[pacman-dev] [PATCH 1/1] pacman.conf.5: use unified presentation for paths

[Christian Hesse]

Allan McRae <allan at archlinux.org> on Wed, 2018/03/14 12:43:
> On 15/02/18 04:03, Christian Hesse wrote:
> > From: Christian Hesse <mail at eworm.de>
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Christian Hesse <mail at eworm.de>
> > ---
> >  doc/pacman.conf.5.txt | 8 ++++----
> >  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
> > index f92ee207..3d7aace7 100644
> > --- a/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
> > +++ b/doc/pacman.conf.5.txt
> > @@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ Options
> >  	*NOTE*: this is an absolute path, the root path is not
> > automatically prepended.
> >  
> > -*LogFile =* /path/to/file::
> > +*LogFile =* path/to/file::
> >  	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.
> > @@ -108,7 +108,7 @@ Options
> >  	group when performing a '\--sysupgrade'. Shell-style glob
> > patterns are allowed.
> >  
> > -*Include =* path::
> > +*Include =* path/to/file::
> >  	Include another configuration file. This file can include
> > repositories or general configuration options. Wildcards in the specified
> > paths will get expanded based on linkman:glob[7] rules.
> > @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ Options
> >  	architecture 'any' can always be installed, as they are meant to
> > be architecture independent.
> >  
> > -*XferCommand =* /path/to/command %u::
> > +*XferCommand =* path/to/command %u::  
> 
> I think this should definitely have a leading "/".
> 
> In fact, would it be better if all paths had a leading "/"?  That would
> match the examples given in pacman.conf.

We have more paths without leading slash, so I removed the remaining. I am
fine with adding the leading slash everywhere. But IMHO this should be
consistent.
-- 
main(a){char*c=/*    Schoene Gruesse                         */"B?IJj;MEH"
"CX:;",b;for(a/*    Best regards             my address:    */=0;b=c[a++];)
putchar(b-1/(/*    Chris            cc -ox -xc - && ./x    */b/42*2-3)*42);}
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