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authorMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2007-06-09 00:19:51 +0200
committerMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2007-06-09 00:19:51 +0200
commit408a4726131e9db26ff868623a5d216a26c45a50 (patch)
treea8b470ee8fd8d22e74e1245edb2b36400b9226dd /doc/apt-get.8.xml
parent1979e742ad5e2a0b6e547fbe3f4c4066b5a9bd2e (diff)
parent484dbb814fd2b787b2206ffe9504798dfd73ae6c (diff)
* huge merge to bring the apt debian-sid and ubuntu branches as close
as possible to apt--mvo again
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diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index a6bb98ad0..1bd21a5df 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
<arg>check</arg>
<arg>clean</arg>
<arg>autoclean</arg>
+ <arg>autoremove</arg>
</group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -209,6 +210,11 @@
<literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from being
erased if it is set to off.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>autoremove</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
+ installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
@@ -388,6 +394,13 @@
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--auto-remove</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or <literal>remove</literal>,
+ then this option acts like running <literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing the unused
+ dependency packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><option>--only-source</option></term>
<listitem><para>Only has meaning for the
<literal>source</literal> and <literal>build-dep</literal>