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Deprecate --root in favour of --sysroot

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The --root option was widely misunderstood, and is now replaced by
--sysroot.

Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <allan@archlinux.org>
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Allan McRae 2018-01-19 21:47:26 +10:00
parent a7dbe4635b
commit a278356f75
2 changed files with 2 additions and 11 deletions
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doc/pacman.8.txt
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@ -133,16 +133,6 @@ Options
*NOTE*: If specified, this is an absolute path, and the root path is *NOTE*: If specified, this is an absolute path, and the root path is
not automatically prepended. 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*:: *-v, \--verbose*::
Output paths such as as the Root, Conf File, DB Path, Cache Dirs, etc. Output paths such as as the Root, Conf File, DB Path, Cache Dirs, etc.

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src/pacman/pacman.c
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@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname)
} }
addlist(_(" -b, --dbpath <path> set an alternate database location\n")); addlist(_(" -b, --dbpath <path> set an alternate database location\n"));
addlist(_(" -r, --root <path> set an alternate installation root\n"));
addlist(_(" -v, --verbose be verbose\n")); addlist(_(" -v, --verbose be verbose\n"));
addlist(_(" --arch <arch> set an alternate architecture\n")); addlist(_(" --arch <arch> set an alternate architecture\n"));
addlist(_(" --sysroot operate on a mounted guest system (root-only)\n")); addlist(_(" --sysroot operate on a mounted guest system (root-only)\n"));
@ -450,6 +449,8 @@ static int parsearg_global(int opt)
break; break;
case OP_ROOT: case OP_ROOT:
case 'r': case 'r':
pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_WARNING,
_("option --root is deprecated; use --sysroot instead\n"));
free(config->rootdir); free(config->rootdir);
config->rootdir = strdup(optarg); config->rootdir = strdup(optarg);
break; break;