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author | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2015-08-18 11:57:35 +0200 |
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committer | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2015-08-18 11:57:35 +0200 |
commit | b53c9cea2902572822bbbece5bac236c1bbf846e (patch) | |
tree | 6c6b0524e0971c0623ccbff71383523ee0b2a5cc /doc/apt-cache.8.xml | |
parent | 21248c0f00ee71412dbadc6ebf84011cf974346d (diff) | |
parent | 2a22cd60f04c4291ea9b9b72e15b6d2ec378b001 (diff) |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'upstream/debian/experimental' into feature/srv-records
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-cache.8.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-cache.8.xml | 22 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml index a9f6c8da2..a8f1b4586 100644 --- a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml @@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ Reverse Provides: </listitem> <listitem><para><literal>Total distinct</literal> versions is the number of package versions - found in the cache; this value is therefore at least equal to the - number of total package names. If more than one distribution is being accessed + found in the cache. If more than one distribution is being accessed (for instance, "stable" and "unstable"), this value can be considerably larger than the number of total package names.</para> </listitem> @@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ Reverse Provides: If <option>--full</option> is given then output identical to <literal>show</literal> is produced for each matched package, and if <option>--names-only</option> is given then the long description - is not searched, only the package name is.</para> + is not searched, only the package name and provided packages are.</para> <para> Separate arguments can be used to specify multiple search patterns that are and'ed together.</para></listitem> @@ -281,12 +280,23 @@ Reverse Provides: <term><option>--no-breaks</option></term> <term><option>--no-replaces</option></term> <term><option>--no-enhances</option></term> - <listitem><para>Per default the <literal>depends</literal> and - <literal>rdepends</literal> print all dependencies. This can be tweaked with + <listitem><para>Per default the <command>depends</command> and + <command>rdepends</command> print all dependencies. This can be tweaked with these flags which will omit the specified dependency type. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Show<replaceable>DependencyType</replaceable></literal> e.g. <literal>APT::Cache::ShowRecommends</literal>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term><option>--implicit</option></term> + <listitem><para>Per default <command>depends</command> and <command>rdepends</command> + print only dependencies explicitly expressed in the metadata. With this flag + it will also show dependencies implicitely added based on the encountered data. + A <literal>Conflicts: foo</literal> e.g. expresses implicitely that this package + also conflicts with the package foo from any other architecture. + Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::ShowImplicit</literal>. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><option>-f</option></term><term><option>--full</option></term> <listitem><para>Print full package records when searching. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::ShowFull</literal>.</para></listitem> @@ -308,7 +318,7 @@ Reverse Provides: </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><option>--names-only</option></term><term><option>-n</option></term> - <listitem><para>Only search on the package names, not the long descriptions. + <listitem><para>Only search on the package and provided package names, not the long descriptions. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::NamesOnly</literal>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |