X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/43be0ac4b37f3a82ae4a16e473c3d8e44637ce1b..699ec9460d846c6cd749882f3fc3e69a7ecaf14b:/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml?ds=sidebyside diff --git a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml index d47df957a..eb61eae51 100644 --- a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml +++ b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml @@ -285,7 +285,7 @@ Sources - Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to + Sets the output Sources file. Defaults to $(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/Sources @@ -350,11 +350,11 @@ When processing a Tree section apt-ftparchive performs an operation similar to: - + for i in Sections do for j in Architectures do Generate for DIST=scope SECTION=i ARCH=j - + Sections @@ -544,6 +544,18 @@ for i in Sections do Configuration Item: APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB. + + + &apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in it is 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 If packages + are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this will lead to problems + as the now outdated cached metadata like size and checksums will be used.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. + Note that this option is set to "false" by default as it is not recommend + to upload multiply versions/builds of a package with the same versionnumber, so in theory + nobody will have these problems and therefore all these extra checks are useless. + + + This configuration option defaults to "true" and should only be set to