From f38a3de76c8c61c192655bd925a61c4ee9dfc817 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Willemse
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2026 16:10:49 -0700
Subject: rincewind: Add pacman configuration

---
 rincewind.org | 13 +++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/rincewind.org b/rincewind.org
index b96152d..dc84186 100644
--- a/rincewind.org
+++ b/rincewind.org
@@ -34,7 +34,20 @@ Set up the hooks loaded into the image. Use =mkinitcpio -H <MODULE>= to find out
   HOOKS=(base udev autodetect microcode modconf kms keyboard keymap consolefont block encrypt filesystems fsck)
 #+end_src
 
+* Pacman
 
+For this configuration to work there needs to be a small change made to the base =/etc/pacman.conf=. We need to add =Include = /etc/pacman.d/conf/*.conf= under the =[options]= section.
 
+# This could be added by a script with grep + sed, for future reference.
 
+Download several packages in parallel.
 
+#+begin_src conf-unix :tangle "/sudo::/etc/pacman.d/conf/parallel.conf" :mkdirp t
+  ParallelDownloads = 5
+#+end_src
+
+Show a pacman-like animation as the progress bar. Just for funsies.
+
+#+begin_src conf-unix :tangle "/sudo::/etc/pacman.d/conf/candy.conf" :mkdirp t
+  ILoveCandy
+#+end_src
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