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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.8.txt | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.conf.5.txt | 9 |
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index c5b0f479..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. 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':: |