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| author | Daniel Lublin <daniel@lublin.se> | 2025-05-29 22:29:21 +0200 |
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| committer | Daniel Lublin <daniel@lublin.se> | 2025-05-29 22:30:50 +0200 |
| commit | 66ec0dfad8ac1d4d8646a4734eb9353f3ebc0a91 (patch) | |
| tree | f8b72175c073f5bb7c7bd37a4d502c0cbc4acce3 /doc/apt-get.8.xml | |
| parent | c4cb1e76999247867fc04bdbfa71c8c2c6b26ad1 (diff) | |
doc: Increase visibility of special signs' usage
Closes: #310975
Signed-off-by: Daniel Lublin <daniel@lublin.se>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-get.8.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-get.8.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml index 93f02a5a7..e185505fc 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml @@ -104,17 +104,17 @@ by the package(s) specified for installation will also be retrieved and installed. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is - used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is + used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen (<literal>-</literal>) is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is installed. - Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a + Similarly a plus sign (<literal>+</literal>) can be used to designate a package to install. These latter features may be used to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system. </para> <para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by - following the package name with an equals and the version of the package + following the package name with an equals sign (<literal>=</literal>) and the version of the package to select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by following the package name with a slash and the version of the @@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ <varlistentry><term><option>remove</option></term> <listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package leaves its - configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to the package + configuration files on the system. If a plus sign (<literal>+</literal>) is appended to the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be installed instead of removed.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ will not be unpacked.</para> <para>A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name - with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism + with an equals sign (<literal>=</literal>) and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism used for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source package name and version, implicitly enabling the <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option.</para> |