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authorMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2008-12-09 17:49:46 -0800
committerMichael Vogt <michael.vogt@ubuntu.com>2008-12-09 17:49:46 -0800
commitde4e6f6b78154cf2c4afea4aea74b5bca3fba96f (patch)
tree2759f5959ce15112935a2e9d22e6395e8b0ddd71 /doc
parentf23153d046f014f96d442fca5b9ef6ede7fcf546 (diff)
parent3205e1f3b0dc9310fe767aef23824d0deb7a26bf (diff)
merged from the debian-sid branch
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-cache.8.xml6
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-get.8.xml157
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-secure.8.xml2
-rw-r--r--doc/apt.81
-rw-r--r--doc/apt.conf.5.xml397
-rw-r--r--doc/apt.ent26
-rw-r--r--doc/examples/configure-index6
-rw-r--r--doc/examples/sources.list2
-rw-r--r--doc/fr/apt-secure.fr.8.xml2
-rw-r--r--doc/fr/apt.ent.fr4
-rw-r--r--doc/ja/apt-secure.ja.8.xml2
-rw-r--r--doc/ja/apt.ent.ja4
-rw-r--r--doc/sources.list.5.xml16
13 files changed, 559 insertions, 66 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
index c375f3893..6c8938d8c 100644
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
@@ -51,6 +51,7 @@
<arg>rdepends <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>pkgnames <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>prefix</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>dotty <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+ <arg>xvcg <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>policy <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkgs</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>madison <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkgs</replaceable></arg></arg>
</group>
@@ -249,6 +250,11 @@ Reverse Provides:
<para>Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>xvcg <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term>
+ <listitem><para>The same as <literal>dotty</literal>, only for xvcg from the
+ <ulink url="http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html">VCG tool</ulink>.
+ </para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>policy <replaceable>[ pkg(s) ]</replaceable></term>
<listitem><para><literal>policy</literal> is meant to help debug issues relating to the
preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index b164022bd..64c3a35e4 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
<!-- The last update date -->
- <date>29 February 2004</date>
+ <date>08 November 2008</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
@@ -33,22 +33,74 @@
<refsynopsisdiv>
<cmdsynopsis>
<command>apt-get</command>
- <arg><option>-hvs</option></arg>
- <arg><option>-o=<replaceable>config string</replaceable></option></arg>
- <arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-sqdyfmubV</option></arg>
+ <arg>
+ <option>-o=
+ <replaceable>config_string</replaceable>
+ </option>
+ </arg>
+ <arg>
+ <option>-c=
+ <replaceable>config_file</replaceable>
+ </option>
+ </arg>
+ <arg>
+ <option>-t=</option>
+ <group choice='req'>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ <replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ <replaceable>target_release_number_expression</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ </group>
+ </arg>
+
<group choice="req">
- <arg>update</arg>
- <arg>upgrade</arg>
- <arg>dselect-upgrade</arg>
- <arg>install <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>remove <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>purge <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>source <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>build-dep <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
- <arg>check</arg>
- <arg>clean</arg>
- <arg>autoclean</arg>
- <arg>autoremove</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>update</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>upgrade</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>dselect-upgrade</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>dist-upgrade</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>install
+ <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
+ <arg>
+ <group choice='req'>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ /<replaceable>target_release_name</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ </group>
+ </arg>
+ </arg>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>remove <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>purge <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>source
+ <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable>
+ <arg>
+ =<replaceable>pkg_version_number</replaceable>
+ </arg>
+ </arg>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>build-dep <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>check</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>clean</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>autoclean</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>autoremove</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ <group choice='req'>
+ <arg choice='plain'>-v</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>--version</arg>
+ </group>
+ </arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>
+ <group choice='req'>
+ <arg choice='plain'>-h</arg>
+ <arg choice='plain'>--help</arg>
+ </group>
+ </arg>
</group>
</cmdsynopsis>
</refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -56,8 +108,8 @@
<refsect1><title>Description</title>
<para><command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be
considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT
- library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as dselect(8),
- aptitude, synaptic, gnome-apt and wajig.</para>
+ library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as &dselect;,
+ &aptitude;, &synaptic;, &gnome-apt; and &wajig;.</para>
<para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the
commands below must be present.</para>
@@ -104,6 +156,7 @@
with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a "smart" conflict
resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most important
packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary.
+ So, <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> command may remove some packages.
The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of locations
from which to retrieve desired package files.
