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diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml index a372a0d30..5b6788ed4 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml @@ -230,19 +230,30 @@ </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><option>changelog</option></term> - <listitem><para><literal>changelog</literal> downloads a package changelog and displays - it through <command>sensible-pager</command>. The server name and base - directory is defined in the <literal>APT::Changelogs::Server</literal> - variable (e.g. <ulink url="http://packages.debian.org/changelogs">packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> for - Debian or <ulink url="http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs">changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> for - Ubuntu). - By default it displays the changelog for the version that is - installed. However, you can specify the same options as for - the <option>install</option> command. - </para> + <listitem><para><literal>changelog</literal> tries to download the + changelog of a package and displays it through + <command>sensible-pager</command>. By default it + displays the changelog for the version that is installed. + However, you can specify the same options as for the + <option>install</option> command.</para> </listitem> </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><option>files</option></term> + <listitem><para>Displays by default a deb822 formatted listing of + information about all data files <command>apt-get + update</command> would download. Supports a + <option>--format</option> option to modify the output format as + well as accepts lines of the default output to filter the records + by. The command is mainly used as an interface for external tools + working with APT to get information as well as filenames for + downloaded files so they can use them as well instead of + downloading them again on their own. Detailed documentation is + omitted here and can instead be found in the source tree in + <literal><filename>doc/acquire-additional-files.txt</filename></literal>. + </para> + </listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> |