The --root option was widely misunderstood, and is now replaced by
--sysroot.
Signed-off-by: Allan McRae <al...@archlinux.org>
---
The idea of --sysroot was to provide something that --root never quite
did. Is there any reason to keep --root?
doc/pacman.8.txt | 10 ----------
src/pacman/pacman.c | 3 ++-
2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
diff --git a/doc/pacman.8.txt b/doc/pacman.8.txt
index 48958358..a395b777 100644
--- a/doc/pacman.8.txt
+++ b/doc/pacman.8.txt
@@ -133,16 +133,6 @@ Options
*NOTE*: If specified, this is an absolute path, and the root path is
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*::
Output paths such as as the Root, Conf File, DB Path, Cache Dirs, etc.
diff --git a/src/pacman/pacman.c b/src/pacman/pacman.c
index 8c7f715e..98b3f326 100644
--- a/src/pacman/pacman.c
+++ b/src/pacman/pacman.c
@@ -211,7 +211,6 @@ static void usage(int op, const char * const myname)
}
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(_(" --arch <arch> set an alternate
architecture\n"));
addlist(_(" --sysroot operate on a mounted guest
system (root-only)\n"));
@@ -450,6 +449,8 @@ static int parsearg_global(int opt)
break;
case OP_ROOT:
case 'r':
+ pm_printf(ALPM_LOG_WARNING,
+ _("option --root is deprecated; use
--sysroot instead\n"));
free(config->rootdir);
config->rootdir = strdup(optarg);
break;
--
2.16.0
