From 887ad59eb68fbbda4ad50a7f073448fd7fe28f99 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dan McGee Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2008 00:12:51 -0600 Subject: doc: add note to pacman.conf manpage explaining $repo Fixes FS#9142. Signed-off-by: Dan McGee --- doc/pacman.conf.5.txt | 31 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++----- 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt index f18244d1..95298633 100644 --- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt @@ -33,8 +33,8 @@ Example NoUpgrade = etc/passwd etc/group etc/shadow NoUpgrade = etc/fstab -[current] -Include = /etc/pacman.d/current +[core] +Include = /etc/pacman.d/core [custom] Server = file:///home/pkgs @@ -137,9 +137,30 @@ defined with the 'Server' directive and follow a URL naming structure. If you want to use a local directory, you can specify the full path with a ``file://'' prefix, as shown above. -The order of repositories in the file matters; repositories listed first will -take precedence over those listed later in the file when packages in two -repositories have identical names, regardless of version number. +A common way to define DB locations utilizes the 'Include' directive. For each +repository defined in the configuration file, a single 'Include' directive can +contain a file that lists the servers for that repository. + +-------- +[core] +# use this repository first +Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/core/os/arch +# next use servers as defined in the mirrorlist below +Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist +-------- + +During parsing, pacman will define the `$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. + +-------- +Server = ftp://ftp.archlinux.org/$repo/os/arch +-------- + +The order of repositories in the configuration files matters; repositories +listed first will take precedence over those listed later in the file when +packages in two repositories have identical names, regardless of version +number. Using Your Own Repository ------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3-70-g09d2