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-rw-r--r--doc/Makefile.am4
-rw-r--r--doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt2
-rw-r--r--doc/pacman.8.txt2
-rw-r--r--doc/pacman.conf.5.txt17
4 files changed, 17 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/doc/Makefile.am b/doc/Makefile.am
index 4703b63a..6261d926 100644
--- a/doc/Makefile.am
+++ b/doc/Makefile.am
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ ASCIIDOC_OPTS = \
-a pacman_version="$(REAL_PACKAGE_VERSION)" \
-a pacman_date="`date +%Y-%m-%d`" \
-a sysconfdir=$(sysconfdir)
+
A2X_OPTS = \
--no-xmllint \
-d manpage \
-f manpage \
- --xsltproc-opts='-param man.endnotes.list.enabled 0' \
- --xsltproc-opts='-param man.endnotes.are.numbered 0'
+ --xsltproc-opts='-param man.endnotes.list.enabled 0 -param man.endnotes.are.numbered 0'
# These rules are due to the includes and files of the asciidoc text
$(ASCIIDOC_MANS): asciidoc.conf footer.txt
diff --git a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
index 83cebcdb..e6f6edf5 100644
--- a/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
+++ b/doc/PKGBUILD.5.txt
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ name. The syntax is: `source=('filename::url')`.
base functionality, but may be necessary to make full use of the contents
of this package. optdepends are currently for informational purposes only
and are not utilized by pacman during dependency resolution. The format
- should be similar to the following:
+ for specifying optdepends is:
optdepends=('fakeroot: for makepkg usage as normal user')
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index b288a592..a534e057 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ Options
If an install scriptlet exists, do not execute it. Do not use this
unless you know what you are doing.
+*\--arch* <'arch'>::
+ Specify an alternate architecture.
Query Options[[QO]]
-------------------
diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
index a1c1f2a6..640e62bb 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ Options
Include another config file. This file can include repositories or
general configuration options.
+*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
+ architecture 'any' can always be installed, as they are meant to be
+ architecture independent.
+
*XferCommand =* /path/to/command %u::
If set, an external program will be used to download all remote files.
All instances of `%u` will be replaced with the download URL. If present,
@@ -108,9 +116,6 @@ Options
http/ftp support, or need the more advanced proxy support that comes with
utilities like wget.
-*NoPassiveFtp*::
- Disables passive ftp connections when downloading packages. (aka Active Mode)
-
*NoUpgrade =* file ...::
All files listed with a `NoUpgrade` directive will never be touched during
a package install/upgrade, and the new files will be installed with a
@@ -176,10 +181,12 @@ Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
During parsing, pacman will define the `$repo` variable to the name of the
current section. This is often utilized in files specified using the 'Include'
-directive so all repositories can use the same mirrorfile.
+directive so all repositories can use the same mirrorfile. pacman also defines
+the `$arch` variable to the value of `Architecture`, so the same mirrorfile can
+even be used for different architectures.
--------
-Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/arch
+Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/$arch
--------
The order of repositories in the configuration files matters; repositories