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diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5 b/doc/pacman.conf.5 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..3a94f801 --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5 @@ -0,0 +1,137 @@ +." the string declarations are a start to try and make distro independent +.ds DS Arch Linux +.ds PB PKGBUILD +.ds VR 3.0.0 +.TH \*(PB 5 "Feb 07, 2007" "pacman.conf version \*(VR" "\*(DS Files" +.SH NAME +pacman.conf \- pacman package manager configuration file + +.SH DESCRIPTION + +\fBpacman\fP will attempt to read \fBpacman.conf\fP each time it is invoked. +This configuration file is divided into sections or \fIrepositories\fP. Each +section defines a package repository that \fBpacman\fP can use when searching +for packages in \fB--sync\fP mode. The exception to this is the \fIoptions\fP +section, which defines global options. + +.SH EXAMPLE +.RS +.nf +# +# pacman.conf +# +[options] +NoUpgrade = etc/passwd etc/group etc/shadow +NoUpgrade = etc/fstab + +[current] +Include = /etc/pacman.d/current + +[custom] +Server = file:///home/pkgs +.fi +.RE + +.SH OPTIONS +.TP +.B DBPath = path/to/db/dir +Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory. The default +is \fIvar/lib/pacman\fP. +.TP +.B CacheDir = path/to/cache/dir +Overrides the default location of the package cache directory. The default is +\fIvar/cache/pacman\fP. +.TP +.B HoldPkg = \fIpackage\fP ... +If a user tries to \fB--remove\fP a package that's listed in \fBHoldPkg\fI, +\fBpacman\fP will ask for confirmation before proceeding. +.TP +.B IgnorePkg = \fIpackage\fP ... +Instructs \fBpacman\fP to ignore any upgrades for this package when performing a +\fB--sysupgrade\fP. +.TP +.B Include = \fIpath\fP +Include another config file. This file can include repositories or general +configuration options. +.TP +.B ProxyServer = <\fIhost\fP|\fIip\fP>[:\fIport\fP] +If set, \fBpacman\fP will use this proxy server for all ftp/http transfers. +.TP +.B XferCommand = \fI/path/to/command %u\fP +If set, an external program will be used to download all remote files. All +instances of \fB%u\fP will be replaced with the download URL. If present, +instances of \fB%o\fP will be replaced with the local filename, plus a ".part" +extension, which allows programs like wget to do file resumes properly. + +This option is useful for users who experience problems with built-in +http/ftp support, or need the more advanced proxy support that comes with +utilities like wget. +.TP +.B NoPassiveFtp +Disables passive ftp connections when downloading packages. (aka Active Mode) +.TP +.B NoUpgrade = \fIfile\fP ... +All files listed with a \fBNoUpgrade\fP directive will never be touched during +a package install/upgrade. Do \fInot\fP include the leading slash when +specifying files. +.TP +.B NoExtract = \fIfile\fP ... +All files listed with a \fBNoExtract\fP 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 +\fBapache\fP package. +.TP +.B UseSyslog +Log action messages through \fBsyslog()\fP. This will insert log entries into +\fI/var/log/messages\fP or equivalent. +.TP +.B LogFile = \fI/path/to/file\fP +Log actions directly to a file. Default is \fI/var/log/pacman.log\fP. + +.SH REPOSITORY SECTIONS +Each repository section defines a section name and at least one location where +the packages can be found. The section name is defined by the string within +square brackets (the two above are 'current' and 'custom'). Locations are +defined with the \fBServer\fP directive and follow a URL naming structure. If +you want to use a local directory, you can specify the full path with +a 'file://' prefix, as shown above. + +The order of repositories in the file matters; repositories listed first will +take precedence over those listed later in the file when packages in two +repositories have identical names, regardless of version number. + +.SH USING YOUR OWN REPOSITORY +If you have numerous custom packages of your own, it is often easier to generate your own custom local repository than install them all with the \fB--upgrade\fP option. All you need to do is generate a compressed package database in the directory with these packages so \fBpacman\fP can find it when run with \fB--refresh\fP. + +.RS +.nf +repo-add /home/pkgs/custom.db.tar.gz /home/pkgs/*.pkg.tar.gz +.fi +.RE + +The above command will generate a compressed database named +\fI/home/pkgs/custom.db.tar.gz\fP. Note that the database must be of the form +\fI{treename}.db.tar.gz\fP, where {treename} is the name of the section defined +in the configuration file. That's it! Now configure your \fIcustom\fP section +in the configuration file as shown in the config example above. Pacman will +now use your package repository. If you add new packages to the repository, +remember to re-generate the database and use \fBpacman\fP's --refresh option. + +For more information on the \fBrepo-add\fP command, use \fB repo-add --help\fP. + +.SH SEE ALSO +.BR pacman (8), +.BR libalpm (3) + +See the Arch Linux website at <http://www.archlinux.org> for more current +information on the distribution and the \fBpacman\fP family of tools. + +.SH AUTHORS +.nf +Judd Vinet <jvinet@zeroflux.org> +Aurelien Foret <aurelien@archlinux.org> +Aaron Griffin <aaron@archlinux.org> +Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> +See the 'AUTHORS' file for additional contributors. +.fi |