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authorMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2009-07-30 15:31:39 +0200
committerMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2009-07-30 15:31:39 +0200
commit57722714255118560c98b3245413ff5f693b993c (patch)
tree48f4e1c25d7fd07bdbec6e7effa792739c157402 /doc/apt-get.8.xml
parent8dfb8a0ab2c2a06e319678701c144e5156d7e869 (diff)
parentd5752e18bed18c706c93f5c43c61016c72132ede (diff)
merged from debian-sid
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-get.8.xml')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-get.8.xml17
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 64c3a35e4..920f6b36e 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@
<arg choice='plain'>
<replaceable>target_release_number_expression</replaceable>
</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ <replaceable>target_release_codename</replaceable>
+ </arg>
</group>
</arg>
@@ -71,6 +74,9 @@
<arg choice='plain'>
/<replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ /<replaceable>target_release_codename</replaceable>
+ </arg>
</group>
</arg>
</arg>
@@ -357,6 +363,12 @@
actually change the system.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>.</para>
+ <para>Simulation run as user will deactivate locking (<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal>)
+ automatical. Also a notice will be displayed indicating that this is only a simulation,
+ if the option <literal>APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note</literal> is set (Default: true)
+ Neigther NoLocking nor the notice will be triggered if run as root (root should know what
+ he is doing without further warnings by <literal>apt-get</literal>).</para>
+
<para>Simulate prints out
a series of lines each one representing a dpkg operation, Configure (Conf),
Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages with
@@ -463,7 +475,8 @@
of this option. In short, this option
lets you have simple control over which distribution packages will be
retrieved from. Some common examples might be
- <option>-t '2.1*'</option> or <option>-t unstable</option>.
+ <option>-t '2.1*'</option>, <option>-t unstable</option>
+ or <option>-t sid</option>.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>;
see also the &apt-preferences; manual page.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -589,8 +602,8 @@
<title>CURRENT AUTHORS</title>
<para>
&apt-author.team;
- &apt-qapage;
</para>
+ &apt-qapage;
</refsect1>
&manbugs;
</refentry>