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<VarListEntry><term><option/--only-source/</>
<ListItem><Para>
- Only has meaning for the <literal/source/ command. indicates that the
- given source names are not to be mapped through the binary table.
+ Only has meaning for the <literal/source/ command. Indicates that the
+ given source names are not to be mapped through the binary
+ table. This means that if this option is specified, the
+ <literal/source/ command will only accept source package names as
+ arguments, rather than accepting binary package names and looking
+ up the corresponding source package.
Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Only-Source/
</VarListEntry>