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

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 405427ac1406bca1ff9a7c9ef43e13afa67b9135..5bc6c55db15e5e72393c9ebcdb1fbb86d97a129f 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,15 @@
 ]>
 
 <refentry>
- &apt-docinfo;
+
+ <refentryinfo>
+   &apt-author.jgunthorpe;
+   &apt-author.team;
+   &apt-email;
+   &apt-product;
+   <!-- The last update date -->
+   <date>29 February 2004</date>
+ </refentryinfo>
  
  <refmeta>
    <refentrytitle>apt.conf</refentrytitle>
@@ -243,6 +251,13 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      the cdrom block. It is important to have the trailing slash. Unmount 
      commands can be specified using UMount.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term>gpgv</term>
+     <listitem><para>GPGV URIs; the only option for GPGV URIs is the option to pass additional parameters to gpgv.
+     <literal>gpgv::Options</literal> Additional options passed to gpgv.
+     </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
    </variablelist>
   </para>
  </refsect1>
@@ -269,7 +284,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
    <literal>sourcelist</literal> gives the location of the sourcelist and 
    <literal>main</literal> is the default configuration file (setting has no effect,
    unless it is done from the config file specified by 
-   <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>.</para>
+   <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>).</para>
 
    <para>The <literal>Dir::Parts</literal> setting reads in all the config fragments in 
    lexical order from the directory specified. After this is done then the
@@ -280,6 +295,19 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
    <literal>dpkg</literal>, <literal>apt-get</literal> <literal>dpkg-source</literal> 
    <literal>dpkg-buildpackage</literal> and <literal>apt-cache</literal> specify the location
    of the respective programs.</para>
+
+   <para>
+     The configuration item <literal>RootDir</literal> has a special
+     meaning.  If set, all paths in <literal>Dir::</literal> will be
+     relative to <literal>RootDir</literal>, <emphasis>even paths that
+     are specified absolutely</emphasis>.  So, for instance, if
+     <literal>RootDir</literal> is set to
+     <filename>/tmp/staging</filename> and
+     <literal>Dir::State::status</literal> is set to
+     <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>, then the status file
+     will be looked up in
+     <filename>/tmp/staging/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>.
+   </para>
  </refsect1>
  
  <refsect1><title>APT in DSelect</title>
@@ -365,12 +393,14 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
    <literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal> disables file locking so APT can do some 
    operations as non-root and <literal>Debug::pkgDPkgPM</literal> will print out the 
    command line for each dpkg invokation. <literal>Debug::IdentCdrom</literal> will 
-   disable the inclusion of statfs data in CDROM IDs.</para>
+   disable the inclusion of statfs data in CDROM IDs.
+   <literal>Debug::Acquire::gpgv</literal> Debugging of the gpgv method.
+   </para>
  </refsect1>
  
  <refsect1><title>Examples</title>
-   <para>&configureindex; contains a 
-   sample configuration file showing the default values for all possible 
+   <para>&configureindex; is a 
+   configuration file showing example values for all possible 
    options.</para>
  </refsect1>
  
@@ -383,7 +413,6 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
  </refsect1>
 
  &manbugs;
- &manauthor;
  
 </refentry>