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| author | Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> | 2025-11-07 07:37:16 +0100 |
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| committer | Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> | 2025-11-10 11:33:07 +0100 |
| commit | 9abd0a4c19b535872815b4f8799a56a207af73d5 (patch) | |
| tree | 70234ef436096eb0a8cf5b0db9e5ee9089b6ccc9 | |
| parent | 50be87de727141d16d9f4f4907d631161d2d1032 (diff) | |
Improve documentation for apt --cli-version
Document options inside apt(8)
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/NEWS | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.8.xml | 6 |
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/debian/NEWS b/debian/NEWS index 8cb5916ee..c872ec23f 100644 --- a/debian/NEWS +++ b/debian/NEWS @@ -2,18 +2,10 @@ apt (3.1.10) unstable; urgency=medium The new solver is now the default. - The new --cli-version optionr equests a specific CLI version. - - The default --cli-version is the current APT version for the apt(8) command - or 0.(10 * major + minor) for the other command. - - If --cli-version is specified, the output of the apt(8) command may be - recorded. This allows for replacing legacy commands like apt-get(8) in - scripts. - - The legacy commands may roll-over to the 2.X series in the future. - For further information on this mechanism, consult the apt(8) manual - page. + The new --cli-version option requests a specific CLI version, i.e. + makes apt(8) try to behave like that version of apt. Accordingly, + if specified, apt no longer warns about unstable interfaces. + See the apt(8) manual page for more details. -- Julian Andres Klode <jak@debian.org> Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:27:38 +0200 diff --git a/doc/apt.8.xml b/doc/apt.8.xml index 737b23f7e..739cbaeec 100644 --- a/doc/apt.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt.8.xml @@ -189,6 +189,12 @@ </para> </refsect1> + <refsect1><title>options</title> + &apt-cmdblurb; + <variablelist> + &apt-commonoptions; + </variablelist> + </refsect1> <refsect1><title>See Also</title> <para>&apt-get;, &apt-cache;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-patterns;, |