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diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml index 42d700c82..dd0ea6e9d 100644 --- a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml @@ -46,13 +46,11 @@ <variablelist> <varlistentry><term>gencaches</term> - <listitem><para><literal>gencaches</literal> performs the same operation as - <command>apt-get check</command>. It builds the source and package caches from - the sources in &sources-list; and from - <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>.</para></listitem> + <listitem><para><literal>gencaches</literal> creates APT's package cache. This is done + implicitly by all commands needing this cache if it is missing or outdated.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>showpkg <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term>showpkg <replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</term> <listitem><para><literal>showpkg</literal> displays information about the packages listed on the command line. Remaining arguments are package names. The available versions and reverse dependencies of each package listed are listed, as @@ -141,7 +139,7 @@ Reverse Provides: </para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>showsrc <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term>showsrc <replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</term> <listitem><para><literal>showsrc</literal> displays all the source package records that match the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all records that declare the name to be a Binary.</para></listitem> @@ -162,13 +160,13 @@ Reverse Provides: package cache.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>show <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term>show <replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</term> <listitem><para><literal>show</literal> performs a function similar to <command>dpkg --print-avail</command>; it displays the package records for the named packages.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>search <replaceable>regex [ regex ... ]</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term>search <replaceable>&synopsis-regex;</replaceable>…</term> <listitem><para><literal>search</literal> performs a full text search on all available package lists for the POSIX regex pattern given, see <citerefentry><refentrytitle><command>regex</command></refentrytitle> @@ -186,17 +184,17 @@ Reverse Provides: are and'ed together.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>depends <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term>depends <replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</term> <listitem><para><literal>depends</literal> shows a listing of each dependency a package has and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>rdepends <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term>rdepends <replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</term> <listitem><para><literal>rdepends</literal> shows a listing of each reverse dependency a package has.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>pkgnames <replaceable>[ prefix ]</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term>pkgnames [ <replaceable>&synopsis-prefix;</replaceable> ]</term> <listitem><para>This command prints the name of each package APT knows. The optional argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated @@ -207,7 +205,7 @@ Reverse Provides: </para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>dotty <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term>dotty <replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</term> <listitem><para><literal>dotty</literal> takes a list of packages on the command line and generates output suitable for use by dotty from the <ulink url="http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/">GraphViz</ulink> @@ -225,19 +223,19 @@ Reverse Provides: <para>Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>xvcg <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term>xvcg <replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</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> + <varlistentry><term>policy [ <replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</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 priorities of each source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information about the priority selection of the named package.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> - <varlistentry><term>madison <replaceable>[ pkg(s) ]</replaceable></term> + <varlistentry><term>madison <replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</term> <listitem><para><literal>apt-cache</literal>'s <literal>madison</literal> command attempts to mimic the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian archive management tool, <literal>madison</literal>. It displays |