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authorMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2011-02-02 22:49:41 +0100
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2011-02-02 22:49:41 +0100
commit7c748f4aa1bd47089672353fd1a401d1c5c94723 (patch)
tree633dd1ca8e7e40cfa25d6227d9859b04bd9d1fad /doc
parenta92392501b5981b41da8497a99f5964e2f6075b0 (diff)
parent7763525dea18d978a1df8eee4a517314ae49ca71 (diff)
merged from the lp:~mvo/apt/mvo branch
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-get.8.xml23
-rw-r--r--doc/examples/configure-index98
2 files changed, 76 insertions, 45 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 57306c03f..7eb87b452 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -278,6 +278,12 @@
for broken dependencies.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>download</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>download</literal> will download the given
+ binary package into the current directoy.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>clean</term>
<listitem><para><literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved package
files. It removes everything but the lock file from
@@ -302,6 +308,23 @@
<listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term>changelog</term>
+ <listitem><para><literal>changelog</literal> downloads a package changelog and displays
+ it through <command>sensible-pager</command>. The server name and base
+ directory is defined in the <literal>APT::Changelogs::Server</literal>
+ variable (e. g. <ulink>http://packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> for
+ Debian or <ulink>http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> for
+ Ubuntu).
+ By default it displays the changelog for the version that is
+ installed. However, you can specify the same options as for
+ the <option>install</option> command.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index c4c2acb64..b87251103 100644
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -114,54 +114,62 @@ APT
// does a ExecFork)
Keep-Fds {};
+ Changelogs
+ {
+ // server the provides the changelogs, the code will assume
+ // the changlogs are in the pool/ under a srcpkg_ver directory
+ // with the name "changelog"
+ Server "http://packages.debian.org/changelogs";
+ }:
+
// control parameters for cron jobs by /etc/cron.daily/apt
Periodic
{
- BackupArchiveInterval "0";
- // - Backup after n-days if archive contents changed.(0=disable)
-
- BackupLevel "3";
- // - Backup level.(0=disable), 1 is invalid.
-
- // APT::Archives::MaxAge "0"; (old, deprecated)
- MaxAge "0"; // (new)
- // - Set maximum allowed age of a cache package file. If a cache
- // package file is older it is deleted (0=disable)
-
- // APT::Archives::MinAge "2"; (old, deprecated)
- MinAge "2"; // (new)
- // - Set minimum age of a package file. If a file is younger it
- // will not be deleted (0=disable). Usefull to prevent races
- // and to keep backups of the packages for emergency.
-
- // APT::Archives::MaxSize "0"; (old, deprecated)
- MaxSize "0"; // (new)
- // - Set maximum size of the cache in MB (0=disable). If the cache
- // is bigger, cached package files are deleted until the size
- // requirement is met (the biggest packages will be deleted
- // first).
-
- Update-Package-Lists "0";
- // - Do "apt-get update" automatically every n-days (0=disable)
- //
- Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
- // - Do "apt-get upgrade --download-only" every n-days (0=disable)
- //
- Unattended-Upgrade "0";
- // - Run the "unattended-upgrade" security upgrade script
- // every n-days (0=disabled)
- // Requires the package "unattended-upgrades" and will write
- // a log in /var/log/unattended-upgrades
- //
- AutocleanInterval "0";
- // - Do "apt-get autoclean" every n-days (0=disable)
-
- Verbose "0";
- // - Send report mail to root
- // 0: no report (or null string)
- // 1: progress report (actually any string)
- // 2: + command outputs (remove -qq, remove 2>/dev/null, add -d)
- // 3: + trace on
+ BackupArchiveInterval "0";
+ // - Backup after n-days if archive contents changed.(0=disable)
+
+ BackupLevel "3";
+ // - Backup level.(0=disable), 1 is invalid.
+
+ // APT::Archives::MaxAge "0"; (old, deprecated)
+ MaxAge "0"; // (new)
+ // - Set maximum allowed age of a cache package file. If a cache
+ // package file is older it is deleted (0=disable)
+
+ // APT::Archives::MinAge "2"; (old, deprecated)
+ MinAge "2"; // (new)
+ // - Set minimum age of a package file. If a file is younger it
+ // will not be deleted (0=disable). Usefull to prevent races
+ // and to keep backups of the packages for emergency.
+
+ // APT::Archives::MaxSize "0"; (old, deprecated)
+ MaxSize "0"; // (new)
+ // - Set maximum size of the cache in MB (0=disable). If the cache
+ // is bigger, cached package files are deleted until the size
+ // requirement is met (the biggest packages will be deleted
+ // first).
+
+ Update-Package-Lists "0";
+ // - Do "apt-get update" automatically every n-days (0=disable)
+ //
+ Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
+ // - Do "apt-get upgrade --download-only" every n-days (0=disable)
+ //
+ Unattended-Upgrade "0";
+ // - Run the "unattended-upgrade" security upgrade script
+ // every n-days (0=disabled)
+ // Requires the package "unattended-upgrades" and will write
+ // a log in /var/log/unattended-upgrades
+ //
+ AutocleanInterval "0";
+ // - Do "apt-get autoclean" every n-days (0=disable)
+
+ Verbose "0";
+ // - Send report mail to root
+ // 0: no report (or null string)
+ // 1: progress report (actually any string)
+ // 2: + command outputs (remove -qq, remove 2>/dev/null, add -d)
+ // 3: + trace on
};
};