See also &apt-preferences; for a mechanism for
@@ -111,17 +164,24 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>install</term>
- <listitem><para><literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more packages desired for
- installation. Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
- filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux system, libc6 would be the
- argument provided, not <literal>libc6_1.9.6-2.deb</literal>) All packages required
- by the package(s) specified for installation will also be retrieved and
- installed. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is used to locate
- the desired packages. If a hyphen is appended to the package name (with
- no intervening space), the identified package will be removed if it is
- installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a package to
- install. These latter features may be used to override decisions made by
- apt-get's conflict resolution system.</para>
+ <listitem>
+ <para><literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more
+ packages desired for installation or upgrading.
+ Each package is a package name, not a fully qualified
+ filename (for instance, in a Debian GNU/Linux system,
+ libc6 would be the argument provided, not
+ <literal>libc6_1.9.6-2.deb</literal>). All packages required
+ by the package(s) specified for installation will also
+ be retrieved and installed.
+ The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file is
+ used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is
+ appended to the package name (with no intervening space),
+ the identified package will be removed if it is installed.
+ Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate a
+ package to install. These latter features may be used
+ to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict
+ resolution system.
+ </para>
<para>A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by
following the package name with an equals and the version of the package
@@ -133,6 +193,17 @@
<para>Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must
be used with care.</para>
+ <para>This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or
+ more already-installed packages without upgrading every package
+ you have on your system. Unlike the "upgrade" target, which
+ installs the newest version of all currently installed packages,
+ "install" will install the newest version of only the package(s)
+ specified. Simply provide the name of the package(s) you wish
+ to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and its
+ dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and
+ installed.
+ </para>
+
<para>Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to
create an alternative installation policy for
individual packages.</para>
@@ -148,14 +219,15 @@
<varlistentry><term>remove</term>
<listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are
- removed instead of installed. If a plus sign is appended to the package
+ removed instead of installed. Note the removing a package leaves its
+ configuration files in system. If a plus sign is appended to the package
name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be
installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>purge</term>
<listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are
- removed and purged.</para></listitem>
+ removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>source</term>
@@ -222,6 +294,11 @@
&apt-cmdblurb;
<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term><option>--no-install-recommends</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing.
+ Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term><option>-d</option></term><term><option>--download-only</option></term>
<listitem><para>Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
@@ -357,7 +434,8 @@
<varlistentry><term><option>--purge</option></term>
<listitem><para>Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed.
An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are
- scheduled to be purged.
+ scheduled to be purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent for
+ <option>purge</option> command.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -458,7 +536,7 @@
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>
- <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments
+ <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.
Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
@@ -503,7 +581,16 @@
<refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
<para><command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
</refsect1>
-
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>ORIGINAL AUTHORS</title>
+ <para>&apt-author.jgunthorpe;</para>
+ </refsect1>
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>CURRENT AUTHORS</title>
+ <para>
+ &apt-author.team;
+ &apt-qapage;
+ </para>
+ </refsect1>
&manbugs;
-
</refentry>
diff --git a/doc/apt-secure.8.xml b/doc/apt-secure.8.xml
index 01b157789..9696e018d 100644
--- a/doc/apt-secure.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-secure.8.xml
@@ -179,7 +179,7 @@
<refsect1><title>See Also</title>
<para>
-&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-archive;,
+&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-ftparchive;,
&debsign; &debsig-verify;, &gpg;
</para>
diff --git a/doc/apt.8 b/doc/apt.8
index 6c14559e3..78e4f0a70 100644
--- a/doc/apt.8
+++ b/doc/apt.8
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ None.
.BR apt-get (8),
.BR apt.conf (5),
.BR sources.list (5),
+.BR apt_preferences (5),
.BR apt-secure (8)
.SH DIAGNOSTICS
apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index db8dfa7ce..1835f2282 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -12,10 +12,16 @@
<refentryinfo>
&apt-author.jgunthorpe;
&apt-author.team;
+ <author>
+ <firstname>Daniel</firstname>
+ <surname>Burrows</surname>
+ <contrib>Initial documentation of Debug::*.</contrib>
+ <email>dburrows@debian.org</email>
+ </author>
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
<!-- The last update date -->
- <date>29 February 2004</date>
+ <date>06 December 2008</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
@@ -101,6 +107,11 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
compiled for.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>Default-Release</term>
+ <listitem><para>Default release to install packages from if more than one
+ version available. Contains release name or release version. Examples: 'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', '4.0', '5.0*'. Release codenames ('etch', 'lenny' etc.) are not allowed now. See also &apt-preferences;.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>Ignore-Hold</term>
<listitem><para>Ignore Held packages; This global option causes the problem resolver to
ignore held packages in its decision making.</para></listitem>
@@ -161,6 +172,12 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
and the URI handlers.
