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pacman.conf(5)
==============
-NAME
+Name
----
pacman.conf - pacman package manager configuration file
-DESCRIPTION
+Description
-----------
Pacman, using manlink:libalpm[3], will attempt to read `pacman.conf` each
time it is invoked. This configuration file is divided into sections or
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ when searching for packages in `--sync` mode. The exception to this is the
options section, which defines global options.
-EXAMPLE
+Example
-------
--------
#
@@ -33,29 +33,29 @@ Server = file:///home/pkgs
--------
-OPTIONS
+Options
-------
-DBPath = path/to/db/dir::
+*DBPath =* 'path/to/db/dir'::
Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory.
The default is `var/lib/pacman`.
-CacheDir = path/to/cache/dir::
+*CacheDir =* 'path/to/cache/dir'::
Overrides the default location of the package cache directory. The
default is `var/cache/pacman`.
-HoldPkg = package ...::
+*HoldPkg =* 'package' ...::
If a user tries to `--remove` a package that's listed in `HoldPkg`,
pacman will ask for confirmation before proceeding.
-IgnorePkg = package ...::
+*IgnorePkg =* 'package' ...::
Instructs pacman to ignore any upgrades for this package when performing
a `--sysupgrade`.
-Include = path::
+*Include =* 'path'::
Include another config file. This file can include repositories or
general configuration options.
-XferCommand = /path/to/command %u::
+*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,
instances of `%o` will be replaced with the local filename, plus a
@@ -65,29 +65,29 @@ XferCommand = /path/to/command %u::
http/ftp support, or need the more advanced proxy support that comes with
utilities like wget.
-NoPassiveFtp::
+*NoPassiveFtp*::
Disables passive ftp connections when downloading packages. (aka Active Mode)
-NoUpgrade = file ...::
+*NoUpgrade =* 'file' ...::
All files listed with a `NoUpgrade` directive will never be touched during
a package install/upgrade. Do not include the leading slash when specifying
files.
-NoExtract = file ...::
+*NoExtract =* 'file' ...::
All files listed with a `NoExtract` directive will never be extracted from
a package into the filesystem. This can be useful when you don't want part
of a package to be installed. For example, if your httpd root uses an
index.php, then you would not want the index.html file to be extracted from
the apache package.
-UseSyslog::
+*UseSyslog*::
Log action messages through syslog(). This will insert log entries into
`/var/log/messages` or equivalent.
-LogFile = /path/to/file::
+*LogFile =* '/path/to/file'::
Log actions directly to a file. Default is `/var/log/pacman.log`.
-ShowSize::
+*ShowSize*::
Display the size of individual packages for `--sync` and `--query` modes.
@@ -128,8 +128,4 @@ See Also
--------
manlink:pacman[8], manlink:libalpm[3]
-See the Arch Linux website at http://www.archlinux.org for more current
-information on the distribution and the pacman family of tools.
-
-
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