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Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-get.8.xml')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml index 0007b7de1..b1099aa56 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml @@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ &apt-email; &apt-product; <!-- The last update date --> - <date>2018-07-09T00:00:00Z</date> + <date>2017-07-27T00:00:00Z</date> </refentryinfo> <refmeta> @@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ the <option>-t</option> option or per package with the <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible.</para> + <para>The arguments are interpreted as binary and source package names. + See the <option>--only-source</option> option if you want to change that.</para> + <para>Source packages are tracked separately from binary packages via <literal>deb-src</literal> lines in the &sources-list; file. This means that you will need to add such a line @@ -193,7 +196,9 @@ <listitem><para><literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default the dependencies are satisfied to build the package natively. If desired a host-architecture can be specified - with the <option>--host-architecture</option> option instead.</para></listitem> + with the <option>--host-architecture</option> option instead.</para><para>The arguments are + interpreted as binary or source package names. See the <option>--only-source</option> + option if you want to change that.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><option>check</option></term> |