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authorPatrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>2021-01-17 03:50:48 (EST)
committer Patrick McDermott <patrick.mcdermott@libiquity.com>2021-01-17 03:51:20 (EST)
commit0afc426c6368bcd1bebf3dcbce9bd8304021429e (patch)
tree482e2fcbc8791d6e0705eb916292699ad0b7e88f
parentfcbc2bf36d668f537012be5ae05f8e452e0acd44 (diff)
prokit-install(8): Update "root" arg description
-rw-r--r--TODO1
-rw-r--r--man/prokit-install.8in10
-rw-r--r--man/prokit.1in2
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/TODO b/TODO
index 65da220..618cfaf 100644
--- a/TODO
+++ b/TODO
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
Tasks for version 3.0.0
-----------------------
-* `man/prokit-install.8in`: Update
* `_install_get_pkgs()`: Resolve `FIXME`
diff --git a/man/prokit-install.8in b/man/prokit-install.8in
index c28b051..7259708 100644
--- a/man/prokit-install.8in
+++ b/man/prokit-install.8in
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
.TH PROKIT-INSTALL 8 \
-"2019-04-27" "@PACKAGE_NAME@ @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "@MANUAL@"
+"2021-01-17" "@PACKAGE_NAME@ @PACKAGE_VERSION@" "@MANUAL@"
.SH NAME
-prokit-install \- Install a system into a directory
+prokit-install \- Install a system
.SH SYNOPSIS
\fBprokit install\fP [\fB-a\fP \fIarch\fP] [\fB-p\fP \fIplat\fP]
@@ -11,8 +11,10 @@ prokit-install \- Install a system into a directory
.SH DESCRIPTION
\fBprokit install\fP installs a basic system of \fIsuite\fP into \fIroot\fP.
.P
-If \fIroot\fP is a block device node, the block device is mounted and a system
-is installed into its file system.
+For platforms intended to run under \fBchroot\fP(8), \fIroot\fP must be a
+non-existent or empty directory. For PC platforms, including those packed into
+RAM-based file systems, \fIroot\fP must be a block device file representing a
+whole storage device, not a partition.
.P
\fIsuite\fP can be a distribution like \fItrunk\fP; a channel and distribution
like \fIdev/trunk\fP; a profile and distribution like \fIproteanos:trunk\fP; or
diff --git a/man/prokit.1in b/man/prokit.1in
index 7f85e59..5edfebe 100644
--- a/man/prokit.1in
+++ b/man/prokit.1in
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ Print help information
Print version information
.TP
.BR prokit-install (8)
-Install a system into a directory
+Install a system
.TP
.BR prokit-shell (8)
Run a shell in an isolated environment