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<cmdsynopsis>
<command>apt-cache</>
- <arg><option>-hvs</></arg>
+ <arg><option>-hvsn</></arg>
<arg><option>-o=<replaceable/config string/</></arg>
<arg><option>-c=<replaceable/file/</></arg>
<group choice=req>
<arg>add <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>gencaches</>
<arg>showpkg <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+ <arg>showsrc <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
<arg>stats</>
<arg>dump</>
<arg>dumpavail</>
<VariableList>
<VarListEntry><Term>add</Term>
<ListItem><Para>
- <literal/add/ adds the names package index files to the package cache.
+ <literal/add/ adds the named package index files to the package cache.
+ This is for debugging only.
</VarListEntry>
<VarListEntry><Term>gencaches</Term>
</itemizedlist>
</VarListEntry>
+ <VarListEntry><Term>showsrc</Term>
+ <ListItem><Para>
+ <literal/showsrc/ displays all the source package records that match
+ the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all
+ records that declare the name to be a Binary.
+ named packages.
+ </VarListEntry>
+
<VarListEntry><Term>dump</Term>
<ListItem><Para>
<literal/dump/ shows a short listing of every package in the cache. It is
<ListItem><Para>
<literal/dotty/ takes a list of packages on the command line and
gernerates output suitable for use by dotty from the
- <ulink url="http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/">GraphVis</>
+ <ulink url="http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/">GraphViz</>
package. The result will be a set of nodes and edges representing the
relationships between the packages. By default the given packages will
trace out all dependent packages which can produce a very large graph.
Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::Generate/.
</VarListEntry>
- <VarListEntry><term><option/--names-only/</>
+ <VarListEntry><term><option/--names-only/</><term><options/-n/</>
<ListItem><Para>
Only search on the package names, not the long description.
Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::NamesOnly/.