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-rw-r--r--doc/pacman.8.txt10
-rw-r--r--doc/pacman.conf.5.txt12
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 9e696852..4c0a30a9 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -127,7 +127,7 @@ greater than `1:3.6-1`.
Options
-------
*-b, \--dbpath* <path>::
- Specify an alternative database location (a typical default is
+ Specify an alternative database location (the default is
+{localstatedir}/lib/pacman+). This should not be used unless you know what
you are doing.
*NOTE*: If specified, this is an absolute path, and the root path is
@@ -149,7 +149,7 @@ Options
Specify an alternate architecture.
*\--cachedir* <dir>::
- Specify an alternative package cache location (a typical default is
+ Specify an alternative package cache location (the default is
+{localstatedir}/cache/pacman/pkg+). Multiple cache directories can be
specified, and they are tried in the order they are passed to pacman.
*NOTE*: This is an absolute path, and the root path is not automatically
@@ -168,15 +168,15 @@ Options
to be used.
*\--gpgdir* <dir>::
- Specify a directory of files used by GnuPG to verify package signatures (a
- typical default is +{sysconfdir}/pacman.d/gnupg+). This directory should contain
+ Specify a directory of files used by GnuPG to verify package signatures
+ (the default is +{sysconfdir}/pacman.d/gnupg+). This directory should contain
two files: `pubring.gpg` and `trustdb.gpg`. `pubring.gpg` holds the public keys
of all packagers. `trustdb.gpg` contains a so-called trust database, which
specifies that the keys are authentic and trusted. *NOTE*: This is an absolute
path, and the root path is not automatically prepended.
*\--hookdir* <dir>::
- Specify a alternative directory containing hook files (a typical default is
+ Specify a alternative directory containing hook files (the default is
+{sysconfdir}/pacman.d/hooks+). Multiple hook directories can be specified
with hooks in later directories taking precedence over hooks in earlier
directories. *NOTE*: This is an absolute path, and the root path is not
diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
index 022585cf..c6658706 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
@@ -57,13 +57,13 @@ Options
be inside this root path.
*DBPath =* path/to/db/dir::
- Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory. A
- typical default is +{localstatedir}/lib/pacman/+. Most users will not need to set
+ Overrides the default location of the toplevel database directory. The
+ default is +{localstatedir}/lib/pacman/+. Most users will not need to set
this option. *NOTE*: if specified, this is an absolute path and the root
path is not automatically prepended.
*CacheDir =* path/to/cache/dir::
- Overrides the default location of the package cache directory. A typical
+ Overrides the default location of the package cache directory. The
default is +{localstatedir}/cache/pacman/pkg/+. Multiple cache directories can be
specified, and they are tried in the order they are listed in the config
file. If a file is not found in any cache directory, it will be downloaded
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ Options
*HookDir =* path/to/hook/dir::
Add directories to search for alpm hooks in addition to the system hook
- directory (+{datarootdir}/libalpm/hooks/+). A typical default is
+ directory (+{datarootdir}/libalpm/hooks/+). The default is
+{sysconfdir}/pacman.d/hooks+. Multiple directories can be specified with
hooks in later directories taking precedence over hooks in earlier
directories. *NOTE*: this is an absolute path, the root path is not
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ Options
*GPGDir =* path/to/gpg/dir::
Overrides the default location of the directory containing configuration
- files for GnuPG. A typical default is +{sysconfdir}/pacman.d/gnupg/+.
+ files for GnuPG. The default is +{sysconfdir}/pacman.d/gnupg/+.
This directory should contain two files: `pubring.gpg` and `trustdb.gpg`.
`pubring.gpg` holds the public keys of all packagers. `trustdb.gpg`
contains a so-called trust database, which specifies that the keys are
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ Options
prepended.
*LogFile =* /path/to/file::
- Overrides the default location of the pacman log file. A typical default
+ Overrides the default location of the pacman log file. The default
is +{localstatedir}/log/pacman.log+. This is an absolute path and the root directory
is not prepended.