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Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/Makefile.am | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.8.txt | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.conf.5.txt | 17 |
4 files changed, 22 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am index 4703b63a..6261d926 100644 --- a/doc/Makefile.am +++ b/doc/Makefile.am @@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ ASCIIDOC_OPTS = \ -a pacman_version="$(REAL_PACKAGE_VERSION)" \ -a pacman_date="`date +%Y-%m-%d`" \ -a sysconfdir=$(sysconfdir) + A2X_OPTS = \ --no-xmllint \ -d manpage \ -f manpage \ - --xsltproc-opts='-param man.endnotes.list.enabled 0' \ - --xsltproc-opts='-param man.endnotes.are.numbered 0' + --xsltproc-opts='-param man.endnotes.list.enabled 0 -param man.endnotes.are.numbered 0' # These rules are due to the includes and files of the asciidoc text $(ASCIIDOC_MANS): asciidoc.conf footer.txt diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt index 83cebcdb..e6f6edf5 100644 --- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt +++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt @@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ name. The syntax is: `source=('filename::url')`. base functionality, but may be necessary to make full use of the contents of this package. optdepends are currently for informational purposes only and are not utilized by pacman during dependency resolution. The format - should be similar to the following: + for specifying optdepends is: optdepends=('fakeroot: for makepkg usage as normal user') diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index b288a592..7f92ec71 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -82,7 +82,8 @@ to determine which packages need upgrading. This behavior operates as follows: "bash>=3.2"`. *-U, \--upgrade*:: - Upgrade or add package(s) to the system. Either a URL or file path can be + Upgrade or add package(s) to the system and install the required + dependencies from sync repos. Either a URL or file path can be specified. This is a ``remove-then-add'' process. See <<HCF,Handling Config Files>> for an explanation on how pacman takes care of config files. @@ -166,6 +167,8 @@ Options If an install scriptlet exists, do not execute it. Do not use this unless you know what you are doing. +*\--arch* <'arch'>:: + Specify an alternate architecture. Query Options[[QO]] ------------------- @@ -330,7 +333,9 @@ linkman:pacman.conf[5]. necessary. Pass this option twice to enable package downgrade; in this case pacman will select sync packages whose version does not match with the local version. This can be useful when the user switches from a testing - repo to a stable one. + repo to a stable one. Additional targets can also be specified manually, so + that '-Su foo' will do a system upgrade and install/upgrade the foo package in + the same operation. *-w, \--downloadonly*:: Retrieve all packages from the server, but do not install/upgrade diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt index a1c1f2a6..640e62bb 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt @@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ 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, @@ -108,9 +116,6 @@ 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 @@ -176,10 +181,12 @@ 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 |