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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.conf.5.xml | 3 |
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> |