<variablelist>
+ <varlistentry><term>PDiffs</term>
+ <listitem><para>Try do download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
+ Packages or Sources files instead of downloading whole ones. True
+ by default.</para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>Queue-Mode</term>
<listitem><para>Queuing mode; <literal>Queue-Mode</literal> can be one of <literal>host</literal> or
<literal>access</literal> which determines how APT parallelizes outgoing
@@ -209,6 +226,29 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
require this are in violation of RFC 2068.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry><term>https</term>
+ <listitem><para>HTTPS URIs. Cache-control and proxy options are the same as for
+ <literal>http</literal> method.
+ <literal>Pipeline-Depth</literal> option is not supported yet.</para>
+
+ <para><literal>CaInfo</literal> suboption specifies place of file that
+ holds info about trusted certificates.
+ <literal>&lt;host&gt;::CaInfo</literal> is corresponding per-host option.
+ <literal>Verify-Peer</literal> boolean suboption determines whether verify
+ server's host certificate against trusted certificates or not.
+ <literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Peer</literal> is corresponding per-host option.
+ <literal>Verify-Host</literal> boolean suboption determines whether verify
+ server's hostname or not.
+ <literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Host</literal> is corresponding per-host option.
+ <literal>SslCert</literal> determines what certificate to use for client
+ authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslCert</literal> is corresponding per-host option.
+ <literal>SslKey</literal> determines what private key to use for client
+ authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslKey</literal> is corresponding per-host option.
+ <literal>SslForceVersion</literal> overrides default SSL version to use.
+ Can contain 'TLSv1' or 'SSLv3' string.
+ <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslForceVersion</literal> is corresponding per-host option.
+ </para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
<varlistentry><term>ftp</term>
<listitem><para>FTP URIs; ftp::Proxy is the default proxy server to use. It is in the
standard form of <literal>ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal> and is
@@ -389,17 +429,354 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
- <refsect1><title>Debug options</title>
- <para>Most of the options in the <literal>debug</literal> section are not interesting to
- the normal user, however <literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> shows
- interesting output about the decisions dist-upgrade makes.
- <literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal> disables file locking so APT can do some
- operations as non-root and <literal>Debug::pkgDPkgPM</literal> will print out the
- command line for each dpkg invokation. <literal>Debug::IdentCdrom</literal> will
- disable the inclusion of statfs data in CDROM IDs.
- <literal>Debug::Acquire::gpgv</literal> Debugging of the gpgv method.
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Periodic and Archives options</title>
+ <para><literal>APT::Periodic</literal> and <literal>APT::Archives</literal>
+ groups of options configure behavior of apt periodic updates, which is
+ done by <literal>/etc/cron.daily/apt</literal> script. See header of
+ this script for the brief documentation of these options.
</para>
</refsect1>
+
+ <refsect1>
+ <title>Debug options</title>
+ <para>
+ Enabling options in the <literal>Debug::</literal> section will
+ cause debugging information to be sent to the standard error
+ stream of the program utilizing the <literal>apt</literal>
+ libraries, or enable special program modes that are primarily
+ useful for debugging the behavior of <literal>apt</literal>.
+ Most of these options are not interesting to a normal user, but a
+ few may be:
+
+ <itemizedlist>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> enables output
+ about the decisions made by
+ <literal>dist-upgrade, upgrade, install, remove, purge</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal> disables all file
+ locking. This can be used to run some operations (for
+ instance, <literal>apt-get -s install</literal>) as a
+ non-root user.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <literal>Debug::pkgDPkgPM</literal> prints out the actual
+ command line each time that <literal>apt</literal> invokes
+ &dpkg;.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ <literal>Debug::IdentCdrom</literal> disables the inclusion
+ of statfs data in CDROM IDs. <!-- TODO: provide a
+ motivating example, except I haven't a clue why you'd want
+ to do this. -->
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </itemizedlist>
+ </para>
+
+ <para>
+ A full list of debugging options to apt follows.
