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authorArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 17:02:12 +0000
committerArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 17:02:12 +0000
commitdfa96dfff683444cca0ef8bf2fccafb019a10534 (patch)
treef3aaf8eff99c76c14f1fb4f269939a46e41b7ec1
parentf51ea2f46533e7fbc21ea73ae3e7278dfb9d304e (diff)
Clarify the meaning of only-source
Author: mdz Date: 2003-07-23 03:40:23 GMT Clarify the meaning of only-source
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-get.8.sgml8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.sgml b/doc/apt-get.8.sgml
index d986b0e3b..a28b35abe 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.sgml
@@ -405,8 +405,12 @@
<VarListEntry><term><option/--only-source/</>
<ListItem><Para>
- Only has meaning for the <literal/source/ command. indicates that the
- given source names are not to be mapped through the binary table.
+ Only has meaning for the <literal/source/ command. Indicates that the
+ given source names are not to be mapped through the binary
+ table. This means that if this option is specified, the
+ <literal/source/ command will only accept source package names as
+ arguments, rather than accepting binary package names and looking
+ up the corresponding source package.
Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Only-Source/
</VarListEntry>