merged from the mvo branch

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

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index eece75d28479710af9e0cc3faa8b25b8e1028d41..2b2430c8353b98bfa698f6290eb217190d6e5ae3 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ APT {
 </programlisting></informalexample>
 
    <para>with newlines placed to make it more readable. Lists can be created by 
-   opening a scope and including a single word enclosed in quotes followed by a 
+   opening a scope and including a single string enclosed in quotes followed by a
    semicolon. Multiple entries can be included, each separated by a semicolon.</para>
 
 <informalexample><programlisting>   
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
    <para>Two specials are allowed, <literal>#include</literal> and <literal>#clear</literal> 
    <literal>#include</literal> will include the given file, unless the filename
    ends in a slash, then the whole directory is included.  
-   <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a list of names.</para>
+   <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a part of the configuration tree. The
+   specified element and all its descendents are erased.</para>
 
    <para>All of the APT tools take a -o option which allows an arbitrary configuration 
    directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a full option
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
 
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry><term>PDiffs</term>
-        <listitem><para>Try do download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
+        <listitem><para>Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
         Packages or Sources files instead of downloading whole ones. True
         by default.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -705,7 +706,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
        <term><literal>Debug::pkgInitConfig</literal></term>
        <listitem>
         <para>
-          Dump the default configuration to standard output on
+          Dump the default configuration to standard error on
           startup.
         </para>
        </listitem>
@@ -799,6 +800,8 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+<!-- 2009/07/11 Currently used nowhere. The corresponding code
+is commented.
      <varlistentry>
        <term><literal>Debug::Vendor</literal></term>
 
@@ -808,6 +811,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
         </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
+-->
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>