* Better documentation on using both APT::Default-Release and /etc/apt/preferences...

[apt.git] / doc / apt-get.8.xml

diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index a6bb98ad0c26c3f81f2a612dbeffac773fc113f3..2ea6ea1d460214605a41aa62b1198186fe391e20 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@
          <arg>check</arg>
          <arg>clean</arg>
          <arg>autoclean</arg>
+         <arg>autoremove</arg>
       </group>   
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -209,6 +210,11 @@
      <literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from being
      erased if it is set to off.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term>autoremove</term>
+     <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
+     installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>
  
@@ -365,8 +371,10 @@
                    <term><option>--target-release</option></term>
                    <term><option>--default-release</option></term>
      <listitem><para>This option controls the default input to the policy engine, it creates
-     a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. The
-     preferences file may further override this setting. In short, this option
+     a default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string.
+     This overrides the general settings in <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>.
+     Specifically pinned packages are not affected by the value
+     of this option. In short, this option
      lets you have simple control over which distribution packages will be
      retrieved from. Some common examples might be 
      <option>-t '2.1*'</option> or <option>-t unstable</option>.
@@ -388,6 +396,13 @@
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry><term><option>--auto-remove</option></term>
+     <listitem><para>If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or <literal>remove</literal>,
+     then this option acts like running <literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing the unused
+     dependency packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>.
+     </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry><term><option>--only-source</option></term>
      <listitem><para>Only has meaning for the
      <literal>source</literal> and <literal>build-dep</literal>
@@ -412,7 +427,7 @@
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>--allow-unauthenticated</option></term>
      <listitem><para>Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it.
-     This is usefull for tools like pbuilder.
+     This is useful for tools like pbuilder.
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>