- add --arch option for apt-ftparchive packages and contents commands

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

diff --git a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
index 5d538c2c63bd929975ed9a1dca5d71c78947c9ef..f88dbe63127fa5e35a6ef4cb9d9aa5ab942debca 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
       <arg><option>--delink</option></arg>
       <arg><option>--readonly</option></arg>
       <arg><option>--contents</option></arg>
+      <arg><option>--arch <replaceable>architecture</replaceable></option></arg>
       <arg><option>-o <replaceable>config</replaceable>=<replaceable>string</replaceable></option></arg>
       <arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>      
       <group choice="req">
@@ -350,11 +351,11 @@
      <para>
      When processing a <literal>Tree</literal> section <command>apt-ftparchive</command> 
      performs an operation similar to:
-<informalexample><programlisting>
+     <programlisting>
 for i in Sections do 
    for j in Architectures do
       Generate for DIST=scope SECTION=i ARCH=j
-</programlisting></informalexample></para>
+     </programlisting></para>
 
      <variablelist>     
       <varlistentry><term>Sections</term>
@@ -542,11 +543,18 @@ for i in Sections do
      <listitem><para>
      Make the caching databases read only. 
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>.</para></listitem>
-     </varlistentry>   
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term><term><option>--arch</option></term>
+     <listitem><para>Accept in the <literal>packages</literal> and <literal>contents</literal>
+     commands only package files matching <literal>*_arch.deb</literal> or
+     <literal>*_all.deb</literal> instead of all package files in the given path.
+     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Architecture</literal>.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>APT::FTPArchive::AlwaysStat</option></term>
      <listitem><para>
-     &apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in it is cachedb. If packages
+     &apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in a cachedb. If packages
      are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this will lead to problems
      as the now outdated cached metadata like size and checksums will be used. With this option
      enabled this will no longer happen as it will be checked if the file was changed.