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author | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2007-03-11 20:53:50 +0000 |
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committer | Dan McGee <dan@archlinux.org> | 2007-03-11 20:53:50 +0000 |
commit | f94506396f25cba8a0d485c8d681482db0bd33bb (patch) | |
tree | 9c20938718b5d9f5cbf81a85aa8ef204c0e4c870 /doc/pacman.8 | |
parent | 2f4c1fe647ce3a65413ec6317ec98405f11a7539 (diff) |
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diff --git a/doc/pacman.8 b/doc/pacman.8 index 6614618f..4bb9e943 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8 +++ b/doc/pacman.8 @@ -68,6 +68,10 @@ general syntax is shown. .SH OPTIONS .TP +.B \-b, --dbpath \fIpath\fP +Specify an alternative database location (default is "/var/lib/pacman/"). This +should not be used unless you know what you are doing. +.TP .B \-d, --nodeps Skips all dependency checks. Normally, pacman will always check a package's dependency fields to ensure that all dependencies are installed and there are @@ -80,16 +84,21 @@ option will cause all those files to be overwritten. This option should be used with care, ideally not at all. .TP .B \-r, --root \fIpath\fP -Specify an alternative installation root (default is "/"). However, this should -\fInot\fP be used as a way to install software into /usr/local instead of /usr, -for example. This option should be used if you want to install a package on a -temporary mounted partition, which is "owned" by another system. By using this -option you not only specify where the software should be installed, but you -also specify which package database to use. +Specify an alternative installation root (default is "/"). This should +\fInot\fP 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. By using this option you not only +specify where the software should be installed, but you also specify which +package database and cache location to use. .TP .B \-v, --verbose Output more status messages, such as the Root and DBPath. .TP +.B \--cachedir \fIdir\fP +Specify an alternative package cache location (default is +"/var/cache/pacman/pkg/"). This should not be used unless you know what you are +doing. +.TP .B \--config \fIfilepath\fP Specify an alternate configuration file. .TP |