* cmdline/apt-config.cc:

  - make it possible to limit dump to a subtree
  - implement --empty and --format option for dump

2 files changed, 18 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/doc/apt-config.8.xml b/doc/apt-config.8.xml
index b6fcf4bf2..94aeec059 100644
--- a/doc/apt-config.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-config.8.xml
@@ -85,7 +85,21 @@ eval $RES
    &apt-cmdblurb;
    
    <variablelist>
-   
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--empty</option></term>
+      <listitem><para>Include options which have an empty value. This is the default, so
+		      use --no-empty to remove them from the output.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry>
+      <term><option>--format '<replaceable>&percnt;f &#x0022;&percnt;v&#x0022;;&percnt;n</replaceable>'</option></term>
+      <listitem><para>Defines the output of each config option. &percnt;t will be replaced with the tagname,
+		      &percnt;f with the complete tagname and &percnt;v with the value of the option.
+		      Use uppercase letters and the respective values will be quoted. Additionally
+		      &percnt;n will be replaced by a newline, &percnt;N by a tab. A &percnt; can be
+		      printed by using &percnt;&percnt;.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      &apt-commonoptions;
      
    </variablelist>
diff --git a/doc/apt-verbatim.ent b/doc/apt-verbatim.ent
index ad4554e2f..3846c17e3 100644
--- a/doc/apt-verbatim.ent
+++ b/doc/apt-verbatim.ent
@@ -269,8 +269,11 @@
 		&synopsis-help;
 	</group>
 </cmdsynopsis></refsynopsisdiv>">
+<!--<arg><option>- -format '<replaceable>&#37;f \"&#37;v\";&#37;n</replaceable>'</option></arg>-->
 <!ENTITY synopsis-command-apt-config "<refsynopsisdiv><cmdsynopsis>
 	<command>apt-config</command>
+	<arg><option>--empty</option></arg>
+	<arg><option>--format '<replaceable>&percnt;f &#x0022;&percnt;v&#x0022;;&percnt;n</replaceable>'</option></arg>
 	&synopsis-arg-option;
 	&synopsis-arg-config;
 	<group choice='req'>