X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/80a26ed1fb36c6cdc07a4dc08ed46a405065b949..9ffbac99e52c91182ed8ff8678a994626b194e69:/README.progress-reporting diff --git a/README.progress-reporting b/README.progress-reporting index 285ca6190..5d9b581c5 100644 --- a/README.progress-reporting +++ b/README.progress-reporting @@ -2,17 +2,17 @@ Install-progress reporting -------------------------- If the apt options: "APT::Status-Fd" is set, apt will send status -reports to that fd. The status information is seperated with a ':', +reports to that fd. The status information is separated with a ':', there are the following status conditions: status = {"pmstatus", "dlstatus", "conffile-prompt", "error", "media-change" } The reason for using a fd instead of a OpProgress class is that many -apt frontend fork a (vte) terminal for the actual installation. +apt front-end fork a (vte) terminal for the actual installation. The reason to do the mapping and l10n of the dpkg states to human readable (and translatable) strings is that this way the translation -needs to be done only once for all frontends. +needs to be done only once for all front-ends. pmstatus @@ -49,10 +49,10 @@ pmconffile:conffile:percent:'current-conffile' 'new-conffile' useredited distedi media-change ------------ -media-change:medium:drive +media-change:medium:drive:human-readable string example: -media-change: Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Alpha i386 (20050830):/cdrom/ +media-change: Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Alpha i386 (20050830):/cdrom/:Please insert the disc labeled: 'Ubuntu 5.10 _Breezy Badger_ - Alpha i386 (20050830)' in the drive '/cdrom/' and press enter. dlstatus