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+ JasonGunthorpe
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+ 1998-2001Jason Gunthorpe
- 14 December 2003
+ 28 October 2008Linux
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- Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary
+ Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary
configuration option. The syntax is .
+ and can be used multiple
+ times to set different options.
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+/etc/apt/apt.conf
+ APT configuration file.
+ Configuration Item: Dir::Etc::Main.
+
+
+ /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/
+ APT configuration file fragments.
+ Configuration Item: Dir::Etc::Parts.
+
+">
+
+&cachedir;/archives/
+ Storage area for retrieved package files.
+ Configuration Item: Dir::Cache::Archives.
+
+
+ &cachedir;/archives/partial/
+ Storage area for package files in transit.
+ Configuration Item: Dir::Cache::Archives (implicit partial).
+
+">
+
+/etc/apt/preferences
+ Version preferences file.
+ This is where you would specify "pinning",
+ i.e. a preference to get certain packages
+ from a separate source
+ or from a different version of a distribution.
+ Configuration Item: Dir::Etc::Preferences.
+
+
+ /etc/apt/preferences.d/
+ File fragments for the version preferences.
+ Configuration Item: Dir::Etc::PreferencesParts.
+
+">
+
+/etc/apt/sources.list
+ Locations to fetch packages from.
+ Configuration Item: Dir::Etc::SourceList.
+
+
+ /etc/apt/sources.list.d/
+ File fragments for locations to fetch packages from.
+ Configuration Item: Dir::Etc::SourceParts.
+
+">
+
+&statedir;/lists/
+ Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
+ &sources-list;
+ Configuration Item: Dir::State::Lists.
+
+
+ &statedir;/lists/partial/
+ Storage area for state information in transit.
+ Configuration Item: Dir::State::Lists (implicit partial).
+
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