apt-cache updated (age was: currage)
26              apt-cache was updated (run of apt-get update).  currage  is  the
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EXAMPLES

30          # Update the package index on the target
31          __package_update_index
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33          # Force use of a specific package manager
34          __package_update_index --type apt
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36          # Only update every hour:
37          __package_update_index --maxage 3600 --type apt
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39          # same as above (on apt-type systems):
40          __package_update_index --maxage 3600
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AUTHORS

43       Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez <jimenezrick--@--gmail.com>
44       Thomas Eckert <tom--@--it-eckert.de>
45       Stu Zhao <z12y12l12--@--gmail.com>
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COPYING

49       Copyright  (C)  2014 Ricardo Catalinas Jiménez. You can redistribute it
50       and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public  License  as
51       published  by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the Li‐
52       cense, or (at your option) any later version.
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