Added some control over how dpkg is invoked

Author: jgg
Date: 1999-01-31 08:49:39 GMT
Added some control over how dpkg is invoked

2 files changed, 23 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
index c2807199b..feb7bbe53 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
@@ -155,6 +155,21 @@ If true the [U]pdate operation in dselect will always prompt to continue.
 The default is to prompt only on error.
 enddit()
 
+manpagesection(How APT calls DPkg)
+Several configuration directives control how APT invokes dpkg. These are in 
+the bf(DPkg) section.
+
+startdit()
+dit(bf(Options))
+This is a list of options to pass to dpkg. The options must be specified
+using the list notation and each list item is passed as a single arugment
+to dpkg.
+
+dit(bf(Pre-Invoke))
+This is a list of shell commands to run before invoking dpkg. 
+
+enddit()
+
 manpagesection(Debug Options)
 Most of the options in the bf(debug) section are not interesting to the
 normal user, however bf(Debug::pkgProblemResolver) shows interesting
diff --git a/doc/examples/apt.conf b/doc/examples/apt.conf
index f4c147b3e..9e92fd454 100644
--- a/doc/examples/apt.conf
+++ b/doc/examples/apt.conf
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.22 1999/01/31 06:24:46 jgg Exp $
+// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.23 1999/01/31 08:49:39 jgg Exp $
 /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
    NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is a completely
    valid file.
    
-   In some instances involing filenames it is possible to set the default
+   In some instances involving filenames it is possible to set the default
    directory when the path is evaluated. This means you can use relative
    paths within the sub scope.
    
@@ -116,6 +116,12 @@ DSelect {
    PromptAfterUpdate "no";
 }
 
+DPkg {
+   Options {"--force-downgrade";}
+   Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
+   Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};
+}
+
 /* Options you can set to see some debugging text They corrispond to names
    of classes in the source code */
 Debug {