From 262c110dc03c79271be240d2d149ed3d78338ea6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan McGee Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 03:44:54 +0000 Subject: Another round of manpage updates. --- doc/pacman.conf.5 | 22 +++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) (limited to 'doc/pacman.conf.5') diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5 b/doc/pacman.conf.5 index 3a94f801..181f8755 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.conf.5 +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5 @@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ .ds DS Arch Linux .ds PB PKGBUILD .ds VR 3.0.0 +.ds LV 1.0.0 .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. +\fBpacman\fP, using \fBlibalpm\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 @@ -34,11 +34,11 @@ Server = file:///home/pkgs .SH OPTIONS .TP -.B DBPath = path/to/db/dir +.B DBPath = \fIpath/to/db/dir\fP Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory. The default is \fIvar/lib/pacman\fP. .TP -.B CacheDir = path/to/cache/dir +.B CacheDir = \fIpath/to/cache/dir\fP Overrides the default location of the package cache directory. The default is \fIvar/cache/pacman\fP. .TP @@ -102,7 +102,11 @@ 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. +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 -- cgit v1.2.3-24-g4f1b