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-rw-r--r--doc/Makefile.am4
-rw-r--r--doc/pacman.8.txt2
-rw-r--r--doc/pacman.conf.5.txt17
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 7 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
$(ASCIIDOC_MANS): asciidoc.conf footer.txt
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index b288a592..a534e057 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -166,6 +166,8 @@ Options
If an install scriptlet exists, do not execute it. Do not use this
unless you know what you are doing.
+*\--arch* <'arch'>::
+ Specify an alternate architecture.
Query Options[[QO]]
-------------------
diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
index a1c1f2a6..640e62bb 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
@@ -97,6 +97,14 @@ Options
Include another config file. This file can include repositories or
general configuration options.
+*Architecture =* auto | i686 | x86_64 | ...::
+ If set, pacman will only allow installation of packages of the given
+ architecture (e.g. 'i686', 'x86_64', etc). The special value 'auto' will
+ use the system architecture, provided by in ``uname -m''. If unset, no
+ architecture checks are made. *NOTE*: packages with the special
+ architecture 'any' can always be installed, as they are meant to be
+ architecture independent.
+
*XferCommand =* /path/to/command %u::
If set, an external program will be used to download all remote files.
All instances of `%u` will be replaced with the download URL. If present,
@@ -108,9 +116,6 @@ Options
http/ftp support, or need the more advanced proxy support that comes with
utilities like wget.
-*NoPassiveFtp*::
- Disables passive ftp connections when downloading packages. (aka Active Mode)
-
*NoUpgrade =* file ...::
All files listed with a `NoUpgrade` directive will never be touched during
a package install/upgrade, and the new files will be installed with a
@@ -176,10 +181,12 @@ Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
During parsing, pacman will define the `$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