downloader: Check DNS for most recent version

[people/ms/libloc.git] / man / location-downloader.txt

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@@ -38,6 +38,12 @@ The 'location-downloader' command will normally exit with code zero.
 If there has been a problem and the requested action could not be performed,
 the exit code is unequal to zero.
 
+== HOW IT WORKS
+The downloader checks a DNS record for the latest version of the database.
+It will then try to download a file with that version from a mirror server.
+If the downloaded file is outdated, the next mirror will be tried until we
+have found a file that is recent enough.
+
 == BUGS
 Please report all bugs to the bugtracker at https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/.