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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/pacman.conf.5.txt | 28 |
diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt index cb9d2c55..20a90671 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt @@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ Include = /etc/pacman.d/core Server = file:///home/pkgs -------- +*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 ------- @@ -55,7 +57,7 @@ Options Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory. A typical default is ``/var/lib/pacman/''. Most users will not need to set this option. *NOTE*: if specified, this is an absolute path and the root - path is not automatically prepended. This behavior changed in pacman 3.1.0. + path is not automatically prepended. *CacheDir =* path/to/cache/dir:: Overrides the default location of the package cache directory. A typical @@ -63,14 +65,13 @@ Options specified, and they are tried in the order they are listed in the config file. If a file is not found in any cache directory, it will be downloaded to the first cache directory with write access. *NOTE*: this is an absolute - path, the root path is not automatically prepended. This behavior changed - in pacman 3.1.0. + path, the root path is not automatically prepended. *LogFile =* '/path/to/file':: - Log actions directly to a file. A typical default is - ``/var/log/pacman.log''. As of pacman 3.1.0, this does not need to be - specified by default. This is an absolute path and root is not prepended. + Overrides the default location of the pacman log file. A typical default + is ``/var/log/pacman.log''. This is an absolute path and the root directory + is not prepended. *HoldPkg =* package ...:: If a user tries to '\--remove' a package that's listed in `HoldPkg`, @@ -80,6 +81,12 @@ Options Instructs pacman to ignore any upgrades for this package when performing a '\--sysupgrade'. +*SyncFirst =* package ...:: + Instructs pacman to check for newer version of these packages before any + sync operation. The user will have the choice to either cancel the current + operation and upgrade these packages first or go on with the current operation. + This option is typically used with the 'pacman' package. + *IgnoreGroup =* group ...:: Instructs pacman to ignore any upgrades for all packages in this group when performing a '\--sysupgrade'. @@ -117,6 +124,15 @@ Options These files refer to files in the package archive, so do not include the leading slash (the RootDir) when specifying them. +*CleanMethod =* KeepInstalled | KeepCurrent:: + If set to `KeepInstalled` (the default), the '-Sc' operation will clean + packages that are no longer installed (not present in the local database). + If set to `KeepCurrent`, '-Sc' will clean outdated packages (not present in + any sync database). + The second behavior is useful when the package cache is shared among + multiple machines, where the local databases are usually different, but the + sync databases in use could be the same. + *UseSyslog*:: Log action messages through syslog(). This will insert log entries into ``/var/log/messages'' or equivalent. |