Add a page about pacman

msys2 · Jul 9, 2024 · a827f16 · a827f16
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diff --git a/mkdocs.yml b/mkdocs.yml
@@ -117,6 +117,7 @@ nav:
           - docs/git.md
           - docs/cpp.md
           - docs/pkgconfig.md
+          - docs/pacman.md
         - docs/windows_support.md
         - docs/faq.md
     - Development:

diff --git a/web/docs/pacman.md b/web/docs/pacman.md
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+# pacman
+
+pacman is developed at https://gitlab.archlinux.org/pacman/pacman and we
+maintain a fork at https://github.com/msys2/msys2-pacman. The main difference
+is support for Windows/Cygwin specifics.
+
+Behaviour differences compared to Arch Linux pacman:
+
+* Due to performance reasons our makepkg does not lint PKGBUILD files by
+  default. This can be enabled by setting the env var `MAKEPKG_LINT_PKGBUILD=1`
+* When pacman asks for confirmation to remove a package, it will always default
+  to "yes", instead of "no" like on Arch Linux. This allows the `--noconfirm`
+  option to be used to continue without user interaction, similar to `--yes`
+  with `apt-get` (upstream issue: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/32886)