Allow the FileFd to use an external Compressor to uncompress a given file

[apt.git] / doc / apt-ftparchive.1.xml

diff --git a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
index 549aa6a347025c0fb1ce90c153ce4e10928eeebe..b08ebe80f4c8ac795d9aa8ffb70c4c10bef7a16a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@
 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
 %aptent;
 
+<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
+%aptverbatiment;
+
 ]>
 
 <refentry>
@@ -110,10 +113,13 @@
      <varlistentry><term>release</term>
      <listitem><para>
      The <literal>release</literal> command generates a Release file from a
-     directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for
-     Packages, Packages.gz, Packages.bz2, Sources, Sources.gz,
-     Sources.bz2, Release and md5sum.txt files.  It then writes to
-     stdout a Release file containing an MD5 digest and SHA1 digest
+     directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for uncompressed
+     <filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Sources</filename> files and the ones
+     compressed with <command>gzip</command>, <command>bzip2</command> or <command>lzma</command>
+     as well as <filename>Release</filename> and <filename>md5sum.txt</filename> files by default
+     (<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns</literal>). Additional filename patterns
+     can be added by listing them in <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns</literal>.
+     It then writes to stdout a Release file containing a MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 digest
      for each file.</para>
      <para>
      Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are
@@ -520,11 +526,15 @@ for i in Sections do
    &apt-cmdblurb;
    
    <variablelist>
-     <varlistentry><term><option>--md5</option></term>
+     <varlistentry><term><option>--md5</option>, <option>--sha1</option>, <option>--sha256</option></term>
      <listitem><para>
-     Generate MD5 sums. This defaults to on, when turned off the generated 
-     index files will not have MD5Sum fields where possible.
-     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::MD5</literal></para></listitem>
+     Generate the given checksum. These options default to on, when turned off the generated
+     index files will not have the checksum fields where possible.
+     Configuration Items: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> and
+     <literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Index</replaceable>::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> where
+     <literal><replaceable>Index</replaceable></literal> can be <literal>Packages</literal>, <literal>Sources</literal> or
+     <literal>Release</literal> and <literal><replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> can be <literal>MD5</literal>,
+     <literal>SHA1</literal> or <literal>SHA256</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>-d</option></term><term><option>--db</option></term>