doc/examples/configure-index: make "Dpkg::Max{Arg,ArgBytes} match reality

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diff --git a/doc/examples/configure-index b/doc/examples/configure-index
index cbede198bf1926f904ec73225f9dc10d1cc0e431..56e7e1a80c8bb1011f8b128edbd828e10d5d5c30 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/examples/configure-index
+++ b/doc/examples/configure-index
@@ -1,8 +1,7 @@
-// $Id: configure-index,v 1.10 2004/07/17 19:37:16 mdz Exp $

 /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
    NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is (except for the
    last line) a completely valid file. Most of the options have sane default
 /* This file is an index of all APT configuration directives. It should
    NOT actually be used as a real config file, though it is (except for the
    last line) a completely valid file. Most of the options have sane default

-   values, unless you have specific needs you should NOT include arbitary
+   values, unless you have specific needs you should NOT include arbitrary

    items in a custom configuration.
    
    In some instances involving filenames it is possible to set the default
    items in a custom configuration.
    
    In some instances involving filenames it is possible to set the default


@@ -18,20 +17,24 @@
 */
 
 quiet "0";
 */
 
 quiet "0";

+quiet::NoUpdate "true"; // never update progress information - included in -q=1

 
 // Options for APT in general
 APT 
 {
   Architecture "i386";
 
 // Options for APT in general
 APT 
 {
   Architecture "i386";

+  Architectures { "amd64"; "armel"; };

   Build-Essential "build-essential";
 
   Build-Essential "build-essential";
 

-  NeverAutoRemove  { "linux-kernel.*";  };  // packages that should never
+  NeverAutoRemove  { "linux-image.*";  };  // packages that should never

                                             // considered for autoRemove
 
   // Options for apt-get
   Get 
   {
                                             // considered for autoRemove
 
   // Options for apt-get
   Get 
   {

+     Host-Architecture "armel";

      Arch-Only "false";
      Arch-Only "false";

+     AllowUnauthenticated "false";

      AutomaticRemove "false";       
      HideAutoRemove "false";
      Download-Only "false";
      AutomaticRemove "false";       
      HideAutoRemove "false";
      Download-Only "false";


@@ -54,6 +57,8 @@ APT
      Only-Source "";
      Diff-Only "false";
      Tar-Only "false";
      Only-Source "";
      Diff-Only "false";
      Tar-Only "false";

+     Build-Dep-Automatic "true";
+     Show-User-Simulation-Note "true";

   };
 
   Cache 
   };
 
   Cache 


@@ -85,12 +90,7 @@ APT
 
   Authentication
   {
 
   Authentication
   {

-     TrustCDROM "false";            // consider the CDROM always trusted
-  };
-
-  GPGV
-  {
-     TrustedKeyring "/etc/apt/trusted.gpg";
+     TrustCDROM "false";            // consider the CD-ROM always trusted

   };
 
   // Some general options
   };
 
   // Some general options


@@ -98,17 +98,16 @@ APT
   Clean-Installed "true";
   Immediate-Configure "true";      // DO NOT turn this off, see the man page
   Force-LoopBreak "false";         // DO NOT turn this on, see the man page
   Clean-Installed "true";
   Immediate-Configure "true";      // DO NOT turn this off, see the man page
   Force-LoopBreak "false";         // DO NOT turn this on, see the man page

-  Cache-Limit "4194304";
+  Cache-Start "20971520";
+  Cache-Grow "1048576";
+  Cache-Limit "0";

   Default-Release "";
 
   // consider Recommends, Suggests as important dependencies that should
   // be installed by default
   Default-Release "";
 
   // consider Recommends, Suggests as important dependencies that should
   // be installed by default

-  Install-Recommends "false";
+  Install-Recommends "true";

   Install-Suggests "false";
 
   Install-Suggests "false";
 

-  // install recommends automatically for packages in this section
-  Install-Recommends-Section { "metapackages"; "universe/metapackages"; };
-  

   // consider dependencies of packages in this section manual
   Never-MarkAuto-Sections {"metapackages"; "universe/metapackages"; };
 
   // consider dependencies of packages in this section manual
   Never-MarkAuto-Sections {"metapackages"; "universe/metapackages"; };
 


@@ -117,6 +116,64 @@ APT
   // Keep the list of FDs open (normally apt closes all fds when it
   // does a ExecFork)
   Keep-Fds {};
   // Keep the list of FDs open (normally apt closes all fds when it
   // does a ExecFork)
   Keep-Fds {};

