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diff --git a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
index 028d9f70e..91fdfe1e0 100644
--- a/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-ftparchive.1.xml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-
%aptent;
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
&apt-email;
&apt-product;
- 2009-08-17T00:00:00Z
+ 2012-06-09T00:00:00Z
@@ -51,8 +51,8 @@
programs aside from &gzip;. When doing a full generate it automatically
performs file-change checks and builds the desired compressed output files.
- Unless the , or option is given one of the
- commands below must be present.
+ Unless the , or option is given,
+ one of the commands below must be present.
@@ -93,12 +93,12 @@
The release command generates a Release file from a
directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for uncompressed
- Packages and Sources files and the ones
+ Packages and Sources files and ones
compressed with gzip, bzip2 or lzma
as well as Release and md5sum.txt files by default
(APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns). Additional filename patterns
can be added by listing them in APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns.
- It then writes to stdout a Release file containing a MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 digest
+ It then writes to stdout a Release file containing an MD5, SHA1 and SHA256 digest
for each file.
Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are
@@ -139,9 +139,9 @@
tree manner. This only effects how the scope tag is handled.
- The generate configuration has 4 separate sections, each described below.
+ The generate configuration has four separate sections, each described below.
- Dir Section
+ Dir Section
The Dir section defines the standard directories needed to
locate the files required during the generation process. These
@@ -162,7 +162,7 @@
- Specifies the location of the cache files
+ Specifies the location of the cache files.
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@
- Default Section
+ Default Section
The Default section specifies default values, and settings
that control the operation of the generator. Other sections may override
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@
Sets the default compression schemes to use
- for the Package index files. It is a string that contains a space
+ for the package index files. It is a string that contains a space
separated list of at least one of: '.' (no compression), 'gzip' and
'bzip2'. The default for all compression schemes is '. gzip'.
@@ -233,13 +233,13 @@
- Sets if long descriptions should be included in the Packages file or split
- out into a master Translation-en file.
+ Specifies whether long descriptions should be included in the Packages file or split
+ out into a master Translation-en file.
- TreeDefault Section
+ TreeDefault Section
Sets defaults specific to Tree sections. All of these
variables are substitution variables and have the strings $(DIST),
@@ -290,7 +290,7 @@
- Set the output Translation-en master file with the long descriptions if they
+ Sets the output Translation-en master file with the long descriptions if they
should be not included in the Packages file. Defaults to
$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/i18n/Translation-en
@@ -305,8 +305,8 @@
Sets the output Contents file. Defaults to
- $(DIST)/Contents-$(ARCH). If this setting causes multiple
- Packages files to map onto a single Contents file (such as the default)
+ $(DIST)/$(SECTION)/Contents-$(ARCH). If this setting causes multiple
+ Packages files to map onto a single Contents file (as is the default)
then apt-ftparchive will integrate those package files
together automatically.
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
- Tree Section
+ Tree Section
The Tree section defines a standard Debian file tree which
consists of a base directory, then multiple sections in that base
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@
Typically this is a setting such as dists/&stable-codename;.
All of the settings defined in the TreeDefault section can be
- use in a Tree section as well as three new variables.
+ used in a Tree section as well as three new variables.
When processing a Tree section apt-ftparchive
performs an operation similar to:
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ for i in Sections do
This is a space separated list of sections which appear
- under the distribution, typically this is something like
+ under the distribution; typically this is something like
main contrib non-free
@@ -379,8 +379,8 @@ for i in Sections do
- Sets if long descriptions should be included in the Packages file or split
- out into a master Translation-en file.
+ Specifies whether long descriptions should be included in the Packages file or split
+ out into a master Translation-en file.
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ for i in Sections do
- BinDirectory Section
+ BinDirectory Section
The bindirectory section defines a binary directory tree
with no special structure. The scope tag specifies the location of
@@ -428,7 +428,7 @@ for i in Sections do
- Sets the Contents file output. (optional)
+ Sets the Contents file output (optional).
@@ -472,8 +472,8 @@ for i in Sections do
The Binary Override FileThe binary override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scanpackages;. It
- contains 4 fields separated by spaces. The first field is the package name,
- the second is the priority to force that package to, the third is the
+ contains four fields separated by spaces. The first field is the package name,
+ the second is the priority to force that package to, the third is
the section to force that package to and the final field is the maintainer
permutation field.The general form of the maintainer field is:
@@ -490,14 +490,14 @@ for i in Sections do
The Source Override File
The source override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scansources;. It
- contains 2 fields separated by spaces. The first fields is the source
+ contains two fields separated by spaces. The first field is the source
package name, the second is the section to assign it.The Extra Override File
The extra override file allows any arbitrary tag to be added or replaced
- in the output. It has 3 columns, the first is the package, the second is
+ in the output. It has three columns, the first is the package, the second is
the tag and the remainder of the line is the new value.