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authorDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2009-05-07 12:04:21 +0200
committerDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2009-05-07 12:04:21 +0200
commitefc487fbd46905f5f3efc4f31d7df15625bcbecf (patch)
tree97babac94cfdc1b9006aa493d96706ed904ae13c /doc/apt-get.8.xml
parent0365a8b90cd13a4010006c9cf087657dcf6dac7a (diff)
[apt-pkg] allow also codenames for specifying a release
* MatchType::Release checks first for archive than for codename equality * new n= option in apt_preference to be able to pin based on a codeName
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diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index c1b3470ef..c63b2a6c6 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>
@@ -455,7 +461,8 @@
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>