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diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt index 0e8426af..cb4c5898 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt @@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ NoUpgrade = etc/passwd etc/group etc/shadow NoUpgrade = etc/fstab [core] -Include = /etc/pacman.d/core +Include = {sysconfdir}/pacman.d/core [custom] Server = file:///home/pkgs @@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ Options *DBPath =* path/to/db/dir:: Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory. A - typical default is ``/var/lib/pacman/''. Most users will not need to set + typical default is ``{localstatedir}/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. *CacheDir =* path/to/cache/dir:: Overrides the default location of the package cache directory. A typical - default is ``/var/cache/pacman/pkg/''. Multiple cache directories can be + default is ``{localstatedir}/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*: this is an absolute @@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Options *LogFile =* '/path/to/file':: Overrides the default location of the pacman log file. A typical default - is ``/var/log/pacman.log''. This is an absolute path and the root directory + is ``{localstatedir}/log/pacman.log''. This is an absolute path and the root directory is not prepended. *HoldPkg =* package ...:: @@ -136,18 +136,20 @@ Options These files refer to files in the package archive, so do not include the leading slash (the RootDir) when specifying them. -*CleanMethod =* KeepInstalled | KeepCurrent:: +*CleanMethod =* KeepInstalled &| KeepCurrent:: If set to `KeepInstalled` (the default), the '-Sc' operation will clean packages that are no longer installed (not present in the local database). If set to `KeepCurrent`, '-Sc' will clean outdated packages (not present in any sync database). The second behavior is useful when the package cache is shared among multiple machines, where the local databases are usually different, but the - sync databases in use could be the same. + sync databases in use could be the same. If both values are specified, + packages are only cleaned if not installed locally and not present in any + known sync database. *UseSyslog*:: Log action messages through syslog(). This will insert log entries into - ``/var/log/messages'' or equivalent. + ``{localstatedir}/log/messages'' or equivalent. *ShowSize*:: Display the size of individual packages for '\--sync' and '\--query' modes. @@ -162,6 +164,10 @@ Options than the percent of each individual download target. The progress bar is still based solely on the current file download. +*CheckSpace*:: + Performs an approximate check for adequate available disk space before + installing packages. + Repository Sections ------------------- Each repository section defines a section name and at least one location where @@ -180,7 +186,7 @@ contain a file that lists the servers for that repository. # use this repository first Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/arch # next use servers as defined in the mirrorlist below -Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist +Include = {sysconfdir}/pacman.d/mirrorlist -------- During parsing, pacman will define the `$repo` variable to the name of the |