+ </para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::Acquire::cdrom</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print information related to accessing
+ <literal>cdrom://</literal> sources.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::Acquire::ftp</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print information related to downloading packages using
+ FTP.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::Acquire::http</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print information related to downloading packages using
+ HTTP.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::Acquire::https</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print information related to downloading packages using
+ HTTPS.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::Acquire::gpgv</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print information related to verifying cryptographic
+ signatures using <literal>gpg</literal>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::aptcdrom</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Output information about the process of accessing
+ collections of packages stored on CD-ROMs.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::BuildDeps</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Describes the process of resolving build-dependencies in
+ &apt-get;.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::Hashes</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Output each cryptographic hash that is generated by the
+ <literal>apt</literal> libraries.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::IdentCDROM</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Do not include information from <literal>statfs</literal>,
+ namely the number of used and free blocks on the CD-ROM
+ filesystem, when generating an ID for a CD-ROM.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Disable all file locking. For instance, this will allow
+ two instances of <quote><literal>apt-get
+ update</literal></quote> to run at the same time.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgAcquire</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Log when items are added to or removed from the global
+ download queue.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgAcquire::Auth</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Output status messages and errors related to verifying
+ checksums and cryptographic signatures of downloaded files.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgAcquire::Diffs</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Output information about downloading and applying package
+ index list diffs, and errors relating to package index list
+ diffs.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgAcquire::RRed</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Output information related to patching apt package lists
+ when downloading index diffs instead of full indices.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgAcquire::Worker</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Log all interactions with the sub-processes that actually
+ perform downloads.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgAutoRemove</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Log events related to the automatically-installed status of
+ packages and to the removal of unused packages.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgDepCache::AutoInstall</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Generate debug messages describing which packages are being
+ automatically installed to resolve dependencies. This
+ corresponds to the initial auto-install pass performed in,
+ e.g., <literal>apt-get install</literal>, and not to the
+ full <literal>apt</literal> dependency resolver; see
+ <literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> for that.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <!-- Question: why doesn't this do anything? The code says it should. -->
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgInitConfig</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Dump the default configuration to standard output on
+ startup.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgDPkgPM</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ When invoking &dpkg;, output the precise command line with
+ which it is being invoked, with arguments separated by a
+ single space character.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgDPkgProgressReporting</literal></term>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Output all the data received from &dpkg; on the status file
+ descriptor and any errors encountered while parsing it.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgOrderList</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Generate a trace of the algorithm that decides the order in
+ which <literal>apt</literal> should pass packages to
+ &dpkg;.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgPackageManager</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Output status messages tracing the steps performed when
+ invoking &dpkg;.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgPolicy</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Output the priority of each package list on startup.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Trace the execution of the dependency resolver (this
+ applies only to what happens when a complex dependency
+ problem is encountered).
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::sourceList</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print information about the vendors read from
+ <filename>/etc/apt/vendors.list</filename>.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>Debug::Vendor</literal></term>
+
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Print information about each vendor.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+ </refsect1>
<refsect1><title>Examples</title>
<para>&configureindex; is a
diff --git a/doc/apt.ent b/doc/apt.ent
index b7d03b585..6594ba1b3 100644
--- a/doc/apt.ent
+++ b/doc/apt.ent
@@ -57,8 +57,8 @@
</citerefentry>"
>
-<!ENTITY apt-archive "<citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle><filename>apt-archive</filename></refentrytitle>
+<!ENTITY apt-ftparchive "<citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle><filename>apt-ftparchive</filename></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>"
>
@@ -141,14 +141,26 @@
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>"
>
-
+
+<!ENTITY gnome-apt "<citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle><command>gnome-apt</command></refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>"
+>
+
+<!ENTITY wajig "<citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle><command>wajig</command></refentrytitle>
+ <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
+ </citerefentry>"
+>
+
<!-- Boiler plate docinfo section -->
<!ENTITY apt-docinfo "
<refentryinfo>
<address><email>apt@packages.debian.org</email></address>
<author><firstname>Jason</firstname> <surname>Gunthorpe</surname></author>
<copyright><year>1998-2001</year> <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</holder></copyright>
- <date>14 December 2003</date>
+ <date>28 October 2008</date>
<productname>Linux</productname>
</refentryinfo>
@@ -207,6 +219,12 @@
<productname>Linux</productname>
">
+<!ENTITY apt-qapage "
+ <para>
+ <ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>
+ </para>
+">
+
<!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
<!ENTITY manbugs "
<refsect1><title>Bugs</title>
diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index 0bab8e0f8..84b1d8829 100644
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-// $Id: configure-index,v 1.10 2004/07/17 19:37:16 mdz 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 (except for the
last line) a completely valid file. Most of the options have sane default
@@ -25,13 +24,14 @@ APT
Architecture "i386";
Build-Essential "build-essential";
- NeverAutoRemove { "linux-kernel.*"; }; // packages that should never
+ NeverAutoRemove { "linux-image.*"; }; // packages that should never
// considered for autoRemove
// Options for apt-get
Get
{
Arch-Only "false";
+ AllowUnauthenticated "false";
AutomaticRemove "false";
HideAutoRemove "false";
Download-Only "false";
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ APT
// consider Recommends, Suggests as important dependencies that should
// be installed by default
- Install-Recommends "false";
+ Install-Recommends "true";
Install-Suggests "false";
// consider dependencies of packages in this section manual
diff --git a/doc/examples/sources.list b/doc/examples/sources.list
index 9af1c3c4c..ef729e203 100644
--- a/doc/examples/sources.list
+++ b/doc/examples/sources.list
@@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
# Uncomment if you want the apt-get source function to work
#deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free
-#deb-src http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free
+#deb-src http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free
diff --git a/doc/fr/apt-secure.fr.8.xml b/doc/fr/apt-secure.fr.8.xml
index 5cec9a49d..25b5ffd09 100644
--- a/doc/fr/apt-secure.fr.8.xml
+++ b/doc/fr/apt-secure.fr.8.xml
@@ -188,7 +188,7 @@ les deux premières étapes.
