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| Archlinux32 fork of pacman | gitolite user |
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.8.asciidoc | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/pacman/pacman.c | 3 |
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc b/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc index b6f4dd76..66483bcb 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc +++ b/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc @@ -130,6 +130,16 @@ Options *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`. + *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. + *NOTE*: This option is not suitable for performing operations on a mounted + guest system. See '\--sysroot' instead. + *-v, \--verbose*:: Output paths such as as the Root, Conf File, DB Path, Cache Dirs, etc. diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c index fe54793e..e0178da8 100644 --- a/src/pacman/pacman.c +++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c @@ -211,6 +211,7 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname) } addlist(_(" -b, --dbpath <path> set an alternate database location\n")); + addlist(_(" -r, --root <path> set an alternate installation root\n")); addlist(_(" -v, --verbose be verbose\n")); addlist(_(" --arch <arch> set an alternate architecture\n")); addlist(_(" --sysroot operate on a mounted guest system (root-only)\n")); @@ -449,8 +450,6 @@ static int parsearg_global(int opt) break; case OP_ROOT: case 'r': - pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_WARNING, - _("option --root is deprecated; use --sysroot instead\n")); free(config->rootdir); config->rootdir = strdup(optarg); break; |