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authorArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:53:37 +0000
committerArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:53:37 +0000
commitfb0ee66e0bc8a2ae176d3b10da49fcf31c66b838 (patch)
tree4b93d061779d23f09b5976c0fd01e3031d5238a5 /doc/apt-get.8.yo
parent803fafcbaa2fe4e1c49249e589d50f892b1b2424 (diff)
Added compile and unpack support to apt-get
Author: jgg Date: 1999-04-19 06:03:09 GMT Added compile and unpack support to apt-get
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diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.yo b/doc/apt-get.8.yo
index 3e6e64a49..62f80d754 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.yo
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.yo
@@ -89,7 +89,10 @@ find and download into the current directory the newest available version of
that source package. Source packages are tracked seperately from binary
packages via df(deb-src) type lines in the bf(/etc/apt/sources.list) file.
This probably will mean that you will not get the same source as the package
-you have installed or as you could install.
+you have installed or as you could install. If the --compile options is
+specified then the package will be compiled to a binary .deb using
+dpkg-buildpackage, if --download-only is specified then the source package
+will not be unpacked.
dit(bf(check))
bf(check) is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks for
@@ -173,6 +176,9 @@ dit(bf(-u, --show-upgraded))
Show upgraded packages; Print out a list of all packages that are to be
upgraded. See bf(APT::Get::Show-Upgraded).
+dit(bf(-b, --compile, --build))
+Compile source packages after downloading them.
+
dit(bf(--ignore-hold))
Ignore package Holds; This causes bf(apt-get) to ignore a hold placed on
a package. This may be usefull in conjunction with bf(dist-upgrade) to