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diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml index b97bc268e..1ed08904e 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ <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;, + library. Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as &aptitude;, &synaptic; and &wajig;.</para> <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the @@ -217,10 +217,7 @@ <listitem><para><literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved package files. It removes everything but the lock file from <filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and - <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>. When APT is used as a - &dselect; method, <literal>clean</literal> is run automatically. - Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run <literal>apt-get clean</literal> - from time to time to free up disk space.</para></listitem> + <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>.</para></listitem> </varlistentry> <varlistentry><term><option>autoclean</option></term> @@ -284,7 +281,7 @@ running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention - (which usually means using &dselect; or <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of + (which usually means using <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of the offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> may produce an error in some situations. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>.</para></listitem> @@ -374,7 +371,18 @@ by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies are satisfied. By default is it not set which means that the host architecture is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by <literal>APT::Architecture</literal>). - Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal> + Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>. + </para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + + <varlistentry><term><option>-P</option></term> + <term><option>--build-profiles</option></term> + <listitem><para>This option controls the activated build profiles for which + a source package is built by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and + how build dependencies are satisfied. By default no build profile is active. + More than one build profile can be activated at a time by concatenating them + with a comma. + Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Build-Profiles</literal>. </para></listitem> </varlistentry> @@ -548,7 +556,7 @@ </refsect1> <refsect1><title>See Also</title> - <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;, + <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-secure;, The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para> </refsect1> |