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</variablelist>
</refsect1>
-</refsect1>
+ <refsect1><title>Script usage</title>
+ <para>
+ The &apt; commandline is designed as a end-user tool and it may
+ change the output between versions. While it tries to not break
+ backward compatibility there is no guarantee for it either.
+ All features of &apt; are available in &apt-cache; and &apt-get;
+ via APT options. Please prefer using these commands in your scripts.
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Differences to &apt-get;</title>
<para>The <command>apt</command> command is meant to be pleasant for