From 7d899910c5453162c1564dd4bbb1c728368280f8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan McGee Date: Wed, 23 Mar 2011 01:43:58 -0500 Subject: Documentation consistency fixes Fix the way we were referring to paths (use ``), .pac* extensions (use ''), and other general things across our main manpages. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee --- doc/pacman.8.txt | 38 +++++++++++++++++++------------------- 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/pacman.8.txt') diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index 249c774e..b727269b 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ Operations removed, in which case every package in that group will be removed. Files belonging to the specified package will be deleted, and the database will be updated. Most configuration files will be saved - with a `.pacsave` extension unless the '\--nosave' option is used. + with a '.pacsave' extension unless the '\--nosave' option is used. See <> below. *-S, \--sync*:: @@ -115,16 +115,16 @@ greater than `1:3.6-1`. Options ------- -*-b, \--dbpath* <'path'>:: +*-b, \--dbpath* :: Specify an alternative database location (a typical default is - ``{localstatedir}/lib/pacman''). This should not be used unless you know what you are + `{localstatedir}/lib/pacman`). This should not be used unless you know what you are doing. *NOTE*: if specified, this is an absolute path and the root path is not automatically prepended. -*-r, \--root* <'path'>:: - Specify an alternative installation root (default is ``/''). This should - not be used as a way to install software into ``/usr/local'' instead of - ``/usr''. This option is used if you want to install a package on a +*-r, \--root* :: + Specify an alternative installation root (default is `/`). This should + not be used as a way to install software into `/usr/local` instead of + `/usr`. This option is used if you want to install a package on a temporary mounted partition which is "owned" by another system. *NOTE*: if database path or logfile are not specified on either the command line or in linkman:pacman.conf[5], their default location will @@ -133,23 +133,23 @@ Options *-v, \--verbose*:: Output paths such as as the Root, Conf File, DB Path, Cache Dirs, etc. -*\--arch* <'arch'>:: +*\--arch* :: Specify an alternate architecture. -*\--cachedir* <'dir'>:: +*\--cachedir* :: Specify an alternative package cache location (a typical default is - ``{localstatedir}/cache/pacman/pkg''). Multiple cache directories can be specified, + `{localstatedir}/cache/pacman/pkg`). Multiple cache directories can be specified, and they are tried in the order they are passed to pacman. *NOTE*: this is an absolute path, the root path is not automatically prepended. -*\--config* <'file'>:: +*\--config* :: Specify an alternate configuration file. *\--debug*:: Display debug messages. When reporting bugs, this option is recommended to be used. -*\--logfile* <'file'>:: +*\--logfile* :: Specify an alternate log file. This is an absolute path, regardless of the installation root setting. @@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ Transaction Options (apply to '-S', '-R' and '-U') displayed. The default format string is "%l", which displays URLs with '-S', filenames with '-U' and pkgname-pkgver with '-R'. -*\--print-format* <'format'>:: +*\--print-format* :: Specify a printf-like format to control the output of the '\--print' operation. The possible attributes are: %n for pkgname, %v for pkgver, %l for location, %r for repo and %s for size. @@ -207,12 +207,12 @@ Upgrade Options (apply to '-S' and '-U')[[UO]] as explicitly installed so it will not be removed by the '\--recursive' remove operation. -*\--ignore* <'package'>:: +*\--ignore* :: Directs pacman to ignore upgrades of package even if there is one available. Multiple packages can be specified by separating them with a comma. -*\--ignoregroup* <'group'>:: +*\--ignoregroup* :: Directs pacman to ignore upgrades of all packages in 'group' even if there is one available. Multiple groups can be specified by separating them with a comma. @@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ Query Options[[QO]] database(s). Typically these are packages that were downloaded manually and installed with '\--upgrade'. -*-o, \--owns* <'file'>:: +*-o, \--owns* :: Search for packages that own the specified file(s). The path can be relative or absolute and one or more files can be specified. @@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ Query Options[[QO]] and missing files; a bare query will only show package names rather than names and versions. -*-s, \--search* <'regexp'>:: +*-s, \--search* :: Search each locally-installed package for names or descriptions that match `regexp`. When including multiple search terms, only packages with descriptions matching ALL of those terms are returned. @@ -302,7 +302,7 @@ Remove Options[[RO]] *-n, \--nosave*:: Instructs pacman to ignore file backup designations. Normally, when a file is removed from the system the database is checked to see if the - file should be renamed with a ``.pacsave'' extension. + file should be renamed with a '.pacsave' extension. *-s, \--recursive*:: Remove each target specified including all of their dependencies, provided @@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ linkman:pacman.conf[5]. will only show package names and omit databases and versions; group will only show package names and omit group names. -*-s, \--search* <'regexp'>:: +*-s, \--search* :: This will search each package in the sync databases for names or descriptions that match `regexp`. When you include multiple search terms, only packages with descriptions matching ALL of those terms will -- cgit v1.2.3-24-g4f1b