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authorJason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu>2014-08-07 00:43:20 -0400
committerAllan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>2014-08-09 14:18:59 +1000
commitab07dfdeb9b4ecc443aa25f40fa530a730f65cde (patch)
tree58b27c50353f9eb540c6b7a3d6d05cf80b024f67 /doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
parent37634d22e501538e5a4b12105a0b56542841e71f (diff)
man: Improve grammar and add missing single quotes around command options
Signed-off-by: Jason St. John <jstjohn@purdue.edu> Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/pacman.conf.5.txt')
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diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
index aa80e57f..383e0729 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
@@ -45,13 +45,14 @@ NOTE: Each directive must be in CamelCase. If the case isn't respected, the
directive won't be recognized. For example. noupgrade or NOUPGRADE will not
work.
+
Options
-------
*RootDir =* path/to/root::
Set the default root directory for pacman to install to. This option is
used if you want to install a package on a temporary mounted partition
which is "owned" by another system, or for a chroot install.
- *NOTE*: If database path or logfile are not specified on either the
+ *NOTE*: If database path or log file are not specified on either the
command line or in linkman:pacman.conf[5], their default location will
be inside this root path.
@@ -99,15 +100,15 @@ Options
allowed.
*Include =* path::
- Include another config file. This file can include repositories or
+ Include another configuration file. This file can include repositories or
general configuration options. Wildcards in the specified paths will get
expanded based on linkman:glob[7] rules.
*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
+ use the system architecture, provided via ``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.
@@ -119,7 +120,7 @@ Options
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
+ HTTP/FTP support, or need the more advanced proxy support that comes with
utilities like wget.
*NoUpgrade =* file ...::