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authorLuke Shumaker <LukeShu@sbcglobal.net>2013-06-05 20:07:19 -0600
committerLuke Shumaker <LukeShu@sbcglobal.net>2013-06-05 20:07:19 -0600
commit7982a6af840eb8c37b3c2eed123bf4f66da8906a (patch)
tree64a818a534152026436da9cd1b4616b08484c737 /src
parenta329839346a3c2c9591985b70841858dd575846f (diff)
librechroot: improve documentation for -C and -M
Diffstat (limited to 'src')
-rwxr-xr-xsrc/chroot-tools/librechroot14
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/src/chroot-tools/librechroot b/src/chroot-tools/librechroot
index e353206..55b3324 100755
--- a/src/chroot-tools/librechroot
+++ b/src/chroot-tools/librechroot
@@ -71,18 +71,24 @@ usage() {
echo " CHROOTDIR : ${CHROOTDIR:-ERROR: NO SETTING}"
echo " CHROOT : ${CHROOT:-ERROR: NO SETTING}"
echo " COPY : $COPY"
- echo " root path : ${rootdir:-ERROR}"
- echo " copy path : ${copydir:-ERROR}"
+ echo " rootdir : ${rootdir:-ERROR}"
+ echo " copydir : ${copydir:-ERROR}"
echo ''
echo 'If the chroot, or copy does not exist, it will be created'
echo 'automatically. A chroot by default contains the packages in the'
echo 'group "base-devel", and any packages named in $CHROOTEXTRAPKG.'
+ echo 'Unless the `-C` or `-M` flags are used, all configuration files'
+ echo 'are the stock versions supplied in the packages, not the versions'
+ echo 'from your host system.'
echo ''
echo 'This command will make the following configuration changes in'
echo 'the chroot:'
echo ' - overwrite `/etc/libretools.d/chroot.conf`'
echo ' - overwrite `/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist`'
echo ' - set `CacheDir` in `/etc/pacman.conf`'
+ echo 'If a new `pacman.conf` is inserted with the `-C` flag, the change'
+ echo "is made after the file is copied in; the \`-C\` flag doesn't stop"
+ echo 'the change from being effective.'
echo ''
echo 'Creating a copy, deleting a copy, or syncing a copy can be fairly'
echo 'slow; but are very fast if $CHROOTDIR is on a btrfs partition.'
@@ -91,8 +97,8 @@ usage() {
echo ' -n <CHROOT> Name of the chroot to use'
echo ' -l <COPY> Name of, or absolute path to, the copy to use'
echo ' -N Disable networking in the chroot'
- echo ' -C <file> Location of pacman config file'
- echo ' -M <file> Location of makepkg config file'
+ echo ' -C <file> Copy this file to `$copydir/etc/pacman.conf`'
+ echo ' -M <file> Copy this file to `$copydir/etc/makepkg.conf`'
echo ''
echo 'Commands:'
echo ' Create/copy/delete:'