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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+ as the now outdated cached metadata like size and checksums will be used.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