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authorArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:55:20 +0000
committerArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:55:20 +0000
commit7c1133fe4559da6bed3bb916660f5b408ffa4705 (patch)
tree12050c1ad2cb78a7295301ca438073a1ff4ad412 /doc/apt-cache.8.yo
parenta3eaf9544039a9adfef159e8185f376f19b15c68 (diff)
package name lister in apt-cache
Author: jgg Date: 1999-12-09 07:32:45 GMT package name lister in apt-cache
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-cache.8.yo')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-cache.8.yo14
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.yo b/doc/apt-cache.8.yo
index 2100dd727..cf0a11691 100644
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.yo
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.yo
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ itemize(
it() search
it() show
it() showpkg
+ it() depends
+ it() pkgnames
)
Unless the -h, or --help option is given one of the above commands
@@ -158,6 +160,12 @@ dit(bf(depends))
bf(depends) shows a listing of each dependency a package has and all
the possible other packages that can fullfill that dependency.
+dit(bf(pkgnames))
+This command prints the name of each package in the system. The optional
+argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable
+for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated extremly
+quickly. This command is best used with the bf(--no-generate) option.
+
enddit()
manpageoptions()
@@ -209,7 +217,11 @@ Configuration Item: bf(APT::Cache::NoGenerate).
dit(bf(--names-only))
Only search on the package names, not the long description.
-Configuration Item: bf(APT::Cache::Names-Only).
+Configuration Item: bf(APT::Cache::NamesOnly).
+
+dit(bf(--all-names))
+Make bf(pkgnames) print all names, including virtual packages and missing
+dependencies. Configuration Item: bf(APT::Cache::AllNames).
dit(bf(-c, --config-file))
Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use. bf(apt-get) will