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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-config.8.yo | 4 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.conf.5.yo | 10 |
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-config.8.yo b/doc/apt-config.8.yo index 93da32905..809c790c2 100644 --- a/doc/apt-config.8.yo +++ b/doc/apt-config.8.yo @@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ applications. em(command) is one of: itemize( it() shell + it() dump ) Unless the -h, or --help option is given one of the above commands @@ -41,6 +42,9 @@ MyApp::Options with a default of -f. If the configuration item to retrieve is prefixed with a / then it will be retrieved using filename mode which prepends base paths. +dit(bf(dump)) +Just show the contents of the configuration space. + enddit() manpageoptions() diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo index 96b2e7dc5..4eee5d0ea 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo @@ -30,9 +30,17 @@ verb(APT { }; ) with newlines placed to make -it more readable. In general the sample configuration file in +it more readable. Lists can be created by opening a scope an including a +single word enclosed in quotes followed by a semicolon. +In general the sample configuration file in em(/usr/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf) is a good guide for how it should look. +All of the APT tools take a -o option which allows an arbitary configuration +directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a full option +name (APT::Get::Assume-Yes for instance) followed by an equals sign then the +new value of the option. Lists can be appended too by adding a trailing :: +to the list name. + manpagesection(The APT Group) This group of options controls general APT behavoir as well as holding the options for all of the tools. |