merge with debian-sid release 0.8.15

[apt.git] / doc / apt.conf.5.xml

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index a423dac24a681e9c32f4594f09dc50f558817b33..02de89f3ba80e2d9273680b16fcb6613d5391f6e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -50,10 +50,12 @@
       <listitem><para>the file specified by the <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>
         environment variable (if any)</para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>all files in <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal> in
       <listitem><para>the file specified by the <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>
         environment variable (if any)</para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>all files in <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal> in

-        alphanumeric ascending order which have no or "<literal>conf</literal>"
+        alphanumeric ascending order which have either no or "<literal>conf</literal>"

         as filename extension and which only contain alphanumeric,
         as filename extension and which only contain alphanumeric,

-        hyphen (-), underscore (_) and period (.) characters -
-        otherwise they will be silently ignored.</para></listitem>
+        hyphen (-), underscore (_) and period (.) characters.
+        Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file if the file
+        doesn't match a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal>
+        configuration list - in this case it will be silently ignored.</para></listitem>

       <listitem><para>the main configuration file specified by
         <literal>Dir::Etc::main</literal></para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>the command line options are applied to override the
       <listitem><para>the main configuration file specified by
         <literal>Dir::Etc::main</literal></para></listitem>
       <listitem><para>the command line options are applied to override the


@@ -439,13 +441,13 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      It is not needed to add <literal>bz2</literal> explicit to the list as it will be added automatic.</para>
      <para>Note that at run time the <literal>Dir::Bin::<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable></literal> will
      be checked: If this setting exists the method will only be used if this file exists, e.g. for
      It is not needed to add <literal>bz2</literal> explicit to the list as it will be added automatic.</para>
      <para>Note that at run time the <literal>Dir::Bin::<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable></literal> will
      be checked: If this setting exists the method will only be used if this file exists, e.g. for

-     the bzip2 method (the inbuilt) setting is <literallayout>Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";</literallayout>
+     the bzip2 method (the inbuilt) setting is: <literallayout>Dir::Bin::bzip2 "/bin/bzip2";</literallayout>

      Note also that list entries specified on the command line will be added at the end of the list
      specified in the configuration files, but before the default entries. To prefer a type in this case
      over the ones specified in the configuration files you can set the option direct - not in list style.
      This will not override the defined list, it will only prefix the list with this type.</para>
      <para>The special type <literal>uncompressed</literal> can be used to give uncompressed files a
      Note also that list entries specified on the command line will be added at the end of the list
      specified in the configuration files, but before the default entries. To prefer a type in this case
      over the ones specified in the configuration files you can set the option direct - not in list style.
      This will not override the defined list, it will only prefix the list with this type.</para>
      <para>The special type <literal>uncompressed</literal> can be used to give uncompressed files a

-     preference, but note that most archives doesn't provide uncompressed files so this is mostly only
+     preference, but note that most archives don't provide uncompressed files so this is mostly only

      useable for local mirrors.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      useable for local mirrors.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>