diff options
| author | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2008-01-19 02:33:25 +0100 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2008-01-19 02:33:25 +0100 |
| commit | f6785dcb89e380f0f3062b4b7aa485e1cd3c5830 (patch) | |
| tree | 670091dee0aa0a023e477d52d514da6722dfed26 /doc | |
| parent | 38e981fab3f901e6c932e2f2913790ef0b96c6c2 (diff) | |
| parent | 8ec9a67aee75b18ddbba8f28fadb85f37c0b69aa (diff) | |
| download | pacman-f6785dcb89e380f0f3062b4b7aa485e1cd3c5830.tar.gz pacman-f6785dcb89e380f0f3062b4b7aa485e1cd3c5830.tar.xz | |
Merge branch 'maint'
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.8.txt | 20 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.conf.5.txt | 9 |
2 files changed, 18 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index c47af65e..f6eb69c3 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -113,6 +113,9 @@ Options not be used as a way to install software into ``/usr/local'' instead of ``/usr''. This option is used if you want to install a package on a temporary mounted partition which is "owned" by another system. + *NOTE*: If database path or logfile are not specified on either the + command line or in linkman:pacman.conf[5], their default location will + be inside this root path. *-v, --verbose*:: Output paths such as as the Root, Conf File, DB Path, Cache Dirs, etc. @@ -229,14 +232,15 @@ Remove Options[[RO]] Sync Options[[SO]] ------------------ *-c, \--clean*:: - Remove old packages from the cache as well as unused sync databases to - free up disk space. When pacman downloads packages, it saves them in a - cache directory. In addition, databases are saved for every sync DB you - download from, and are not deleted even if they are removed from the - configuration file linkman:pacman.conf[5]. Use one '\--clean' switch to - only remove old packages; use two to remove all packages from the cache. - In both cases, you will have a yes or no option to remove packages and/or - unused downloaded databases. + Remove packages that are no longer installed from the cache as well as + currently unused sync databases to free up disk space. When pacman + downloads packages, it saves them in a cache directory. In addition, + databases are saved for every sync DB you download from, and are not + deleted even if they are removed from the configuration file + linkman:pacman.conf[5]. Use one '\--clean' switch to only remove + packages that are no longer installed; use two to remove all packages + from the cache. In both cases, you will have a yes or no option to + remove packages and/or unused downloaded databases. *-e, \--dependsonly*:: Install all dependencies of a package, but not the specified package diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt index 95298633..e8f74540 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt @@ -47,6 +47,9 @@ Options Set the default root directory for pacman to install to. This option is used if you want to install a package on a temporary mounted partition which is "owned" by another system, or for a chroot install. + *NOTE*: If database path or logfile are not specified on either the + command line or in linkman:pacman.conf[5], their default location will + be inside this root path. *DBPath =* path/to/db/dir:: Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory. A @@ -59,9 +62,9 @@ Options default is ``/var/cache/pacman/pkg/''. Multiple cache directories can be specified, and they are tried in the order they are listed in the config file. If a file is not found in any cache directory, it will be downloaded - to the first cache directory with write access. *NOTE*: if specified, this - is an absolute path and the root path is not automatically prepended. This - behavior changed in pacman 3.1.0. + to the first cache directory with write access. *NOTE*: this is an absolute + path, the root path is not automatically prepended. This behavior changed + in pacman 3.1.0. *LogFile =* '/path/to/file':: |