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authorArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:57:45 +0000
committerArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:57:45 +0000
commitaf87ab54430b31a0e1840b2c1673c07d74813447 (patch)
tree9f2143bc188495cf84c64c2c54cc9b60e1738bed /doc
parent70d73d7e0c05939443131ed815fabcd0b087483d (diff)
'apt-cache policy' preferences debug tool.
Author: jgg Date: 2001-04-29 05:13:51 GMT 'apt-cache policy' preferences debug tool.
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-rw-r--r--doc/apt-cache.8.sgml8
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml b/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
index 05a81d378..d0ca4fd69 100644
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@
<arg>depends <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>pkgnames <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>prefix</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>dotty <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+ <arg>policy <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkgs</replaceable></arg></arg>
</group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -242,6 +243,13 @@ Reverse Provides:
<para>
Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages.
+
+ <VarListEntry><Term>policy</Term>
+ <ListItem><Para>
+ <literal/policy/ is ment to help debug issues relating to the
+ preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the
+ priorities of each source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information
+ about the priority selection of the named package.
</VarListEntry>
</VariableList>
</RefSect1>