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authorAllan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>2018-07-19 12:51:07 +1000
committerAllan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>2018-07-25 09:50:26 +1000
commit0adb36346c18ab316f86f2ba52729257ac63284d (patch)
tree88e2d6223781c0c8c1ce90e231c03969970f0a2c /doc
parentacef70c1036e3234fe07f2dd1d105f0f59480baa (diff)
Revert "Deprecate --root in favour of --sysroot"
The use of --sysroot in the real world has flagged some issues that need addressing. Undeprecate --root for now. This reverts commit a278356f75866f89232e3e6230bbf9fb2dc1893c. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
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diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc b/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc
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+++ 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.