&apt-email;
&apt-product;
<!-- The last update date -->
- <date>29 February 2004</date>
+ <date>17 August 2009</date>
</refentryinfo>
<refmeta>
<arg><option>--delink</option></arg>
<arg><option>--readonly</option></arg>
<arg><option>--contents</option></arg>
- <arg><option>-o=<replaceable>config string</replaceable></option></arg>
+ <arg><option>-o <replaceable>config</replaceable>=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></arg>
<arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
<group choice="req">
<arg>packages<arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>path</replaceable></arg><arg><replaceable>override</replaceable><arg><replaceable>pathprefix</replaceable></arg></arg></arg>
<para>
The <literal>Dir</literal> section defines the standard directories needed to
locate the files required during the generation process. These
- directories are prepended to certain relative paths defined in later
+ directories are prepended certain relative paths defined in later
sections to produce a complete an absolute path.</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>ArchiveDir</term>
<varlistentry><term>Sources</term>
<listitem><para>
- Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to
+ Sets the output Sources file. Defaults to
<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/Sources</filename></para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<para>
When processing a <literal>Tree</literal> section <command>apt-ftparchive</command>
performs an operation similar to:
-<informalexample><programlisting>
+ <programlisting>
for i in Sections do
for j in Architectures do
Generate for DIST=scope SECTION=i ARCH=j
-</programlisting></informalexample></para>
+ </programlisting></para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry><term>Sections</term>
Make the caching databases read only.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
-
+
+ <varlistentry><term><option>APT::FTPArchive::LongDescription</option></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ This configuration option defaults to "<literal>true</literal>" and should only be set to
+ <literal>"false"</literal> if the Archive generated with &apt-ftparchive; also provides
+ <filename>Translation</filename> files. Note that it is currently not possible to create these
+ files with <command>apt-ftparchive</command>.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
&apt-commonoptions;
</variablelist>