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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2015-08-18 11:57:35 +0200
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2015-08-18 11:57:35 +0200
commitb53c9cea2902572822bbbece5bac236c1bbf846e (patch)
tree6c6b0524e0971c0623ccbff71383523ee0b2a5cc /doc/apt-cache.8.xml
parent21248c0f00ee71412dbadc6ebf84011cf974346d (diff)
parent2a22cd60f04c4291ea9b9b72e15b6d2ec378b001 (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.xml22
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>