Merge branch 'debian/sid' into debian/experimental

[apt.git] / doc / apt-get.8.xml

diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index cc4e82255f4e23fc952bbdd8ee7ec77d812d87ae..595ea875d05f15219e17fde9593c3de35aff8ad7 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -8,6 +8,8 @@
 <!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
 %aptverbatiment;
 
+<!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent">
+%aptvendor;
 ]>
 
 <refentry>
@@ -38,7 +40,7 @@
  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
    <para><command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be 
    considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT
-   library.  Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as &dselect;,
+   library.  Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as
    &aptitude;, &synaptic; and &wajig;.</para>
 
    <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the
@@ -215,10 +217,7 @@
      <listitem><para><literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved package 
      files. It removes everything but the lock file from 
      <filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and 
-     <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>. When APT is used as a 
-     &dselect; method, <literal>clean</literal> is run automatically.
-     Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run <literal>apt-get clean</literal>
-     from time to time to free up disk space.</para></listitem>
+     <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>autoclean</option></term>
@@ -282,7 +281,7 @@
      running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package 
      dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's 
      dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention 
-     (which usually means using &dselect; or <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of 
+     (which usually means using <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of
      the offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> may produce an
      error in some situations. 
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>.</para></listitem>
@@ -389,6 +388,18 @@
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry><term><option>--with-new-pkgs</option></term>
+     <listitem><para>Allow installing new packages when used in
+     conjunction with <literal>upgrade</literal>.  This is useful if
+     the update of a installed package requires new dependencies to be
+     installed. Instead of holding the package back <literal>upgrade</literal>
+     will upgrade the package and install the new dependencies. Note that
+     <literal>upgrade</literal> with this option will never remove packages,
+     only allow adding new ones.
+     Configuration Item:  <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New</literal>.
+     </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry><term><option>--no-upgrade</option></term>
      <listitem><para>Do not upgrade packages; when used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
      <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line
@@ -508,7 +519,15 @@
      This is useful for tools like pbuilder.
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
-     
+
+     <varlistentry><term><option>--show-progress</option></term>
+     <listitem><para>Show user friendly progress information in the
+     terminal window when packages are installed, upgraded or
+     removed. For a machine parsable version of this data see
+     README.progress-reporting in the apt doc directory.
+     Configuration Item: <literal>DpkgPM::Progress</literal> and <literal>Dpkg::Progress-Fancy</literal>.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+    
 
      &apt-commonoptions;
      
@@ -526,7 +545,7 @@
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
-   <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;,
+   <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &sources-list;,
    &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-secure;, 
    The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para>
  </refsect1>