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diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt index 958f6f71..f18244d1 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt @@ -44,21 +44,30 @@ Server = file:///home/pkgs Options ------- *RootDir =* path/to/root:: - Set the default root directory for pacman to install to. + 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. *DBPath =* path/to/db/dir:: - Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory. - The default is ``/var/lib/pacman/''. + Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory. A + typical default is ``/var/lib/pacman/''. Most users will not need to set + this option. *NOTE*: if specified, this is an absolute path and the root + path is not automatically prepended. This behavior changed in pacman 3.1.0. *CacheDir =* path/to/cache/dir:: - Overrides the default location of the package cache directory. The 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. + Overrides the default location of the package cache directory. A typical + 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. + *LogFile =* '/path/to/file':: - Log actions directly to a file. Default is ``/var/log/pacman.log''. + Log actions directly to a file. A typical default is + ``/var/log/pacman.log''. As of pacman 3.1.0, this does not need to be + specified by default. This is an absolute path and root is not prepended. *HoldPkg =* package ...:: If a user tries to '\--remove' a package that's listed in `HoldPkg`, |