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| author | David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> | 2009-09-08 17:47:59 +0200 |
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| committer | David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> | 2009-09-08 17:47:59 +0200 |
| commit | daa4aa525a9d0de9a9a64be59615fc4be044bb83 (patch) | |
| tree | 4060a10a48ffa69c1646fa9e2f4280e9468a17f4 | |
| parent | 1221c3a38f9962ea7ac866eb507fdd798481b5d4 (diff) | |
document the new preferences.d folder in apt_preferences(Closes: #544017)
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 2 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt_preferences.5.xml | 10 |
2 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index c5a786919..eebef40ff 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ apt (0.7.24) UNRELEASED; urgency=low a bit and improve the documentation for this option group. * doc/apt.ent, all man pages: - move the description of files to globally usable entities + * doc/apt_preferences.5.xml: + - document the new preferences.d folder (Closes: #544017) -- David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> Fri, 28 Aug 2009 09:40:08 +0200 diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml index 12ea606b7..159d61f2b 100644 --- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml @@ -32,7 +32,8 @@ <refsect1> <title>Description</title> <para>The APT preferences file <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> -can be used to control which versions of packages will be selected +and the fragment files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename> +folder can be used to control which versions of packages will be selected for installation.</para> <para>Several versions of a package may be available for installation when @@ -611,6 +612,13 @@ apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/sid </refsect1> <refsect1> +<title>Files</title> + <variablelist> + &file-preferences; + </variablelist> +</refsect1> + +<refsect1> <title>See Also</title> <para>&apt-get; &apt-cache; &apt-conf; &sources-list; </para> |