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diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt index 3e361102..89c22a12 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt @@ -100,6 +100,14 @@ Options Include another config file. This file can include repositories or general configuration options. +*Architecture =* auto | i686 | x86_64 | ...:: + If set, pacman will only allow installation of packages of the given + architecture (e.g. 'i686', 'x86_64', etc). The special value 'auto' will + use the system architecture, provided by in ``uname -m''. If unset, no + architecture checks are made. *NOTE*: packages with the special + architecture 'any' can always be installed, as they are meant to be + architecture independent. + *XferCommand =* /path/to/command %u:: If set, an external program will be used to download all remote files. All instances of `%u` will be replaced with the download URL. If present, @@ -111,9 +119,6 @@ Options http/ftp support, or need the more advanced proxy support that comes with utilities like wget. -*NoPassiveFtp*:: - Disables passive ftp connections when downloading packages. (aka Active Mode) - *NoUpgrade =* file ...:: All files listed with a `NoUpgrade` directive will never be touched during a package install/upgrade, and the new files will be installed with a @@ -179,10 +184,12 @@ Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist During parsing, pacman will define the `$repo` variable to the name of the current section. This is often utilized in files specified using the 'Include' -directive so all repositories can use the same mirrorfile. +directive so all repositories can use the same mirrorfile. pacman also defines +the `$arch` variable to the value of `Architecture`, so the same mirrorfile can +even be used for different architectures. -------- -Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/arch +Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch -------- The order of repositories in the configuration files matters; repositories |