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-rw-r--r--doc/apt-cache.8.xml2
-rw-r--r--doc/apt_preferences.5.xml2
-rw-r--r--doc/cache.sgml3
-rw-r--r--doc/dpkg-tech.sgml2
-rw-r--r--doc/examples/configure-index12
5 files changed, 16 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
index 2779f2501..c1e65332d 100644
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ Reverse Provides:
a dependency but were not provided by any package. Missing packages may
be in evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a package
(real or virtual) has been dropped from the distribution. Usually they
- are referenced from Conflicts statements.</para>
+ are referenced from Conflicts or Breaks statements.</para>
</listitem>
<listitem><para><literal>Total distinct</literal> versions is the number of package versions
diff --git a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
index 3e50bef8c..12b03196a 100644
--- a/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt_preferences.5.xml
@@ -183,7 +183,7 @@ belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "<literal>unstable</literal>
<programlisting>
Package: *
Pin: release a=unstable
-Pin-Priority: 50
+Pin-Priority: 500
</programlisting>
<simpara>The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions
diff --git a/doc/cache.sgml b/doc/cache.sgml
index aa87db986..e257dcd81 100644
--- a/doc/cache.sgml
+++ b/doc/cache.sgml
@@ -492,7 +492,7 @@ This is the parsed priority value of the package.
Dependency contains the information for a single dependency record. The records
are split up like this to ease processing by the client. The base of list
linked list is Version.DependsList. All forms of dependencies are recorded
-here including Conflicts, Suggests and Recommends.
+here including Conflicts, Breaks, Suggests and Recommends.
<p>
Multiple depends on the same package must be grouped together in
@@ -671,6 +671,7 @@ of them.
#define pkgDEP_Recommends 4
#define pkgDEP_Conflicts 5
#define pkgDEP_Replaces 6
+#define pkgDEP_Breaks 8
</example>
</sect1>
diff --git a/doc/dpkg-tech.sgml b/doc/dpkg-tech.sgml
index 23372d71f..7c6e023dd 100644
--- a/doc/dpkg-tech.sgml
+++ b/doc/dpkg-tech.sgml
@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ The basic dpkg package control file supports the following major features:-
productivity of the package
<item>Conflicts, to specify a package which must NOT be installed
in order for the package to be configured
+ <item>Breaks, to specify a package which is broken by the
+ package and which should therefore not be configured while broken
</list>
Each of these dependencies can specify a version and a depedency on that
version, for example "<= 0.5-1", "== 2.7.2-1", etc. The comparators available
diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index 73e20aa43..55edd77e5 100644
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -24,11 +24,15 @@ APT
{
Architecture "i386";
Build-Essential "build-essential";
-
+
+ NeverAutoRemove { "linux-kernel.*"; }; // packages that should never
+ // considered for autoRemove
+
// Options for apt-get
Get
{
Arch-Only "false";
+ AutomaticRemove "false";
Download-Only "false";
Simulate "false";
Assume-Yes "false";
@@ -90,6 +94,10 @@ APT
Cache-Limit "4194304";
Default-Release "";
+ // consider Recommends, Suggests as important dependencies that should
+ // be installed by default
+ APT::Install-Recommends "false";
+ APT::Install-Suggests "false";
// Write progress messages on this fd (for stuff like base-config)
Status-Fd "-1";
@@ -255,8 +263,8 @@ Debug
pkgDPkgPM "false";
pkgDPkgProgressReporting "false";
pkgOrderList "false";
+ pkgAutoRemove "false"; // show information about automatic removes
BuildDeps "false";
-
pkgInitialize "false"; // This one will dump the configuration space
NoLocking "false";
Acquire::Ftp "false"; // Show ftp command traffic