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@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>apt-cache</refentrytitle>
    <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
+   <refmiscinfo class="manual">APT</refmiscinfo>
  </refmeta>
  
  <!-- Man page title -->
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
          <arg>rdepends <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
          <arg>pkgnames <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>prefix</replaceable></arg></arg>
          <arg>dotty <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+         <arg>xvcg <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
          <arg>policy <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkgs</replaceable></arg></arg>
          <arg>madison <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkgs</replaceable></arg></arg>
       </group>   
@@ -224,11 +226,14 @@ Reverse Provides:
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term>pkgnames <replaceable>[ prefix ]</replaceable></term>
-     <listitem><para>This command prints the name of each package in the system. The optional
+     <listitem><para>This command prints the name of each package APT knows. The optional
      argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable
      for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated 
      extremely quickly. This command is best used with the 
-     <option>--generate</option> option.</para></listitem>
+     <option>--generate</option> option.</para>
+     <para>Note that a package which APT knows of is not nessasarily available to download,
+     installable or installed, e.g. virtual packages are also listed in the generated list.
+     </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      
      <varlistentry><term>dotty <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term>
@@ -249,6 +254,11 @@ Reverse Provides:
      <para>Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      
+     <varlistentry><term>xvcg <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term>
+        <listitem><para>The same as <literal>dotty</literal>, only for xvcg from the
+        <ulink url="http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html">VCG tool</ulink>.
+        </para></listitem></varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry><term>policy <replaceable>[ pkg(s) ]</replaceable></term>
      <listitem><para><literal>policy</literal> is meant to help debug issues relating to the 
      preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the 
@@ -294,7 +304,7 @@ Reverse Provides:
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>-i</option></term><term><option>--important</option></term>
-     <listitem><para>Print only important dependencies; for use with unmet. Causes only Depends and 
+     <listitem><para>Print only important dependencies; for use with unmet and depends. Causes only Depends and 
      Pre-Depends relations to be printed.
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Important</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -350,21 +360,8 @@ Reverse Provides:
 
  <refsect1><title>Files</title>
    <variablelist>
-     <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>
-     <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.
-     Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-     
-     <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>
-     <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
-     &sources-list;
-     Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-  
-     <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>
-     <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.
-     Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> (implicit partial).</para></listitem>
-     </varlistentry>     
+     &file-sourceslist;
+     &file-statelists;
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>