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authorDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2009-08-12 17:13:18 +0200
committerDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2009-08-12 17:13:18 +0200
commit90c2436367d7c136467296d7726e6934bd65fe66 (patch)
treee38b55382d856a0d475fc8085fec5d4266e00ca1 /doc
parentebf6c42d9db4766c315ea15f25c4a7a9a799660b (diff)
[doc/apt-get.8.xml]
- update the source description to reflect what it actually does and how it can be used. (Closes: #413021)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-get.8.xml39
1 files changed, 29 insertions, 10 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 920f6b36e..8db2883c4 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -85,9 +85,19 @@
<arg choice='plain'>purge <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg choice='plain'>source
<arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
- <arg>
- =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
- </arg>
+ <arg>
+ <group choice='req'>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ /<replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ /<replaceable>target_release_codename</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ </group>
+ </arg>
</arg>
</arg>
<arg choice='plain'>build-dep <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
@@ -240,13 +250,22 @@
<listitem><para><literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source packages. APT
will examine the available packages to decide which source package to
fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory the
- newest available version of that source package. Source packages are
- tracked separately from binary packages via <literal>deb-src</literal> type lines
- in the &sources-list; file. This probably will mean that you will not
- get the same source as the package you have installed or as you could
- install. If the --compile options is specified then the package will be
- compiled to a binary .deb using dpkg-buildpackage, if --download-only is
- specified then the source package will not be unpacked.</para>
+ newest available version of that source package while respect the
+ default release, set with the option <literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>,
+ the <option>-t</option> option or per package with with the
+ <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible.</para>
+
+ <para>Source packages are tracked separately
+ from binary packages via <literal>deb-src</literal> type lines
+ in the &sources-list; file. This means that you will need to add such a line
+ for each repository you want to get sources from. If you don't do this
+ you will properly get another (newer, older or none) source version than
+ the one you have installed or could install.</para>
+
+ <para>If the <option>--compile</option> options is specified
+ then the package will be compiled to a binary .deb using
+ <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command>, if <option>--download-only</option>
+ is specified then the source package will not be unpacked.</para>
<para>A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name
with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism