X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/7e4c7441e83fc2cf37436d0d22b9004392759ec0..b508453a93fb26354b3f7f9fd828216d1cf4636d:/doc/apt-cache.8.xml diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml index 520c3cdca..9a63421a8 100644 --- a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml +++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ apt-cache 8 + APT @@ -150,7 +151,7 @@ Reverse Provides: Missing is the number of package names that were referenced in a dependency but were not provided by any package. Missing packages may - be in evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a package + be an evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a package (real or virtual) has been dropped from the distribution. Usually they are referenced from Conflicts or Breaks statements. @@ -225,11 +226,14 @@ Reverse Provides: pkgnames [ prefix ] - This command prints the name of each package in the system. The optional + This command prints the name of each package APT knows. The optional argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated extremely quickly. This command is best used with the - option. + option. + Note that a package which APT knows of is not necessarily available to download, + installable or installed, e.g. virtual packages are also listed in the generated list. + dotty pkg(s) @@ -242,11 +246,6 @@ Reverse Provides: To limit the output to only the packages listed on the command line, set the APT::Cache::GivenOnly option. - xvcg pkg(s) - The same as dotty, only for xvcg from the - VCG tool. - - The resulting nodes will have several shapes; normal packages are boxes, pure provides are triangles, mixed provides are diamonds, missing packages are hexagons. Orange boxes mean recursion was stopped @@ -255,6 +254,11 @@ Reverse Provides: Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages. + xvcg pkg(s) + The same as dotty, only for xvcg from the + VCG tool. + + policy [ pkg(s) ] policy is meant to help debug issues relating to the preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the @@ -300,11 +304,25 @@ Reverse Provides: - Print only important dependencies; for use with unmet. Causes only Depends and + Print only important dependencies; for use with unmet and depends. Causes only Depends and Pre-Depends relations to be printed. Configuration Item: APT::Cache::Important. + + + + + + + + + Per default the depends and + rdepends print all dependencies. This can be twicked with + these flags which will omit the specified dependency type. + Configuration Item: APT::Cache::ShowDependencyType + e.g. APT::Cache::ShowRecommends. + Print full package records when searching. Configuration Item: APT::Cache::ShowFull. @@ -356,21 +374,8 @@ Reverse Provides: Files - /etc/apt/sources.list - Locations to fetch packages from. - Configuration Item: Dir::Etc::SourceList. - - - &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). - + &file-sourceslist; + &file-statelists;