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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2008-11-07 21:04:50 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2008-11-07 21:04:50 +0100
commitcf85342f56a75e8823d900f2e6db9a93537b31c6 (patch)
tree1edeb7739e9236ff9eb63ffa25d105c6fd9cb18f /doc
parente6d9c2b40e935d4a2690173f324705fbd56baf5a (diff)
parent425684e05521bba07b03dc2c5e647908ce757141 (diff)
* doc/examples/configure-index:
- Removed obsoleted header line. (Closes: #417638) - Changed 'linux-kernel' to 'linux-image'. * doc/sources.list.5.xml: - Fixed typo and grammar in 'sources.list.d' section. Thanks to Timothy G Abbott <tabbott@MIT.EDU>. (Closes: #478098) * doc/apt-get.8.xml: - Advanced descriptions for 'remove' and 'purge' options. (Closes: #274283) * debian/rules: - Target 'apt' need to depend on 'build-doc'. Thanks for Peter Green. Fixes FTBFS. (Closes: #504181)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-get.8.xml8
-rw-r--r--doc/examples/configure-index3
-rw-r--r--doc/sources.list.5.xml2
3 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 73bacf09b..325f1964d 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -213,14 +213,15 @@
<varlistentry><term>remove</term>
<listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are
- removed instead of installed. If a plus sign is appended to the package
+ removed instead of installed. Note the removing a package leaves its
+ configuration files in system. If a plus sign is appended to the package
name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be
installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>purge</term>
<listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are
- removed and purged.</para></listitem>
+ removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>source</term>
@@ -419,7 +420,8 @@
<varlistentry><term><option>--purge</option></term>
<listitem><para>Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed.
An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are
- scheduled to be purged.
+ scheduled to be purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent for
+ <option>purge</option> command.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index d0c453a1c..07803b2cb 100644
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// $Id: configure-index,v 1.10 2004/07/17 19:37:16 mdz Exp $
/* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is (except for the
last line) a completely valid file. Most of the options have sane default
@@ -25,7 +24,7 @@ APT
Architecture "i386";
Build-Essential "build-essential";
- NeverAutoRemove { "linux-kernel.*"; }; // packages that should never
+ NeverAutoRemove { "linux-image.*"; }; // packages that should never
// considered for autoRemove
// Options for apt-get
diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
index 8b041391a..9eb66d728 100644
--- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml
+++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
<refsect1><title>sources.list.d</title>
<para>The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d</filename> directory provides
- a way to add sources.list entries in seperate files that end with
+ a way to add sources.list entries in separate files whose names end with
<literal>.list</literal>. The format is the same as for the regular
<filename>sources.list</filename> file. </para>
</refsect1>