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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2008-10-10 23:03:50 +0200
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2008-10-10 23:03:50 +0200
commitc9d62df7accc468482f9b91edcbbbd7f41bba707 (patch)
treed149b7db33842859d7f91615c07b03a8df6e512e /doc
parent12f894a435b5c6766835be434be41734e1ee631c (diff)
parent5b42c812e5f689206f5e3ad4196f17c97ca34415 (diff)
* doc/apt-cache.8.xml:
- search command uses POSIX regex, and searches for virtual packages too (closes: #277536) * doc/offline.sgml: clarify remote and target hosts (thanks to Nikolaus Schulz, closes: #175940) * Fix several typos in docs, translations and debian/changelog (thanks to timeless, Nicolas Bonifas and Josh Triplett, closes: #368665, #298821, #411532, #431636, #461458) * Document apt-key finger and adv commands (thanks to Stefan Schmidt, closes: #350575) * Better documentation for apt-get --option (thanks to Tomas Pospisek, closes: #386579) * Retitle the apt-mark.8 manpage (thanks to Justin Pryzby, closes: #471276) * Better documentation on using both APT::Default-Release and /etc/apt/preferences (thanks to Ingo Saitz, closes: #145575) * fix FTBFS by changing build-depends to * ABI library name change because it's built against * Package that contains all the new features * Branch that contains all the new features:
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-cache.8.xml9
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-get.8.xml6
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-key.8.xml23
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-mark.8.xml2
-rw-r--r--doc/apt.88
-rw-r--r--doc/apt.ent2
-rw-r--r--doc/apt_preferences.5.xml3
-rw-r--r--doc/ja/apt-secure.ja.8.xml2
-rw-r--r--doc/ja/apt.ent.ja2
-rw-r--r--doc/offline.sgml18
10 files changed, 57 insertions, 18 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
index c1e65332d..7ba004623 100644
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
@@ -197,9 +197,14 @@ Reverse Provides:
<varlistentry><term>search <replaceable>regex [ regex ... ]</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para><literal>search</literal> performs a full text search on all available package
- lists for the regex pattern given. It searches the package names and the
+ lists for the POSIX regex pattern given, see
+ <refentrytitle><command>regex</command></refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>7</manvolnum>.
+ It searches the package names and the
descriptions for an occurrence of the regular expression and prints out
- the package name and the short description. If <option>--full</option> is given
+ the package name and the short description, including virtual package
+ names.
+ If <option>--full</option> is given
then output identical to <literal>show</literal> is produced for each matched
package, and if <option>--names-only</option> is given then the long description
is not searched, only the package name is.</para>
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 329a46c51..2ea6ea1d4 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -371,8 +371,10 @@
<term><option>--target-release</option></term>
<term><option>--default-release</option></term>
<listitem><para>This option controls the default input to the policy engine, it creates
- a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. The
- preferences file may further override this setting. In short, this option
+ a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string.
+ This overrides the general settings in <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>.
+ Specifically pinned packages are not affected by the value
+ of this option. In short, this option
lets you have simple control over which distribution packages will be
retrieved from. Some common examples might be
<option>-t '2.1*'</option> or <option>-t unstable</option>.
diff --git a/doc/apt-key.8.xml b/doc/apt-key.8.xml
index 981fa208c..4b3e7c220 100644
--- a/doc/apt-key.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-key.8.xml
@@ -95,6 +95,29 @@
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>finger</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+
+ List fingerprints of trusted keys.
+
+ </para>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>adv</term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+
+ Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you can download the
+ public key.
+
+ </para>
+
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>update</term>
<listitem>
diff --git a/doc/apt-mark.8.xml b/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
index 812fc406a..1b7b02812 100644
--- a/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
<!-- Man page title -->
<refnamediv>
<refname>apt-mark</refname>
- <refpurpose>Utility to sort package index files</refpurpose>
+ <refpurpose>mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed</refpurpose>
</refnamediv>
<!-- Arguments -->
diff --git a/doc/apt.8 b/doc/apt.8
index 2b5b9fb70..6c14559e3 100644
--- a/doc/apt.8
+++ b/doc/apt.8
@@ -21,11 +21,13 @@ apt \- Advanced Package Tool
.B apt
.SH DESCRIPTION
APT is a management system for software packages. For normal day to day
-package management there are several frontends available, like
+package management there are several frontends available, such as
.BR aptitude (8)
for the command line or
-.BR synaptic (8)for X-Windows. Some options are only implemented in
-.BR apt-get (8) though.
