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authorDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2010-02-13 17:22:34 +0100
committerDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2010-02-13 17:22:34 +0100
commit584fb392715b4e6f6c08b0c59352b1c20de8ff99 (patch)
tree2f8d2f9e9d2692f016f8d8cfe433ff2b4aea5da4 /doc
parent4cc6f8dc52144f773b96ee99070d1be0821b984e (diff)
- add --arch option for apt-ftparchive packages and contents commands
- if an arch is given accept only *_all.deb and *_arch.deb instead of *.deb. Thanks Stephan Bosch for the patch! (Closes: #319710)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
index eb61eae51..f88dbe631 100644
--- a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
<arg><option>--delink</option></arg>
<arg><option>--readonly</option></arg>
<arg><option>--contents</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--arch <replaceable>architecture</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-o <replaceable>config</replaceable>=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
<group choice="req">
@@ -542,11 +543,18 @@ for i in Sections do
<listitem><para>
Make the caching databases read only.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term><term><option>--arch</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Accept in the <literal>packages</literal> and <literal>contents</literal>
+ commands only package files matching <literal>*_arch.deb</literal> or
+ <literal>*_all.deb</literal> instead of all package files in the given path.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Architecture</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>APT::FTPArchive::AlwaysStat</option></term>
<listitem><para>
- &apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in it is cachedb. If packages
+ &apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in a cachedb. If packages
are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this will lead to problems
as the now outdated cached metadata like size and checksums will be used. With this option
enabled this will no longer happen as it will be checked if the file was changed.