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diff --git a/doc/design.sgml b/doc/design.sgml index 55fd7e551..d9f450007 100644 --- a/doc/design.sgml +++ b/doc/design.sgml @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <name>Manoj Srivastava</name> <email>srivasta@debian.org</email> </author> - <version>$Id: design.sgml,v 1.1 1998/07/02 02:58:12 jgg Exp $</version> + <version>$Id: design.sgml,v 1.2 2001/04/04 05:00:15 jgg Exp $</version> <abstract> This document is an overview of the specifications and design goals of the APT project. It also attempts to give a broad @@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ allowing the removal of packages that left the system in an untenable state by breaking the dependencies on packages that were dependent on the package being - removed. A special emhasis is placed on handling + removed. A special emphasis is placed on handling pre-dependencies correctly; the target of a predependency has to be fully configured before attempting to install the pre-dependent package. Also, @@ -138,11 +138,11 @@ Handle source lists for updates from multiple sources. APT should also be able to handle diverse methods of acquiring new packages; local filesystem, - mountable CD-ROM drives, FTP accesible repositories are + mountable CD-ROM drives, FTP accessible repositories are some of the methods that come to mind. Also, the source lists can be separated into categories, such as main, contrib, non-us, non-local, non-free, my-very-own, - etc. APT should be set up to retrive the Packages + etc. APT should be set up to retrieve the Packages files from these multiple source lists, as well as retrieving the packages themselves. </p> </item> @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ <p> Take the order of installations and removals and build up a stream of events to send to the packaging system - (dpkg). Execute the list of events if succesful. Do not + (dpkg). Execute the list of events if successful. Do not partially install packages and leave system in broken state. Go to The Selection step as needed.</p> </item> @@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ <p> Distinct versions of the same package are recorded separately, but if multiple Packages files contain the - same version of a package, then only the forst one is + same version of a package, then only the first one is recorded. For this reason, the least expensive update source should be listed first (local file system is better than a remote ftp site)</p> @@ -356,7 +356,7 @@ <item> <p>Create an ordering of the actions to be taken.</p> </item> - <tag>Event genrator</tag> + <tag>Event generator</tag> <item> <p>module to interact with dpkg</p> </item> |