+.BR synaptic (8)
+for the X Window System. Some options are only implemented in
+.BR apt-get (8)
+though.
.SH OPTIONS
None.
.SH FILES
diff --git a/doc/apt.ent b/doc/apt.ent
index 44e303495..b7d03b585 100644
--- a/doc/apt.ent
+++ b/doc/apt.ent
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@
<term><option>--option</option></term>
<listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
+ <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used multiple
+ times to set different options.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
index c55bb4ee2..162c2f00e 100644
--- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
@@ -60,6 +60,9 @@ belongs. It is possible to single out a distribution, "the target release",
which receives a higher priority than other distributions do by default.
The target release can be set on the <command>apt-get</command> command
line or in the APT configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename>.
+Note that this has precedence over any general priority you set in the
+<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> file described later, but not
+over specifically pinned packages.
For example,
<programlisting>
diff --git a/doc/ja/apt-secure.ja.8.xml b/doc/ja/apt-secure.ja.8.xml
index 5b9612a7f..e20b86561 100644
--- a/doc/ja/apt-secure.ja.8.xml
+++ b/doc/ja/apt-secure.ja.8.xml
@@ -282,7 +282,7 @@
<listitem><para><literal>Create a toplevel Release
file</literal>. if it does not exist already. You can do this
by running <command>apt-ftparchive release</command>
- (provided inftp apt-utils).</para></listitem>
+ (provided in package apt-utils).</para></listitem>
-->
<listitem><para><literal>上位 Release ファイルの作成</literal>
既にこれが存在しているのでなければ、
diff --git a/doc/ja/apt.ent.ja b/doc/ja/apt.ent.ja
index 3fa931ae5..d63342461 100644
--- a/doc/ja/apt.ent.ja
+++ b/doc/ja/apt.ent.ja
@@ -296,7 +296,7 @@
<term><option>-o</option></term>
<term><option>--option</option></term>
<!--
- <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary
+ <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</option>.
</para>
-->
diff --git a/doc/offline.sgml b/doc/offline.sgml
index e973801ba..99e260bc3 100644
--- a/doc/offline.sgml
+++ b/doc/offline.sgml
@@ -44,7 +44,9 @@ archive but can easily fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea
is to use APT to generate a list of packages that are required and then fetch
them onto the disc using another machine with good connectivity. It is
even possible to use another Debian machine with APT or to use a completely
-different OS and a download tool like wget.
+different OS and a download tool like wget. Let <em>remote host</em> mean the
+machine downloading the packages, and <em>target host</em> the one with bad or
+no connection.
<p>
This is achieved by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The
@@ -87,9 +89,9 @@ download. The disk directory structure should look like:
The configuration file should tell APT to store its files on the disc and
to use the configuration files on the disc as well. The sources.list should
contain the proper sites that you wish to use from the remote machine, and
-the status file should be a copy of <em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em>. Please note,
-if you are using a local archive you must use copy URIs, the syntax is identical
-to file URIs.
+the status file should be a copy of <em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> from the
+<em>target host</em>. Please note, if you are using a local archive you must use
+copy URIs, the syntax is identical to file URIs.
<p>
<em>apt.conf</em> must contain the necessary information to make APT use the
@@ -99,7 +101,7 @@ disc:
APT
{
/* This is not necessary if the two machines are the same arch, it tells
- the remote APT what architecture the Debian machine is */
+ the remote APT what architecture the target machine is */
Architecture "i386";
Get::Download-Only "true";
@@ -125,7 +127,7 @@ More details can be seen by examining the apt.conf man page and the sample
configuration file in <em>/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf</em>.
<p>
-On the remote Debian machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy
+On the target machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy
<em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> to it. You will also need to create the directories
outlined in the Overview, <em>archives/partial/</em> and <em>lists/partial/</em>
Then take the disc to the remote machine and configure the sources.list.
@@ -136,7 +138,7 @@ On the remote machine execute the following:
# apt-get update
[ APT fetches the package files ]
# apt-get dist-upgrade
- [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade your machine ]
+ [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade the target machine ]
</example>
The dist-upgrade command can be replaced with any-other standard APT commands,
@@ -146,7 +148,7 @@ selections back to the local computer.
<p>
Now the disc contains all of the index files and archives needed to upgrade
-the Debian machine. Take the disc back and run:
+the target machine. Take the disc back and run:
<example>
# export APT_CONFIG="/disc/apt.conf"