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| author | David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> | 2009-09-24 12:18:16 +0200 |
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| committer | David Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com> | 2009-09-24 12:18:16 +0200 |
| commit | 3ba36dfffbf5f158090f53a15b94e67db98057aa (patch) | |
| tree | 298058e78510d02533bbe2fd3d70c86dc36d5cf0 /doc/apt-cache.8.xml | |
| parent | 5900bd8dd90ebe61697a82fc18f3b1a9edaeedfa (diff) | |
clarify the note for the pkgnames command in the manpage (Closes: #547599)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-cache.8.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-cache.8.xml | 7 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml index 26d55a519..9851135b1 100644 --- a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml @@ -226,11 +226,14 @@ Reverse Provides: </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term>pkgnames <replaceable>[ prefix ]</replaceable></term> - <listitem><para>This command prints the name of each package in the system. The optional + <listitem><para>This command prints the name of each package APT knows. The optional argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated extremely quickly. This command is best used with the - <option>--generate</option> option.</para></listitem> + <option>--generate</option> option.</para> + <para>Note that a package which APT knows of is not nessasarily available to download, + installable or installed, e.g. virtual packages are also listed in the generated list. + </para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term>dotty <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term> |