Regex, --all-versions and more OR stuff

Author: jgg
Date: 1999-10-22 04:05:47 GMT
Regex, --all-versions and more OR stuff

3 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.yo b/doc/apt-cache.8.yo
index e03e4cbf4..c75af9313 100644
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.yo
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.yo
@@ -199,6 +199,10 @@ See bf(APT::Cache::Important).
 dit(bf(-f --full))
 Print full package records when searching. See bf(APT::Cache::ShowFull).
 
+dit(bf(-a --all-versions))
+Print full records for all available versions, this is only applicable to the
+show command. See bf(APT::Cache::AllVersions)
+
 dit(bf(-g --no-generate))
 Do not perform automatic package cache regeneration, use the cache as it is.
 See bf(APT::Cache::NoGenerate).
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.yo b/doc/apt-get.8.yo
index 393f9ec6f..ac2cbab9a 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.yo
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.yo
@@ -81,7 +81,8 @@ may be used to override decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system.
 If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one
 of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regex and it is applied
 to all package names in the database. Any matches are then installed (or
-removed).
+removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo*' matches 'how-lo'
+and 'lowest'. If this is undesired prefix with a '^' character.
 
 dit(bf(remove))
 bf(remove) is identical to bf(install) except that packages are removed
diff --git a/doc/examples/apt.conf b/doc/examples/apt.conf
index 452e9c629..2249cadba 100644
--- a/doc/examples/apt.conf
+++ b/doc/examples/apt.conf
@@ -1,7 +1,9 @@
-// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.38 1999/10/03 21:09:27 jgg Exp $
+// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.39 1999/10/22 04:05:48 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.
+   valid file. Most of the options have sane default values, unless
+   you have specific needs you should NOT include arbitary items in a custom
+   configuration.
    
    In some instances involving filenames it is possible to set the default
    directory when the path is evaluated. This means you can use relative
@@ -41,6 +43,7 @@ APT
   Cache 
   {
      Important "false";
+     AllVersions "false";
   };
 
   CDROM 
@@ -164,8 +167,8 @@ DSelect
 
 DPkg 
 {
-   // Probably don't want to set this one..
-   Options {"--force-downgrade";}
+   // Probably don't want to use force-downgrade..
+   Options {"--force-overwrite";"--force-downgrade";}
    
    // Auto re-mounting of a readonly /usr
    Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
@@ -199,4 +202,4 @@ Debug
 
 /* Whatever you do, do not use this configuration file!! Take out ONLY
    the portions you need */
-ThisIsNotAValidConfigFile
+This Is Not A Valid Config File