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authorDavid Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>2015-08-11 19:24:24 +0200
committerDavid Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>2015-08-12 11:55:47 +0200
commit35bf76cf3035761c8721e51250bbeb5f4facf8ee (patch)
tree5529512a72694d41c7c3bc551a192ff581691234 /doc
parentc7872a2c857bc54febb09721f5256786a15c002d (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')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt.conf.5.xml3
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>