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authorDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2009-09-08 17:47:59 +0200
committerDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2009-09-08 17:47:59 +0200
commitdaa4aa525a9d0de9a9a64be59615fc4be044bb83 (patch)
tree4060a10a48ffa69c1646fa9e2f4280e9468a17f4 /doc
parent1221c3a38f9962ea7ac866eb507fdd798481b5d4 (diff)
document the new preferences.d folder in apt_preferences(Closes: #544017)
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
index 12ea606b7..159d61f2b 100644
--- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
@@ -32,7 +32,8 @@
<refsect1>
<title>Description</title>
<para>The APT preferences file <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>
-can be used to control which versions of packages will be selected
+and the fragment files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename>
+folder can be used to control which versions of packages will be selected
for installation.</para>
<para>Several versions of a package may be available for installation when
@@ -611,6 +612,13 @@ apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/sid
</refsect1>
<refsect1>
+<title>Files</title>
+ <variablelist>
+ &file-preferences;
+ </variablelist>
+</refsect1>
+
+<refsect1>
<title>See Also</title>
<para>&apt-get; &apt-cache; &apt-conf; &sources-list;
</para>