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| author | David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> | 2015-08-11 19:24:24 +0200 |
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| committer | David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> | 2015-08-12 11:55:47 +0200 |
| commit | 35bf76cf3035761c8721e51250bbeb5f4facf8ee (patch) | |
| tree | 5529512a72694d41c7c3bc551a192ff581691234 /doc/apt.conf.5.xml | |
| parent | c7872a2c857bc54febb09721f5256786a15c002d (diff) | |
remove Dir:: scope limit of RootDir in the documentation
RootDir doesn't only effect Dir-scope but all FindDir directories, so
document it accordingly.
Closes: 659387
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt.conf.5.xml')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.conf.5.xml | 3 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index 103d0622c..6b5ebf2d7 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; <para> The configuration item <literal>RootDir</literal> has a special - meaning. If set, all paths in <literal>Dir::</literal> will be + meaning. If set, all paths will be relative to <literal>RootDir</literal>, <emphasis>even paths that are specified absolutely</emphasis>. So, for instance, if <literal>RootDir</literal> is set to @@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>, then the status file will be looked up in <filename>/tmp/staging/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>. + If you want to prefix only relative paths, set <literal>Dir</literal> instead. </para> <para> |