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authorDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2010-02-18 00:05:14 +0100
committerDavid Kalnischkies <kalnischkies@gmail.com>2010-02-18 00:05:14 +0100
commit319810767180e5c57c296b06c93e3ebec9f36a8e (patch)
tree43501a1333473f035e63a52d9ee5357d37b9c1e6 /doc
parent897165afb4681cff0e3a4bcb65f21b6d67718fbe (diff)
- add --arch option for apt-ftparchive packages and contents commands
- if an arch is given accept only *_all.deb and *_arch.deb instead of *.deb. Thanks Stephan Bosch for the patch! (Closes: #319710)
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml12
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
index eb61eae51..f88dbe631 100644
--- a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
<arg><option>--delink</option></arg>
<arg><option>--readonly</option></arg>
<arg><option>--contents</option></arg>
+ <arg><option>--arch <replaceable>architecture</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-o <replaceable>config</replaceable>=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
<group choice="req">
@@ -542,11 +543,18 @@ for i in Sections do
<listitem><para>
Make the caching databases read only.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>.</para></listitem>
- </varlistentry>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term><term><option>--arch</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Accept in the <literal>packages</literal> and <literal>contents</literal>
+ commands only package files matching <literal>*_arch.deb</literal> or
+ <literal>*_all.deb</literal> instead of all package files in the given path.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Architecture</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><option>APT::FTPArchive::AlwaysStat</option></term>
<listitem><para>
- &apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in it is cachedb. If packages
+ &apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in a cachedb. If packages
are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this will lead to problems
as the now outdated cached metadata like size and checksums will be used. With this option
enabled this will no longer happen as it will be checked if the file was changed.