&apt-email;
&apt-product;
<!-- The last update date -->
- <date>2012-06-09T00:00:00Z</date>
+ <date>2015-12-02T00:00:00Z</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
configuration list - in which 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>all options set in the binary specific configuration
+ subtree are moved into the root of the tree.</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>the command line options are applied to override the
configuration directives or to load even more configuration files.</para></listitem>
</orderedlist>
or <literal>Acquire::Changelogs::URI::Override::Origin::<replaceable>ORIGIN</replaceable></literal>.
The value should be a normal URI to a text file, expect that package specific data is
- replaced with the placeholder <literal>CHANGEPATH</literal>. The
+ replaced with the placeholder <literal>@CHANGEPATH@</literal>. The
value for it is: 1. if the package is from a component (e.g. <literal>main</literal>)
this is the first part otherwise it is omitted, 2. the first letter of source package name,
expect if the source package name starts with '<literal>lib</literal>' in which case it will
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1><title>Binary specific configuration</title>
+ <para>Especially with the introduction of the <command>apt</command> binary
+ it can be useful to set certain options only for a specific binary as
+ even options which look like they would effect only a certain binary like
+ <option>APT::Get::Show-Versions</option> effect
+ <command>apt-get</command> as well as <command>apt</command>.
+ </para>
+ <para>Setting an option for a specific binary only can be achieved by
+ setting the option inside the
+ <option>Binary::<replaceable>specific-binary</replaceable></option>
+ scope. Setting the option <option>APT::Get::Show-Versions</option> for
+ the <command>apt</command> only can e.g. by done by setting
+ <option>Binary::apt::APT::Get::Show-Versions</option> instead.</para>
+ <para>Note that as seen in the DESCRIPTION section further above you can't
+ set binary-specific options on the commandline itself nor in
+ configuration files loaded via the commandline.</para>
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1><title>Directories</title>
<para>The <literal>Dir::State</literal> section has directories that pertain to local