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@@ -69,6 +69,15 @@ Options
to the first cache directory with write access. *NOTE*: this is an absolute
path, the root path is not automatically prepended.
+*GPGDir =* path/to/gpg/dir::
+ Overrides the default location of the directory containing configuration
+ files for GnuPG. A typical default is +{sysconfdir}/pacman.d/gnupg/+.
+ This directory should contain two files: `pubring.gpg` and `trustdb.gpg`.
+ `pubring.gpg` holds the public keys of all packagers. `trustdb.gpg`
+ contains a so-called trust database, which specifies that the keys are
+ authentic and trusted.
+ *NOTE*: this is an absolute path, the root path is not automatically
+ prepended.
*LogFile =* '/path/to/file'::
Overrides the default location of the pacman log file. A typical default
@@ -151,9 +160,6 @@ Options
Log action messages through syslog(). This will insert log entries into
+{localstatedir}/log/messages+ or equivalent.
-*ShowSize*::
- Display the size of individual packages for '\--sync' and '\--query' modes.
-
*UseDelta*::
Download delta files instead of complete packages if possible. Requires
the xdelta3 program to be installed.
@@ -168,6 +174,10 @@ Options
Performs an approximate check for adequate available disk space before
installing packages.
+*VerbosePkgLists*::
+ Displays name, version and size of target packages formatted
+ as a table for upgrade, sync and remove operations.
+
Repository Sections
-------------------
Each repository section defines a section name and at least one location where
@@ -215,11 +225,12 @@ directory with these packages so pacman can find it when run with '\--refresh'.
The above command will generate a compressed database named
'/home/pkgs/custom.db.tar.gz'. Note that the database must be of the form
-'\{treename\}.db.tar.gz', where '\{treename\}' is the name of the section defined in
-the configuration file. That's it! Now configure your custom section in the
-configuration file as shown in the config example above. Pacman will now use your
-package repository. If you add new packages to the repository, remember to
-re-generate the database and use pacman's '\--refresh' option.
+'\{treename\}.db.tar.{ext}', where '\{treename\}' is the name of the section
+defined in the configuration file and '\{ext\}' is a valid compression type as
+documented in linkman:repo-add[8]. That's it! Now configure your custom section
+in the configuration file as shown in the config example above. Pacman will now
+use your package repository. If you add new packages to the repository,
+remember to re-generate the database and use pacman's '\--refresh' option.
For more information on the repo-add command, see ``repo-add \--help'' or
linkman:repo-add[8].