+
+  Changelogs
+  {
+    // server the provides the changelogs, the code will assume
+    // the changlogs are in the pool/ under a srcpkg_ver directory 
+    // with the name "changelog"
+    Server "http://packages.debian.org/changelogs";
+  }:
+
+  // control parameters for cron jobs by /etc/cron.daily/apt
+  Periodic
+  {
+    BackupArchiveInterval "0";
+    // - Backup after n-days if archive contents changed.(0=disable)
+
+    BackupLevel "3";
+    // - Backup level.(0=disable), 1 is invalid.
+
+    // APT::Archives::MaxAge "0"; (old, deprecated)
+    MaxAge "0"; // (new)
+    // - Set maximum allowed age of a cache package file. If a cache 
+    //   package file is older it is deleted (0=disable)
+
+    // APT::Archives::MinAge "2"; (old, deprecated)
+    MinAge "2"; // (new)
+    // - Set minimum age of a package file. If a file is younger it
+    //   will not be deleted (0=disable). Useful to prevent races
+    //   and to keep backups of the packages for emergency.
+
+    // APT::Archives::MaxSize "0"; (old, deprecated)
+    MaxSize "0"; // (new)
+    // - Set maximum size of the cache in MB (0=disable). If the cache
+    //   is bigger, cached package files are deleted until the size
+    //   requirement is met (the oldest packages will be deleted 
+    //   first).
+
+    Update-Package-Lists "0";
+    // - Do "apt-get update" automatically every n-days (0=disable)
+    //   
+    Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
+    // - Do "apt-get upgrade --download-only" every n-days (0=disable)
+    //
+    Unattended-Upgrade "0";
+    // - Run the "unattended-upgrade" security upgrade script 
+    //   every n-days (0=disabled)
+    //   Requires the package "unattended-upgrades" and will write
+    //   a log in /var/log/unattended-upgrades
+    //
+    AutocleanInterval "0";
+    // - Do "apt-get autoclean" every n-days (0=disable)
+
+    Verbose "0";
+    // - Send report mail to root
+    //   0:  no report             (or null string)
+    //   1:  progress report       (actually any string)
+    //   2:  + command outputs     (remove -qq, remove 2>/dev/null, add -d)
+    //   3:  + trace on            
+  };

 };
 
 // Options for the downloading routines
 };
 
 // Options for the downloading routines


@@ -125,9 +182,17 @@ Acquire
   Queue-Mode "host";       // host|access
   Retries "0";
   Source-Symlinks "true";
   Queue-Mode "host";       // host|access
   Retries "0";
   Source-Symlinks "true";

+  ForceHash "sha256"; // hashmethod used for expected hash: sha256, sha1 or md5sum

 
   PDiffs "true";     // try to get the IndexFile diffs
 
   PDiffs "true";     // try to get the IndexFile diffs

-  
+  PDiffs::FileLimit "4"; // don't use diffs if we would need more than 4 diffs
+  PDiffs::SizeLimit "50"; // don't use diffs if size of all patches excess
+                         // 50% of the size of the original file
+
+  Check-Valid-Until "true";
+  Max-ValidTime "864000"; // 10 days
+  Max-ValidTime::Debian-Security "604800"; // 7 days, label specific configuration
+

   // HTTP method configuration
   http 
   {
   // HTTP method configuration
   http 
   {


@@ -135,24 +200,44 @@ Acquire
     Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT";  // Specific per-host setting
     Timeout "120";
     Pipeline-Depth "5";
     Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT";  // Specific per-host setting
     Timeout "120";
     Pipeline-Depth "5";

-    
+    AllowRedirect  "true";
+

     // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
     No-Cache "false";
     Max-Age "86400";     // 1 Day age on index files
     No-Store "false";    // Prevent the cache from storing archives    
     Dl-Limit "7";        // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate
     // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
     No-Cache "false";
     Max-Age "86400";     // 1 Day age on index files
     No-Store "false";    // Prevent the cache from storing archives    
     Dl-Limit "7";        // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate

+    User-Agent "Debian APT-HTTP/1.3";

   };
 
   };
 

-  // HTTPS method configuration:
-  // - uses the http proxy config 
-  // - uses the http cache-control values
-  // - uses the http Dl-Limit values
-  https 
+
+
+  // HTTPS method configuration: uses the http
+  // - proxy config
+  // - cache-control values
+  // - Dl-Limit, Timout, ... values
+  // if not set explicit for https
+  //
+  // see /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt-https-method-example.conf.gz
+  // for more examples
+  https

   {
        Verify-Peer "false";
        SslCert "/etc/apt/some.pem";
   {
        Verify-Peer "false";
        SslCert "/etc/apt/some.pem";

