if you think they aren't clear, by all means please file a bug report. And when you mention you volunteered to help, I guess I'm not sure who this is considering the email is from Tech Support Department, I'm not even quite sure who I'm talking to.
-Dan On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, Tech Support Department <t...@frontrowcomputer.com> wrote: > > > > > > > Okay. It was just that since I had already offered > to help on the various man pages and was not taken up on the > offer, there was no way I could help fix the poor writing in the > man pages, and by extension, get the information I needed myself > unless I went directly to the source. I guess we users will have > to start a new document somewhere based upon trial and error. > > Thanks anyway. > > > On 07/21/2010 10:11 AM, Dan McGee wrote: > > On Wed, Jul 21, 2010 at 9:07 AM, Tech Support Department > <t...@frontrowcomputer.com> <t...@frontrowcomputer.com> wrote: > > > Could you please explain the following statements, which I found at > http://www.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman.conf.5.html: > > 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. pacman also > defines the $arch variable to the value of Architecture, so the same > mirrorfile can even be used for different architectures. > > > > The Arch Linux forums, IRC channel, or mailing lists are a much better > venue for such questions. > > If you would still like my private assistance, I would be glad to > assist once we discuss payment options. My billing rate is $65/hour. > > -Dan > > > > > >
