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| author | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2014-01-24 20:04:26 +0100 |
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| committer | Michael Vogt <mvo@debian.org> | 2014-01-24 20:04:26 +0100 |
| commit | a555cf8be53d8b5557f004ecbde8482a169b79f3 (patch) | |
| tree | 135609e4fc1c71b014c5e3d76935e93e66cf3e18 /doc/apt.8.xml | |
| parent | 54864645c108130633037590321a5ec8d3e29f2a (diff) | |
describe script usage in the manpage
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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.8.xml | 10 |
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.8.xml b/doc/apt.8.xml index 91e22b1ef..3ac54fb0b 100644 --- a/doc/apt.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt.8.xml @@ -124,7 +124,15 @@ </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 |