-        CaPath  "/etc/ssl/certs";
-        Verify-Host" "2";
+       CaPath  "/etc/ssl/certs";
+       Verify-Host "true";
+       AllowRedirect  "true";
+
+       Timeout "120";
+       AllowRedirect  "true";
+
+       // Cache Control. Note these do not work with Squid 2.0.2
+       No-Cache "false";
+       Max-Age "86400";     // 1 Day age on index files
+       No-Store "false";    // Prevent the cache from storing archives
+       Dl-Limit "7";        // 7Kb/sec maximum download rate
+
+       User-Agent "Debian APT-CURL/1.0";

   };
 
   ftp
   };
 
   ftp


@@ -173,7 +258,7 @@ Acquire
     Timeout "120";
     
     /* Passive mode control, proxy, non-proxy and per-host. Pasv mode
     Timeout "120";
     
     /* Passive mode control, proxy, non-proxy and per-host. Pasv mode

-       is prefered if possible */
+       is preferred if possible */

     Passive "true";
     Proxy::Passive "true";
     Passive::http.us.debian.org "true"; // Specific per-host setting
     Passive "true";
     Proxy::Passive "true";
     Passive::http.us.debian.org "true"; // Specific per-host setting


@@ -181,6 +266,13 @@ Acquire
   
   cdrom
   {
   
   cdrom
   {

+    // do auto detection of the cdrom mountpoint
+    AutoDetect "true";   
+    // when auto-detecting, only look for cdrom/dvd. when this is false
+    // it will support any removable device as a "cdrom" source
+    CdromOnly "true";
+    
+    // cdrom mountpoint (needs to be defined in fstab if AutoDetect is not used)

     mount "/cdrom";
 
     // You need the trailing slash!
     mount "/cdrom";
 
     // You need the trailing slash!


@@ -193,22 +285,26 @@ Acquire
 
   gpgv
   {
 
   gpgv
   {

-   Options {"--ignore-time-conflict";} // not very usefull on a normal system
+   Options {"--ignore-time-conflict";} // not very useful on a normal system

   };
 
   };
 

-  mirror
+  CompressionTypes

   {
   {

-   RefreshInterval "360"; // refresh interval in minutes
-   MaxAge "90";           // max age for a mirror file in days before 
-                          // it gets deleted
-   // mirror failure reporting script
-   ProblemReporting "/usr/lib/apt/apt-report-mirror-failure"; 
-   // mirror failure reporting url
-   ReportFailures "http://example.com/mirror-failure"; 
+    bz2 "bzip2";
+    lzma "lzma";
+    gz "gzip";
+
+    Order { "uncompressed"; "gz"; "lzma"; "bz2"; };

   };
 
   };
 

-  // translations can be set here to "none", "environment" or "$locale"
-  Translation "none";
+  Languages
+  {
+     "environment";
+     "de";
+     "en";
+     "none";
+     "fr";
+  };

 };
 
 // Directory layout
 };
 
 // Directory layout


@@ -218,26 +314,33 @@ Dir "/"
   State "var/lib/apt/" 
   {
      Lists "lists/";
   State "var/lib/apt/" 
   {
      Lists "lists/";

-     xstatus "xstatus";
-     userstatus "status.user";

      status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
      status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";

+     extended_states "extended_states";

      cdroms "cdroms.list";
      cdroms "cdroms.list";

-     mirrors "mirrors/";

   };
   
   // Location of the cache dir
   Cache "var/cache/apt/" {
      Archives "archives/";
   };
   
   // Location of the cache dir
   Cache "var/cache/apt/" {
      Archives "archives/";

+     // backup directory created by /etc/cron.daily/apt
+     Backup "backup/"; 

      srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
      pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";     
   };
   
   // Config files
   Etc "etc/apt/" {
      srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
      pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";     
   };
   
   // Config files
   Etc "etc/apt/" {

-     SourceList "sources.list";

      Main "apt.conf";
      Main "apt.conf";

-     Preferences "preferences";     
+     Netrc "auth.conf";

      Parts "apt.conf.d/";
      Parts "apt.conf.d/";

+     Preferences "preferences";
+     PreferencesParts "preferences.d";
+     SourceList "sources.list";
+     SourceParts "sources.list.d";
+     VendorList "vendors.list";
+     VendorParts "vendors.list.d";
+     Trusted "trusted.gpg";
+     TrustedParts "trusted.gpg.d";

   };
   
   // Locations of binaries
   };
   
