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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-cache8
+ 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;