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| author | Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com> | 2009-06-29 16:55:49 +0200 |
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| committer | Michael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com> | 2009-06-29 16:55:49 +0200 |
| commit | 55a5a46c235a30bf024fb2301066553953701cc5 (patch) | |
| tree | 1e65a90a93f8ce8c07317c12cd724bad0206474e /doc/apt-get.8.xml | |
| parent | afe4d2a556535dbc9475ac1665c380a235dd28de (diff) | |
support running "--simulate" as user
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-get.8.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-get.8.xml | 5 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml index c63b2a6c6..e7f6d7094 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml @@ -363,6 +363,11 @@ actually change the system. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>.</para> + <para>Simulation run as user will deactivate locking (<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal>) + automatical and display a notice indicating that this is only a simulation. + Neigther NoLocking nor the notice will be triggered if run as root (root should know what + he is doing without further warnings by <literal>apt-get</literal>).</para> + <para>Simulate prints out a series of lines each one representing a dpkg operation, Configure (Conf), Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages with |