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authorArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 17:02:35 +0000
committerArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 17:02:35 +0000
commit80c0ffbd17cebfe6541454283a9552fd3b6c7158 (patch)
tree0a52c0b5eadec868781bfa8d0234d6fc22ade47e
parente0813f63feb4f616f89f82d6c90aa9bc7a5827dc (diff)
* Mention default setting for --all-versions (Closes: #...
Author: mdz Date: 2003-08-01 20:24:29 GMT * Mention default setting for --all-versions (Closes: #203298)
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog1
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-cache.8.sgml7
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a51b0c1e7..dda5dd9ad 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
apt (0.5.9) unstable; urgency=low
* Fix typo in example ftp-archive.conf (Closes: #203295)
+ * Mention default setting for --all-versions (Closes: #203298)
--
diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml b/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
index 5f81ff8f1..b817a181f 100644
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
@@ -312,8 +312,11 @@ Reverse Provides:
<VarListEntry><term><option/-a/</><term><option/--all-versions/</>
<ListItem><Para>
- Print full records for all available versions. This is only applicable to
- the <literal/show/ command.
+ Print full records for all available versions. This is the
+ default; to turn it off, use <option/--no-all-versions/.
+ If <option/--no-all-versions/ is specified, only the candidate version
+ will displayed (the one which would be selected for installation).
+ This option is only applicable to the <literal/show/ command.
Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::AllVersions/.
</VarListEntry>