doc/files.dbk: Improve documentation for {src,}pkgcache.bin

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

diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
index a9f6c8da2e96e9e8a42953d6a717457abffcbf75..a8f1b45867ee83e9c46a601186420162cc1b2932 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
@@ -122,8 +122,7 @@ Reverse Provides:
        </listitem>
 
        <listitem><para><literal>Total distinct</literal> versions is the number of package versions 
-       found in the cache; this value is therefore at least equal to the 
-       number of total package names. If more than one distribution is being accessed
+       found in the cache. If more than one distribution is being accessed
        (for instance, "stable" and "unstable"), this value
        can be considerably larger than the number of total package names.</para>
        </listitem>
@@ -172,7 +171,7 @@ Reverse Provides:
      If <option>--full</option> is given
      then output identical to <literal>show</literal> is produced for each matched
      package, and if <option>--names-only</option> is given then the long description
-     is not searched, only the package name is.</para>
+     is not searched, only the package name and provided packages are.</para>
      <para>
      Separate arguments can be used to specify multiple search patterns that 
      are and'ed together.</para></listitem>
@@ -281,12 +280,23 @@ Reverse Provides:
                   <term><option>--no-breaks</option></term>
                   <term><option>--no-replaces</option></term>
                   <term><option>--no-enhances</option></term>
-                  <listitem><para>Per default the <literal>depends</literal> and
-     <literal>rdepends</literal> print all dependencies. This can be tweaked with
+                  <listitem><para>Per default the <command>depends</command> and
+     <command>rdepends</command> print all dependencies. This can be tweaked with
      these flags which will omit the specified dependency type.
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Show<replaceable>DependencyType</replaceable></literal>
      e.g. <literal>APT::Cache::ShowRecommends</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term><option>--implicit</option></term>
+       <listitem><para>Per default <command>depends</command> and <command>rdepends</command>
+             print only dependencies explicitly expressed in the metadata. With this flag
+             it will also show dependencies implicitely added based on the encountered data.
+             A <literal>Conflicts: foo</literal> e.g. expresses implicitely that this package
+             also conflicts with the package foo from any other architecture.
+             Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::ShowImplicit</literal>.
+       </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry><term><option>-f</option></term><term><option>--full</option></term>
      <listitem><para>Print full package records when searching. 
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::ShowFull</literal>.</para></listitem>
@@ -308,7 +318,7 @@ Reverse Provides:
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>--names-only</option></term><term><option>-n</option></term>
-     <listitem><para>Only search on the package names, not the long descriptions. 
+     <listitem><para>Only search on the package and provided package names, not the long descriptions.
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::NamesOnly</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>