+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:117
+msgid ""
+"The <literal>generate</literal> command is designed to be runnable from a "
+"cron script and builds indexes according to the given config file. The "
+"config language provides a flexible means of specifying which index files "
+"are built from which directories, as well as providing a simple means of "
+"maintaining the required settings."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:126
+msgid ""
+"The <literal>clean</literal> command tidies the databases used by the given "
+"configuration file by removing any records that are no longer necessary."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:132
+msgid "The Generate Configuration"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:134
+msgid ""
+"The <literal>generate</literal> command uses a configuration file to "
+"describe the archives that are going to be generated. It follows the typical "
+"ISC configuration format as seen in ISC tools like bind 8 and dhcpd. "
+"&apt-conf; contains a description of the syntax. Note that the generate "
+"configuration is parsed in sectional manner, but &apt-conf; is parsed in a "
+"tree manner. This only effects how the scope tag is handled."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:142
+msgid "The generate configuration has four separate sections, each described below."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:144
+msgid "<literal>Dir</literal> Section"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:146
+msgid ""
+"The <literal>Dir</literal> section defines the standard directories needed "
+"to locate the files required during the generation process. These "
+"directories are prepended certain relative paths defined in later sections "
+"to produce a complete an absolute path."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:153
+msgid ""
+"Specifies the root of the FTP archive, in a standard Debian configuration "
+"this is the directory that contains the <filename>ls-LR</filename> and dist "
+"nodes."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:160
+msgid "Specifies the location of the override files."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:165
+msgid "Specifies the location of the cache files."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:170
+msgid ""
+"Specifies the location of the file list files, if the "
+"<literal>FileList</literal> setting is used below."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:176
+msgid "<literal>Default</literal> Section"
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:178
+msgid ""
+"The <literal>Default</literal> section specifies default values, and "
+"settings that control the operation of the generator. Other sections may "
+"override these defaults with a per-section setting."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:184
+msgid ""
+"Sets the default compression schemes to use for the package index files. It "
+"is a string that contains a space separated list of at least one of: '.' (no "
+"compression), 'gzip' and 'bzip2'. The default for all compression schemes is "
+"'. gzip'."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:192
+msgid ""
+"Sets the default list of file extensions that are package files. This "
+"defaults to '.deb'."
+msgstr ""
+
+#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
+#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:198
+msgid ""
+"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
+"controls the compression for the Sources files."