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| author | David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> | 2015-10-16 18:03:52 +0200 |
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| committer | David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de> | 2015-11-04 18:04:02 +0100 |
| commit | c3ded84c6f99bda4caf63c8662416ffb0189d31b (patch) | |
| tree | 0b9c03d3ba4d44501091f13122e06d9d9cc6ad20 /doc/apt.conf.5.xml | |
| parent | 73fe49f9b4748eddb5a2dad4f0abb51a8f63564c (diff) | |
add binary-specific options via Binary scope
Especially with apt now, it can be useful to set an option only for apt
and not for apt-get. Using a binary-specific subtree which is merged into
the root seems like a simple enough trick to achieve this.
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1 files changed, 20 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml index bb0c37ff8..2bb814257 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml @@ -54,6 +54,8 @@ configuration list - in which case it will be silently ignored.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>the main configuration file specified by <literal>Dir::Etc::main</literal></para></listitem> + <listitem><para>all options set in the binary specific configuration + subtree are moved into the root of the tree.</para></listitem> <listitem><para>the command line options are applied to override the configuration directives or to load even more configuration files.</para></listitem> </orderedlist> @@ -673,6 +675,24 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";}; </variablelist> </refsect1> + <refsect1><title>Binary specific configuration</title> + <para>Especially with the introduction of the <command>apt</command> binary + it can be useful to set certain options only for a specific binary as + even options which look like they would effect only a certain binary like + <option>APT::Get::Show-Versions</option> effect + <command>apt-get</command> as well as <command>apt</command>. + </para> + <para>Setting an option for a specific binary only can be achieved by + setting the option inside the + <option>Binary::<replaceable>specific-binary</replaceable></option> + scope. Setting the option <option>APT::Get::Show-Versions</option> for + the <command>apt</command> only can e.g. by done by setting + <option>Binary::apt::APT::Get::Show-Versions</option> instead.</para> + <para>Note that as seen in the DESCRIPTION section further above you can't + set binary-specific options on the commandline itself nor in + configuration files loaded via the commandline.</para> + </refsect1> + <refsect1><title>Directories</title> <para>The <literal>Dir::State</literal> section has directories that pertain to local |