   // Locations of binaries


@@ -255,6 +358,21 @@ Dir "/"
   // Location of the logfile
   Log "var/log/apt" {
        Terminal "term.log";
   // Location of the logfile
   Log "var/log/apt" {
        Terminal "term.log";

+       History "history.log";
+  };
+
+  // Media 
+  Media 
+  {
+       // Media AutoDetect mount path
+       MountPath "/media/apt";
+  };
+
+  // Media 
+  Media 
+  {
+       // Media AutoDetect mount path
+       MountPath "/media/apt";

   };
 };
 
   };
 };
 


@@ -268,18 +386,24 @@ DSelect
    CheckDir "no";
 }
 
    CheckDir "no";
 }
 

-DPkg 
+DPkg

 {
 {

+   // let apt aggressivly use dpkg triggers
+   NoTriggers "true";
+   ConfigurePending "true";
+

    // Probably don't want to use force-downgrade..
    Options {"--force-overwrite";"--force-downgrade";}
    // Probably don't want to use force-downgrade..
    Options {"--force-overwrite";"--force-downgrade";}

-   
+

    // Auto re-mounting of a readonly /usr
    Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
    Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};
    // Auto re-mounting of a readonly /usr
    Pre-Invoke {"mount -o remount,rw /usr";};
    Post-Invoke {"mount -o remount,ro /usr";};

-   
+
+   Chroot-Directory "/";
+

    // Prevents daemons from getting cwd as something mountable (default)
    Run-Directory "/";
    // Prevents daemons from getting cwd as something mountable (default)
    Run-Directory "/";

-   
+

    // Build options for apt-get source --compile
    Build-Options "-b -uc";
 
    // Build options for apt-get source --compile
    Build-Options "-b -uc";
 


@@ -290,8 +414,8 @@ DPkg
    FlushSTDIN "true";
 
    // Control the size of the command line passed to dpkg.
    FlushSTDIN "true";
 
    // Control the size of the command line passed to dpkg.

-   MaxBytes 1024;
-   MaxArgs 350;
+   MaxArgBytes 32768;
+   MaxArgs 8192;

 
    // controls if apt will apport on the first dpkg error or if it 
    // tries to install as many packages as possible
 
    // controls if apt will apport on the first dpkg error or if it 
    // tries to install as many packages as possible


@@ -303,13 +427,17 @@ DPkg
 Debug 
 {
   pkgProblemResolver "false";
 Debug 
 {
   pkgProblemResolver "false";

+  pkgProblemResolver::ShowScores "false";

   pkgDepCache::AutoInstall "false"; // what packages apt install to satify dependencies
   pkgDepCache::AutoInstall "false"; // what packages apt install to satify dependencies

+  pkgDepCache::Marker "false"; 
+  pkgCacheGen "false";

   pkgAcquire "false";
   pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
   pkgAcquire::Auth "false";
   pkgDPkgPM "false";
   pkgDPkgProgressReporting "false";
   pkgOrderList "false";
   pkgAcquire "false";
   pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
   pkgAcquire::Auth "false";
   pkgDPkgPM "false";
   pkgDPkgProgressReporting "false";
   pkgOrderList "false";

+  pkgPackageManager "false"; // OrderList/Configure debugging

   pkgAutoRemove "false";   // show information about automatic removes
   BuildDeps "false";
   pkgInitialize "false";   // This one will dump the configuration space
   pkgAutoRemove "false";   // show information about automatic removes
   BuildDeps "false";
   pkgInitialize "false";   // This one will dump the configuration space


@@ -318,11 +446,15 @@ Debug
   Acquire::Http "false";   // Show http command traffic
   Acquire::Https "false";   // Show https debug
   Acquire::gpgv "false";   // Show the gpgv traffic
   Acquire::Http "false";   // Show http command traffic
   Acquire::Https "false";   // Show https debug
   Acquire::gpgv "false";   // Show the gpgv traffic

-  Acquire::Mirror "false"; // Show debugging of the mirror method
+  Acquire::cdrom "false";   // Show cdrom debug output

   aptcdrom "false";        // Show found package files
   IdentCdrom "false";
   aptcdrom "false";        // Show found package files
   IdentCdrom "false";

+  acquire::netrc "false";  // netrc parser
+  RunScripts "false";      // debug invocation of external scripts  

 }
 
 }
 

+pkgCacheGen::Essential "native"; // other modes: all, none, installed
+

 /* Whatever you do, do not use this configuration file!! Take out ONLY
    the portions you need! */
 This Is Not A Valid Config File
 /* Whatever you do, do not use this configuration file!! Take out ONLY
    the portions you need! */
 This Is Not A Valid Config File