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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.8.txt | 18 |
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt index 0ee8c6c0..99133dd9 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt @@ -79,8 +79,10 @@ Options the package. *-b, \--dbpath* <'path'>:: - Specify an alternative database location (default is ``/var/lib/pacman''). - This should not be used unless you know what you are doing. + Specify an alternative database location (a typical default is + ``/var/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. This behavior changed in pacman 3.1.0. *-d, \--nodeps*:: Skips all dependency checks. Normally, pacman will always check a @@ -100,16 +102,22 @@ Options temporary mounted partition which is "owned" by another system. *-v, --verbose*:: - Output more status messages, such as the Root, DBPath, CacheDir, etc. + Output paths such as as the Root, Conf File, DB Path, Cache Dirs, etc. *\--cachedir* <'dir'>:: - Specify an alternative package cache location (default is + Specify an alternative package cache location (a typical default is ``/var/cache/pacman/pkg''). Multiple cache directories can be specified, - and they are tried in the order they are passed to pacman. + and they are tried in the order they are passed to pacman. *NOTE*: if + specified, this is an absolute path and the root path is not automatically + prepended. This behavior changed in pacman 3.1.0. *\--config* <'file'>:: Specify an alternate configuration file. +*\--logfile* <'file'>:: + Specify an alternate log file. This is an absolute path, regardless of + the installation root setting. + *\--noconfirm*:: Bypass any and all "Are you sure?" messages. It's not a good idea to do this unless you want to run pacman from a script. |