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| author | Andrew Gregory <andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com> | 2013-12-01 02:45:02 +0100 |
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| committer | Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org> | 2013-12-15 11:09:37 +0100 |
| commit | 841c60f2b396c3b59c7d673dc39dacc3ccbf5658 (patch) | |
| tree | 77bbf8b0903be74995146533a2d6e0a288c6cc6d /doc/pacman.conf.5.txt | |
| parent | 76a05e94c19922ee27a9c3b751ec3836c13a1bab (diff) | |
| download | pacman-841c60f2b396c3b59c7d673dc39dacc3ccbf5658.tar.gz pacman-841c60f2b396c3b59c7d673dc39dacc3ccbf5658.tar.xz | |
db.c: require unique database names
Allowing multiple databases with the same name causes conflicts as they
both point to the same database file but may use different servers,
usages, or siglevels.
Signed-off-by: Andrew Gregory <andrew.gregory.8@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/pacman.conf.5.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.conf.5.txt | 9 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt index 8cd2d0ea..9c3dffe3 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt @@ -202,10 +202,11 @@ Repository Sections ------------------- Each repository section defines a section name and at least one location where the packages can be found. The section name is defined by the string within -square brackets (the two above are 'current' and 'custom'). Locations are -defined with the 'Server' directive and follow a URL naming structure. If you -want to use a local directory, you can specify the full path with a ``file://'' -prefix, as shown above. +square brackets (the two above are 'core' and 'custom'). Repository names +must be unique and the name 'local' is reserved for the database of installed +packages. Locations are defined with the 'Server' directive and follow a URL +naming structure. If you want to use a local directory, you can specify the +full path with a ``file://'' prefix, as shown above. A common way to define DB locations utilizes the 'Include' directive. For each repository defined in the configuration file, a single 'Include' directive can |