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| -rw-r--r-- | doc/Bugs | 47 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt-get.8.yo | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/apt.conf.5.yo | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/examples/apt.conf | 7 |
4 files changed, 56 insertions, 14 deletions
@@ -2,15 +2,8 @@ #24000: Bug in apt Version: 0.0.17-1bo0 Summary: Couldn't locate an archive source for a package Status: Require Status file. -#24685: HTTP Proxy cache refresh - Summary: Some caches hold onto the package index file for too long - Status: It may be possible to insert the proper header to disable - caching but I can't think how to do this while allowing - the cache to return cached objects - in effect it would - completely disable the cache which may not be desired. #24717: apt dies early if one postinst/preinst dies Status: Requires dpkg modifications -#22892: Apt improvements #28184: apt could be smarter regarding mirrors Summary: Make use of redundant sources Status: 0.3.0 will likely do this, already the information for it is stored. @@ -113,6 +106,37 @@ #29441: documenting the codes for -s Summary: Apparently the simulation output is not immediately obvois Status: Someone should update the man page. +#24685: HTTP Proxy cache refresh + Summary: Some caches hold onto the package index file for too long + Status: It may be possible to insert the proper header to disable + caching but I can't think how to do this while allowing + the cache to return cached objects - in effect it would + completely disable the cache which may not be desired. + APT now sends a max age header. See the apt.conf(5) +#28172: HTTP Proxy cache refresh should be forced for corrupted packages + Summary: Some problem resulted in a corrupted package + Status: I belive this reflects a deeper problem and the suggested solution + is only a band-aide patch. I intend to close this bug when #24685 + is fixed with a configuration directive. + Use -o acquire::http::no-cache=true +#29351: poor error message after conffile update + Summary: APT errors when the package file is not found + Status: The new APT warns better and the error is not fatal +#30112: apt: internal error in apt + Summary: APT gives an unclear error when it cannot correct dependencies + Status: Error is clearer +#30324: apt-get lying about file dates in /var/state/apt/lists + Summary: Doesn't copy the file dates right with file URIs + Status: Fixed in v3 +#30383: apt: dist-upgrade msg "E: Internal error, ScoredFix generated breaks." + Summary: libc6 maddness causes bizzar problems + Status: Fixed in v3 +#29983: apt: Wrong diagnostic, could be better + Summary: It doesn't explicy say you should be root + Status: Fixed in v3 +#22892: Apt improvements + Summary: Bails if an index file can't be found + Status: Fixed in v3 -- Silly things #26592: apt: Problems with ftpd in SunOS 5.6 @@ -135,12 +159,11 @@ #22551: apt: wish: use dist X iff pkg does not exist in dist Y #27100: apt: Better support for project/experimental Status: GUI Feature - Version selection and pinning -#28172: HTTP Proxy cache refresh should be forced for corrupted packages - Summary: Some problem resulted in a corrupted package - Status: I belive this reflects a deeper problem and the suggested solution - is only a band-aide patch. I intend to close this bug when #24685 - is fixed with a configuration directive. #27646: Apt: dpkg --merge-avail Summary: Suggestion to call merge avail after each update operation Status: Unlikely. The dpkg --print-avail functions should be obsoleted by the apt-query program which should be written. +#30237: apt: 0.1.9 checks dependencies against packages.gz + Summary: For packages with identical version numbers APT prefers + to use the archive index files + Status: Yes it is sorta bad, but there is no reasonable solution. diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.yo b/doc/apt-get.8.yo index 604051312..4d3efd745 100644 --- a/doc/apt-get.8.yo +++ b/doc/apt-get.8.yo @@ -130,7 +130,11 @@ See bf(quiet) dit(bf(-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act)) No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not -actually change the system. See bf(APT::Get::Simulate). +actually change the system. See bf(APT::Get::Simulate). Simulate prints out +a series of lines each one representing a dpkg operation, Configure (Conf), +Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages with +and empty set of square brackets meaning breaks that are of no consequence +(rare). dit(bf(-y, --yes, --assume-yes)) Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo index 5c4a9d429..a1ebd784c 100644 --- a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo +++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo @@ -79,6 +79,16 @@ be specified by using the form http::Proxy::<host> with the special keyword em(DIRECT) meaning to use no proxies. The em($http_proxy) environment variable will override all settings. +Three settings are provided for cache control with HTTP/1.1 complient proxy +caches. bf(No-Cache) tells the proxy to not used its cached response under +any circumstances, bf(Max-Age) is sent only for index files and tells the +cache to refresh its object if it is older than the given value. Debian +updates its index files daily so the default is 1 day. bd(No-Store) +specifies that the cache should never store this request, it is only +set for archive files. This may be usefull to prevent polluting a proxy cache +with very large .deb files. Note: Squid 2.0.2 does not support any of +these options. + dit(bf(cdrom)) CDROM URIs; the only setting for CDROM URIs is the mount point, cdrom::Mount which must be the mount point for the CDROM drive as specified in /etc/fstab. diff --git a/doc/examples/apt.conf b/doc/examples/apt.conf index 18292f6f6..061b082dd 100644 --- a/doc/examples/apt.conf +++ b/doc/examples/apt.conf @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.17 1998/12/06 04:36:33 jgg Exp $ +// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.18 1998/12/06 22:51:14 jgg Exp $ /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is a completely valid file. @@ -56,6 +56,11 @@ Acquire { Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128"; Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting + + // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2 + No-Cache "false"; + Max-Age "86400"; // 1 Day age on index files + No-Store "false"; // Prevent the cache from storing archives }; cdrom |