<refsect1><title>Voir aussi</title>
<para>
-&apt-conf;, &apt-get;,&sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-archive;, &debsign;,
+&apt-conf;, &apt-get;,&sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-ftparchive;, &debsign;,
&debsig-verify;, &gpg;
</para>
diff --git a/doc/fr/apt.ent.fr b/doc/fr/apt.ent.fr
index d705b9e3e..651100497 100644
--- a/doc/fr/apt.ent.fr
+++ b/doc/fr/apt.ent.fr
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
</citerefentry>"
>
-<!ENTITY apt-archive "<citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle><filename>apt-archive</filename></refentrytitle>
+<!ENTITY apt-ftparchive "<citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle><filename>apt-ftparchive</filename></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>"
>
diff --git a/doc/ja/apt-secure.ja.8.xml b/doc/ja/apt-secure.ja.8.xml
index e20b86561..20c57fb16 100644
--- a/doc/ja/apt-secure.ja.8.xml
+++ b/doc/ja/apt-secure.ja.8.xml
@@ -325,7 +325,7 @@
-->
<refsect1><title>関連項目</title>
<para>
-&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-archive;,
+&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-ftparchive;,
&debsign; &debsig-verify;, &gpg;
</para>
diff --git a/doc/ja/apt.ent.ja b/doc/ja/apt.ent.ja
index d63342461..1d1c36b1e 100644
--- a/doc/ja/apt.ent.ja
+++ b/doc/ja/apt.ent.ja
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@
</citerefentry>"
>
-<!ENTITY apt-archive "<citerefentry>
- <refentrytitle><filename>apt-archive</filename></refentrytitle>
+<!ENTITY apt-ftparchive "<citerefentry>
+ <refentrytitle><filename>apt-ftparchive</filename></refentrytitle>
<manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
</citerefentry>"
>
diff --git a/doc/sources.list.5.xml b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
index e47418b27..b875086ef 100644
--- a/doc/sources.list.5.xml
+++ b/doc/sources.list.5.xml
@@ -48,9 +48,12 @@
<refsect1><title>sources.list.d</title>
<para>The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d</filename> directory provides
- a way to add sources.list entries in seperate files that end with
- <literal>.list</literal>. The format is the same as for the regular
- <filename>sources.list</filename> file. </para>
+ a way to add sources.list entries in separate files.
+ The format is the same as for the regular <filename>sources.list</filename> file.
+ File names need to end with
+ <filename>.list</filename> and may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z),
+ digits (0-9), underscore (_), hyphen (-) and period (.) characters.
+ Otherwise they will be silently ignored.</para>
</refsect1>
<refsect1><title>The deb and deb-src types</title>
@@ -115,7 +118,8 @@ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/
<refsect1><title>URI specification</title>
- <para>The currently recognized URI types are cdrom, file, http, and ftp.
+ <para>The currently recognized URI types are cdrom, file, http, ftp, copy,
+ ssh, rsh.
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>file</term>
<listitem><para>
@@ -163,8 +167,8 @@ deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/stable-updates/
<varlistentry><term>rsh</term><term>ssh</term>
<listitem><para>
The rsh/ssh method invokes rsh/ssh to connect to a remote host
- as a given user and access the files. No password authentication is
- possible, prior arrangements with RSA keys or rhosts must have been made.
+ as a given user and access the files. It is a good idea to do prior
+ arrangements with RSA keys or rhosts.
Access to files on the remote uses standard <command>find</command> and
<command>dd</command>
commands to perform the file transfers from the remote.</para></listitem>