-// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.5 1998/10/24 04:58:10 jgg Exp $
+// $Id: apt.conf,v 1.42 1999/10/31 06:32:28 jgg 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 a completely
- valid file.
+ valid file. Most of the options have sane default values, unless
+ you have specific needs you should NOT include arbitary items in a custom
+ configuration.
+
+ In some instances involving filenames it is possible to set the default
+ directory when the path is evaluated. This means you can use relative
+ paths within the sub scope.
+
+ The configuration directives are specified in a tree with {} designating
+ a subscope relative to the tag before the {}. You can further specify
+ a subscope using scope notation eg,
+ APT::Architecture "i386";
+ This is prefixed with the current scope. Scope notation must be used
+ if an option is specified on the command line with -o.
*/
-APT {
+// Options for APT in general
+APT
+{
Architecture "i386";
- Get {
+ // Options for apt-get
+ Get
+ {
Download-Only "false";
Simulate "false";
Assume-Yes "false";
+ Force-Yes "false"; // I would never set this.
Fix-Broken "false";
+ Fix-Missing "false";
Show-Upgraded "false";
+ No-Upgrade "false";
+ Print-URIs "false";
+ Compile "false";
+ No-Download "false";
+ Purge "false";
+ List-Cleanup "true";
+ ReInstall "false";
+ Trivial-Only "false";
+ No-Remove "false";
};
-
- Ingore-Hold "false";
+
+ Cache
+ {
+ Important "false";
+ AllVersions "false";
+ };
+
+ CDROM
+ {
+ Rename "false";
+ NoMount "false";
+ Fast "false";
+ NoAct "false";
+ };
+
+ // Some general options
+ Ignore-Hold "false";
+ 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";
};
+// Options for the downloading routines
Acquire
{
- Queue-Mode "access"; // host|access
+ Queue-Mode "host"; // host|access
+ Retries "0";
+ Source-Symlinks "true";
+
+ // HTTP method configuration
+ http
+ {
+ Proxy "http://127.0.0.1:3128";
+ Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
+ Timeout "120";
+ Pipeline-Depth "5";
+
+ // 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
+ };
+
+ ftp
+ {
+ Proxy "ftp://127.0.0.1/";
+ Proxy::http.us.debian.org "DIRECT"; // Specific per-host setting
+
+ /* Required script to perform proxy login. This example should work
+ for tisfwtk */
+ ProxyLogin
+ {
+ "USER $(PROXY_USER)";
+ "PASS $(PROXY_PASS)";
+ "USER $(SITE_USER)@$(SITE):$(SITE_PORT)";
+ "PASS $(SITE_PASS)";
+ };
+
+ Timeout "120";
+
+ /* Passive mode control, proxy, non-proxy and per-host. Pasv mode
+ is prefered if possible */
+ Passive "true";
+ Proxy::Passive "true";
+ Passive::http.us.debian.org "true"; // Specific per-host setting
+ };
+
+ cdrom
+ {
+ Mount "/cdrom";
+
+ // You need the trailing slash!
+ "/cdrom/"
+ {
+ Mount "sleep 1000";
+ UMount "sleep 500";
+ }
+ };
};
+// Directory layout
Dir
{
-
+ // Location of the state dir
State "/var/state/apt/"
{
lists "lists/";
xstatus "xstatus";
userstatus "status.user";
- status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
+ status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
+ cdroms "cdroms.list";
};
+ // Location of the cache dir
Cache "/var/cache/apt/" {
archives "archives/";
srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
};
+ // Config files
Etc "/etc/apt/" {
- sourcelist "sources.list.test";
+ sourcelist "sources.list";
main "apt.conf";
};
+ // Locations of binaries
Bin {
- methods "/home/jgg/work/apt/build/bin/methods/";
- gzip "gzip";
+ methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods/";
+ gzip "/bin/gzip";
+ dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
+ dpkg-source "/usr/bin/dpkg-source";
+ dpkg-buildpackage "/usr/bin/dpkg-buildpackage"
+ apt-get "/usr/bin/apt-get";
+ apt-cache "/usr/bin/apt-cache";
};
};
-DSelect {
+// Things that effect the APT dselect method
+DSelect
+{
+ Clean "auto"; // always|auto|prompt|never
+ Options "-f";
+ UpdateOptions "";
+ PromptAfterUpdate "no";
+}
+
+DPkg
+{
+ // 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";};
+
+ // Prevents daemons from getting cwd as something mountable (default)
+ Run-Directory "/";
+
+ // Build options for apt-get source --compile
+ Build-Options "-b -uc";
+ // Pre-configure all packages before they are installed using debconf.
+ Pre-Install-Pkgs {"dpkg-preconfig --apt --priority=low --frontend=dialog";};
}
-Debug {
- pkgProblemResolver "true";
+/* Options you can set to see some debugging text They corrispond to names
+ of classes in the source code */
+Debug
+{
+ pkgProblemResolver "false";
pkgAcquire "false";
- pkgAcquire::Worker "true";
+ pkgAcquire::Worker "false";
+ pkgDPkgPM "false";
+
+ pkgInitialize "false"; // This one will dump the configuration space
+ NoLocking "false";
+ Acquire::Ftp "false"; // Show ftp command traffic
+ Acquire::Http "false"; // Show http command traffic
+ aptcdrom "false"; // Show found package files
}
+
+/* Whatever you do, do not use this configuration file!! Take out ONLY
+ the portions you need */
+This Is Not A Valid Config File