[apt-pkg] allow also codenames for specifying a release

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

diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index beae7cc106c725391bf69410d7a87718467d77f4..fb2be9a28939056b66e9d48efaf74967ad7d3875 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@
    &apt-email;
    &apt-product;
    <!-- The last update date -->
-   <date>06 December 2008</date>
+   <date>10 December 2008</date>
  </refentryinfo>
  
  <refmeta>
@@ -53,8 +53,9 @@
    parent groups.</para> 
 
    <para>Syntactically the configuration language is modeled after what the ISC tools
-   such as bind and dhcp use.  Lines starting with
-   <literal>//</literal> are treated as comments (ignored).
+   such as bind and dhcp use. Lines starting with
+   <literal>//</literal> are treated as comments (ignored), as well as all text
+   between <literal>/*</literal> and <literal>*/</literal>, just like C/C++ comments.
    Each line is of the form
    <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes "true";</literal> The trailing 
    semicolon is required and the quotes are optional. A new scope can be
@@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      
      <varlistentry><term>Default-Release</term>
         <listitem><para>Default release to install packages from if more than one
-        version available. Contains release name or release version. Examples: 'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', '4.0', '5.0*'. Release codenames ('etch', 'lenny' etc.) are not allowed now. See also &apt-preferences;.</para></listitem>
+        version available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: 'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', 'lenny', 'squeeze', '4.0', '5.0*'. See also &apt-preferences;.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
      
      <varlistentry><term>Ignore-Hold</term>
@@ -429,6 +430,15 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>
 
+ <refsect1>
+   <title>Periodic and Archives options</title>
+   <para><literal>APT::Periodic</literal> and <literal>APT::Archives</literal>
+   groups of options configure behavior of apt periodic updates, which is
+   done by <literal>/etc/cron.daily/apt</literal> script. See header of
+   this script for the brief documentation of these options.
+   </para>
+ </refsect1>
+
  <refsect1>
    <title>Debug options</title>
    <para>