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

diff --git a/doc/apt-mark.8.xml b/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
index ec50d6f765400d1824b667138f15408be5bb8daf..d627311241c802cd76a4a96b5a4d05d761d9919a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-mark.8.xml
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
    &apt-email;
    &apt-product;
    <!-- The last update date -->
-   <date>9 August 2009</date>
+   <date>21 April 2011</date>
  </refentryinfo>
  
  <refmeta>
@@ -33,25 +33,8 @@
     <refpurpose>mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed</refpurpose>
  </refnamediv>
 
- <!-- Arguments -->
- <refsynopsisdiv>
-   <cmdsynopsis>
-       <command>apt-mark</command>
-       <arg><option>-hv</option></arg>
-       <arg><option>-f=<replaceable>FILENAME</replaceable></option></arg>
-       <group choice="plain">
-               <arg choice="plain">
-                       <group choice="req">
-                               <arg choice="plain">markauto</arg>
-                               <arg choice="plain">unmarkauto</arg>
-                       </group>
-                       <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>package</replaceable></arg>
-               </arg>
-               <arg choice="plain">showauto</arg>
-       </group>
-   </cmdsynopsis>
- </refsynopsisdiv>
- 
+ &synopsis-command-apt-mark;
+
  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
    <para><command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has
    been marked as being automatically installed.
@@ -65,27 +48,60 @@
      <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>.
    </para>
      <variablelist>
-       <varlistentry><term>markauto</term>
-        <listitem><para><literal>markauto</literal> is used to mark a
+       <varlistentry><term>auto</term>
+        <listitem><para><literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a
      package as being automatically installed, which will cause the
      package to be removed when no more manually installed packages
      depend on this package.
        </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
 
-       <varlistentry><term>unmarkauto</term>
-        <listitem><para><literal>unmarkauto</literal> is used to mark a
+       <varlistentry><term>manual</term>
+        <listitem><para><literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a
      package as being manually installed, which will prevent the
      package from being automatically removed if no other packages
      depend on it.
        </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
 
+       <varlistentry><term>hold</term>
+        <listitem><para><literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a
+       package as hold back, which will prevent the package from being
+       automatically installed, upgraded or removed.
+       The command is only a wrapper around <command>dpkg --set-selections</command>
+       and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; and not effected
+       by the <option>--filename</option> option.
+       </para></listitem>
+       </varlistentry>
+
+       <varlistentry><term>unhold</term>
+        <listitem><para><literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a
+       previously set hold on a package to allow all actions again.
+       </para></listitem>
+       </varlistentry>
+
        <varlistentry><term>showauto</term>
         <listitem><para><literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a
      list of automatically installed packages with each package on a new line.
+     All automatically installed packages will be listed if no package is given.
+     If packages are given only those which are automatically installed will be shown.
        </para></listitem>
        </varlistentry>
+
+       <varlistentry><term>showmanual</term>
+        <listitem><para><literal>showmanual</literal> can be used in
+     the same way as <literal>showauto</literal> except that it will print
+     a list of manually installed packages instead.
+       </para></listitem>
+       </varlistentry>
+
+       <varlistentry><term>showhold</term>
+        <listitem><para><literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list
+     of packages on hold in the same way as for the other show commands.
+       </para></listitem>
+       </varlistentry>
+
+
      </variablelist>
  </refsect1>
  
@@ -102,23 +118,8 @@
      is <filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined
      by the Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
-   
-     <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>
-     <term><option>--help</option></term>
-     <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.
-     </para>
-     </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
-     
-     <varlistentry>
-      <term><option>-v</option></term>
-      <term><option>--version</option></term>
-      <listitem><para>Show the program version.
-     </para>
-     </listitem>
-     </varlistentry>
 
-     
+     &apt-commonoptions;
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>