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diff --git a/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml b/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml index 079c493e4..5aa352f03 100644 --- a/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml +++ b/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml @@ -36,12 +36,46 @@ </refsect1> <refsect1> - <title>Syntax</title> + <title>Logic patterns</title> + <para> + These patterns provide the basic means to combine other patterns into + more complex expressions, as well as <code>?true</code> and <code>?false</code> + patterns. + </para> <variablelist> + <varlistentry><term><code>?and(PATTERN, PATTERN, ...)</code></term> + <listitem><para>Selects objects where all specified patterns match.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><code>?false</code></term> + <listitem><para>Selects nothing.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><code>?not(PATTERN)</code></term> + <listitem><para>Selects objects where PATTERN does not match.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><code>?or(PATTERN, PATTERN, ...)</code></term> + <listitem><para>Selects objects where at least one of the specified patterns match.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><code>?true</code></term> + <listitem><para>Selects all objects.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + </variablelist> + </refsect1> + <refsect1> + <title>Package patterns</title> + <para> + These patterns select specific packages. + </para> + <variablelist> + <varlistentry><term><code>?architecture(WILDCARD)</code></term> + <listitem><para>Selects packages matching the specified architecture, which may contain wildcards using any.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> + <varlistentry><term><code>?name(REGEX)</code></term> + <listitem><para>Selects packages where the name matches the given regular expression.</para></listitem> + </varlistentry> </variablelist> - </refsect1> + <refsect1><title>Examples</title> </refsect1> |