merged from apt-get-changelog

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

diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 57306c03f8f0bc2f48421cd151ce6f41a8d3a663..5c82ad201c69b325e8285441144815b09e00723e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -302,6 +302,23 @@
      <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
      installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term>changelog</term>
+       <listitem><para><literal>changelog</literal> downloads a package changelog and displays
+           it through <command>sensible-pager</command>. The server name and base
+           directory is defined in the <literal>APT::Changelogs::Server</literal>
+           variable (e. g. <ulink>http://packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> for
+           Debian or <ulink>http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> for
+           Ubuntu).
+           By default it displays the changelog for the version that is
+           installed.  However, you can specify the same options as for
+           the <option>install</option> command.
+         </para>
+       </listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+
+
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>