From 0adb36346c18ab316f86f2ba52729257ac63284d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Allan McRae Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 12:51:07 +1000 Subject: 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 --- doc/pacman.8.asciidoc | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'doc/pacman.8.asciidoc') diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc b/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc index b6f4dd76..66483bcb 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.8.asciidoc +++ 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* :: + 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. -- cgit v1.2.3-54-g00ecf