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authorCédric Barboiron <ced@winkie.fr>2014-07-08 11:24:46 +0200
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2014-07-08 11:24:46 +0200
commit4b73368d8a648247d2695849beba53a2be74151a (patch)
tree8fb7796fca6d5572952d9098ff0e5048f96210ab /doc/apt.conf.5.xml
parent3c528b911af131028486d4873d5dcbd0682ed15e (diff)
Improve description how to turn off the caches
Closes: #753531
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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
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@@ -608,10 +608,11 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
information, such as the two package caches <literal>srcpkgcache</literal> and
<literal>pkgcache</literal> as well as the location to place downloaded archives,
<literal>Dir::Cache::archives</literal>. Generation of caches can be turned off
- by setting their names to the empty string. This will slow down startup but
- save disk space. It is probably preferable to turn off the pkgcache rather
- than the srcpkgcache. Like <literal>Dir::State</literal> the default
- directory is contained in <literal>Dir::Cache</literal></para>
+ by setting <literal>pkgcache</literal> or <literal>srcpkgcache</literal> to
+ <literal>""</literal>. This will slow down startup but save disk space. It
+ is probably preferable to turn off the pkgcache rather than the srcpkgcache.
+ Like <literal>Dir::State</literal> the default directory is contained in
+ <literal>Dir::Cache</literal></para>
<para><literal>Dir::Etc</literal> contains the location of configuration files,
<literal>sourcelist</literal> gives the location of the sourcelist and