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| author | David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> | 2016-08-16 20:08:29 +0200 |
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| committer | David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> | 2016-08-17 14:12:25 +0200 |
| commit | 8bd823d0a1f7e08ad94a7110bb118f73348133a1 (patch) | |
| tree | 29d2b2920123653c02bded8a6f8faf66dd69e8e8 /doc/apt-cache.8.xml | |
| parent | e289907f5e7241034cb0d37055dc2cba4e3a19af (diff) | |
add --with-source option and Packages/Sources support
We support "./foobar.deb" as a way to install a deb file directly.
Recently .changes files were added. This highlights a problem as you
can't add the changes file without also trying to install all of them.
Now, it could also be handy to add entire Packages/Sources files to
perhaps get a bunch of packages in without installing them all
implicitly.
This commit introduces --with-source which allows to add *.deb, *.changes,
*.dsc, source-dirs, Packages & Sources files (the later can also be
compressed) without also installing them.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-cache.8.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-cache.8.xml | 15 |
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml index 4e2de26bc..66f608b13 100644 --- a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml @@ -350,6 +350,21 @@ Reverse Provides: Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Installed</literal>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><option>--with-source</option> <option>&synopsis-param-filename;</option></term> + <listitem><para> + Adds the given file as a source for metadata. Can be repeated to add multiple files. + Supported are currently <literal>*.deb</literal>, <literal>*.dsc</literal>, + <literal>*.changes</literal>, <literal>Sources</literal> and + <literal>Packages</literal> files as well as source package directories. + Files are matched based on their name only, not their content!</para> + <para><literal>Sources</literal> and <literal>Packages</literal> can be compressed in any + format apt supports as long as they have the correct extension. If you need to store + multiple of these files in one directory you can prefix a name of your choice with the + last character being an underscore ("<literal>_</literal>"). Example: my.example_Packages.xz</para> + <para>Note that these sources are treated as trusted (see &apt-secure;). + Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Sources::With</literal>.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + &apt-commonoptions; </variablelist> |