failure code if package files could not be downloaded

[apt.git] / doc / apt.conf.5.yo

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
index b089f9b0aba0fa7408fe12dc0e16a3410f1bc86d..a77bdbb7bc3b8efcae4836a742e105e55f8e51ce 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.yo
@@ -30,9 +30,17 @@ verb(APT {
 };
 )
 with newlines placed to make
-it more readable. In general the sample configuration file in
+it more readable. Lists can be created by opening a scope an including a 
+single word enclosed in quotes followed by a semicolon. 
+In general the sample configuration file in
 em(/usr/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf) is a good guide for how it should look.
 
+All of the APT tools take a -o option which allows an arbitary configuration 
+directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a full option
+name (APT::Get::Assume-Yes for instance) followed by an equals sign then the
+new value of the option. Lists can be appended too by adding a trailing ::
+to the list name.
+
 manpagesection(The APT Group)
 This group of options controls general APT behavoir as well as holding the
 options for all of the tools.
@@ -150,7 +158,8 @@ gives the location of the sourcelist and bf(main) is the default configuration
 file (setting has no effect)
 
 Binary programs are pointed to by bf(Dir::Bin). bf(methods) specifies the
-location of the method handlers and bf(gzip), bf(dpkg), bf(apt-get), and
+location of the method handlers and bf(gzip), bf(dpkg), bf(apt-get), 
+bf(dpkg-source), bf(dpkg-buildpackage) and
 bf(apt-cache) specify the location of the respective programs.
 
 manpagesection(APT in DSelect)
@@ -160,8 +169,9 @@ control the default behavoir. These are in the bf(DSelect) section.
 startdit()
 dit(bf(Clean))
 Cache Clean mode; this value may be one of always, auto, prompt and never.
-Currently always and auto are identical but their meanings may diverge in
-future to have auto only clean useless archives and always clean all archives.
+always will remove all archives after they have been downloaded while auto
+will only remove things that are no longer downloadable (replaced with a new
+version for instance)
 
 dit(bf(Options))
 The contents of this variable is passed to bf(apt-get(8)) as command line
@@ -194,6 +204,10 @@ are invoked in order using /bin/sh, should any fail APT will abort.
 dit(bf(Run-Directory))
 APT chdirs to this directory before invoking dpkg, the default is /.
 
+dit(bf(Build-Options))
+These options are passed to dpkg-buildpackage when compiling packages,
+the default is to disable signing and produce all binaries.
+
 enddit()
 
 manpagesection(Debug Options)
@@ -202,7 +216,8 @@ normal user, however bf(Debug::pkgProblemResolver) shows interesting
 output about the decisions dist-upgrade makes. bf(Debug::NoLocking)
 disables file locking so apt can do some operations as non-root and
 bf(Debug::pkgDPkgPM) will print out the command line for each dpkg 
-invokation.
+invokation. bf(Debug::IdentCdrom) will disable the inclusion of statfs 
+data in CDROM IDs.
 
 manpagesection(EXAMPLES)
 bf(/usr/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf) contains a sample configuration file