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author | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2015-06-23 12:17:35 +0100 |
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committer | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2015-06-23 12:17:35 +0100 |
commit | 245dde96193702f7f51389d3583dee547f8ba366 (patch) | |
tree | 6cf8c191641c760bcc6a6c08fb0ff65d27e0cffd /doc/apt-get.8.xml | |
parent | 5530255b5f3ad7de2e23dfcb39ce325001126501 (diff) | |
parent | c8a4ce6cbed57ae108dc955d4a850f9b129a0693 (diff) |
Merge remote-tracking branch 'donkult/debian/experimental' into debian/experimental
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-rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-get.8.xml | 31 |
1 files changed, 21 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml index a372a0d30..5b6788ed4 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml @@ -230,19 +230,30 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><option>changelog</option></term> - <listitem><para><literal>changelog</literal> downloads a package changelog and displays - it through <command>sensible-pager</command>. The server name and base - directory is defined in the <literal>APT::Changelogs::Server</literal> - variable (e.g. <ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/changelogs">packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> for - Debian or <ulink url="http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs">changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> for - Ubuntu). - By default it displays the changelog for the version that is - installed. However, you can specify the same options as for - the <option>install</option> command. - </para> + <listitem><para><literal>changelog</literal> tries to download the + changelog of a package and displays it through + <command>sensible-pager</command>. By default it + displays the changelog for the version that is installed. + However, you can specify the same options as for the + <option>install</option> command.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><option>files</option></term> + <listitem><para>Displays by default a deb822 formatted listing of + information about all data files <command>apt-get + update</command> would download. Supports a + <option>--format</option> option to modify the output format as + well as accepts lines of the default output to filter the records + by. The command is mainly used as an interface for external tools + working with APT to get information as well as filenames for + downloaded files so they can use them as well instead of + downloading them again on their own. Detailed documentation is + omitted here and can instead be found in the source tree in + <literal><filename>doc/acquire-additional-files.txt</filename></literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> |