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authorMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2010-01-26 15:51:45 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2010-01-26 15:51:45 +0100
commit51f9f4d78deabf54dbbb6881139d2b1a319ffbfc (patch)
tree60a2bcd8911acd5c4ab8b4558bfd30344b673ff5 /doc/apt-mark.8.xml
parent76fe5db7153957f8fda437e3bd614312b076f19e (diff)
parentc1f168f54be5b4babeb9b91cd7145441ea2489ad (diff)
merge from the mvo branch
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-mark.8.xml')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-mark.8.xml49
1 files changed, 39 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-mark.8.xml b/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
index 1b7b02812..3f6cc78f5 100644
--- a/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
@@ -15,12 +15,13 @@
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
<!-- The last update date -->
- <date>2 November 2007</date>
+ <date>9 August 2009</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<refentrytitle>apt-mark</refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+ <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
</refmeta>
<!-- Man page title -->
@@ -32,11 +33,19 @@
<!-- Arguments -->
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
- <command>apt-mark</command>
- <arg><option>-hv</option></arg>
- <arg><option>-f=<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></arg>
- <group choice="req"><arg>markauto</arg><arg>unmarkauto</arg></group>
- <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>package</replaceable></arg>
+ <command>apt-mark</command>
+ <arg><option>-hv</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-f=<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <group choice="plain">
+ <arg choice="plain">
+ <group choice="req">
+ <arg choice="plain">markauto</arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">unmarkauto</arg>
+ </group>
+ <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>package</replaceable></arg>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice="plain">showauto</arg>
+ </group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -49,7 +58,8 @@
other packages are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the
dependencies are marked as being automatically installed. Once
these automatically installed packages are no longer depended on
- by any manually installed packages, they will be removed.
+ by any manually installed packages, they will be removed by e.g.
+ <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>.
</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>markauto</term>
@@ -67,16 +77,24 @@
depend on it.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>showauto</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a
+ list of automatically installed packages with each package on a new line.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>options</title>
<variablelist>
- <varlistentry><term><option>-f=<filename>FILENAME</filename></option></term><term><option>--file=<filename>FILENAME</filename></option></term>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><option>-f=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term>
+ <term><option>--file=<filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename></option></term>
<listitem><para>
- Read/Write package stats from <filename>FILENAME</filename>
+ Read/Write package stats from <filename><replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></filename>
instead of the default location, which
is <filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined
by the Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>.</para></listitem>
@@ -101,8 +119,19 @@
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1><title>Files</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term><filename>/var/lib/apt/extended_states</filename></term>
+ <listitem><para>Status list of auto-installed packages.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>
+ sets the path to the <filename>extended_states</filename> file.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1><title>See Also</title>
- <para>&apt-conf;</para>
+ <para>&apt-get;,&aptitude;,&apt-conf;</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>