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diff --git a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
index c56ff235a..a3ac45bd3 100644
--- a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
<arg><option>--delink</option></arg>
<arg><option>--readonly</option></arg>
<arg><option>--contents</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--arch <replaceable>architecture</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-o <replaceable>config</replaceable>=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
<group choice="req">
@@ -223,7 +224,13 @@
This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal>
except that it controls the compression for the Contents files.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
+ <varlistentry><term>Translation::Compress</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal>
+ except that it controls the compression for the Translation-en master file.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>DeLinkLimit</term>
<listitem><para>
Specifies the number of kilobytes to delink (and
@@ -237,6 +244,12 @@
defaults to 0644. All index files are set to this mode with no regard
to the umask.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>LongDescription</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sets if long descriptions should be included in the Packages file or split
+ out into a master Translation-en file.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</refsect2>
@@ -288,7 +301,14 @@
Sets the output Sources file. Defaults to
<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/Sources</filename></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
+ <varlistentry><term>Translation</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Set the output Translation-en master file with the long descriptions if they
+ should be not included in the Packages file. Defaults to
+ <filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/i18n/Translation-en</filename></para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>InternalPrefix</term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the path prefix that causes a symlink to be
@@ -343,7 +363,7 @@
The <literal>Tree</literal> section takes a scope tag which sets the
<literal>$(DIST)</literal> variable and defines the root of the tree
(the path is prefixed by <literal>ArchiveDir</literal>).
- Typically this is a setting such as <filename>dists/woody</filename>.</para>
+ Typically this is a setting such as <filename>dists/&stable-codename;</filename>.</para>
<para>
All of the settings defined in the <literal>TreeDefault</literal> section can be
use in a <literal>Tree</literal> section as well as three new variables.</para>
@@ -370,7 +390,13 @@ for i in Sections do
architectures that appear under search section. The special architecture
'source' is used to indicate that this tree has a source archive.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
+ <varlistentry><term>LongDescription</term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ Sets if long descriptions should be included in the Packages file or split
+ out into a master Translation-en file.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>BinOverride</term>
<listitem><para>
Sets the binary override file. The override file
@@ -542,14 +568,33 @@ for i in Sections do
<listitem><para>
Make the caching databases read only.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term><term><option>--arch</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Accept in the <literal>packages</literal> and <literal>contents</literal>
+ commands only package files matching <literal>*_arch.deb</literal> or
+ <literal>*_all.deb</literal> instead of all package files in the given path.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Architecture</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>APT::FTPArchive::AlwaysStat</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ &apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in a cachedb. If packages
+ are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this will lead to problems
+ as the now outdated cached metadata like size and checksums will be used. With this option
+ enabled this will no longer happen as it will be checked if the file was changed.
+ Note that this option is set to "<literal>false</literal>" by default as it is not recommend
+ to upload multiply versions/builds of a package with the same versionnumber, so in theory
+ nobody will have these problems and therefore all these extra checks are useless.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>APT::FTPArchive::LongDescription</option></term>
<listitem><para>
This configuration option defaults to "<literal>true</literal>" and should only be set to
<literal>"false"</literal> if the Archive generated with &apt-ftparchive; also provides
- <filename>Translation</filename> files. Note that it is currently not possible to create these
- files with <command>apt-ftparchive</command>.
+ <filename>Translation</filename> files. Note that the <filename>Translation-en</filename>
+ master file can only be created in the generate command.
</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>