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authorAllan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>2018-01-19 21:47:26 +1000
committerAllan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>2018-01-19 21:47:26 +1000
commita278356f75866f89232e3e6230bbf9fb2dc1893c (patch)
treec980b8a12ac36a64f9b4b08d76c4c03f4d7bb491 /doc
parenta7dbe4635b4af9b5bd927ec0e7a211d1f6c1b0f2 (diff)
Deprecate --root in favour of --sysroot
The --root option was widely misunderstood, and is now replaced by --sysroot. Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
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diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 48958358..a395b777 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -133,16 +133,6 @@ 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.