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| author | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2008-11-07 21:04:50 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2008-11-07 21:04:50 +0100 |
| commit | cf85342f56a75e8823d900f2e6db9a93537b31c6 (patch) | |
| tree | 1edeb7739e9236ff9eb63ffa25d105c6fd9cb18f /doc/apt-get.8.xml | |
| parent | e6d9c2b40e935d4a2690173f324705fbd56baf5a (diff) | |
| parent | 425684e05521bba07b03dc2c5e647908ce757141 (diff) | |
* doc/examples/configure-index:
- Removed obsoleted header line. (Closes: #417638)
- Changed 'linux-kernel' to 'linux-image'.
* doc/sources.list.5.xml:
- Fixed typo and grammar in 'sources.list.d' section. Thanks to
Timothy G Abbott <tabbott@MIT.EDU>. (Closes: #478098)
* doc/apt-get.8.xml:
- Advanced descriptions for 'remove' and 'purge' options.
(Closes: #274283)
* debian/rules:
- Target 'apt' need to depend on 'build-doc'. Thanks for Peter Green.
Fixes FTBFS. (Closes: #504181)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-get.8.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-get.8.xml | 8 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml index 73bacf09b..325f1964d 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml @@ -213,14 +213,15 @@ <varlistentry><term>remove</term> <listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are - removed instead of installed. If a plus sign is appended to the package + removed instead of installed. Note the removing a package leaves its + configuration files in system. If a plus sign is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be installed instead of removed.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term>purge</term> <listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are - removed and purged.</para></listitem> + removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term>source</term> @@ -419,7 +420,8 @@ <varlistentry><term><option>--purge</option></term> <listitem><para>Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed. An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are - scheduled to be purged. + scheduled to be purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent for + <option>purge</option> command. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> |