X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/blobdiff_plain/851389e73f0273b93338f49532664ecac13886a0..4e3180ff00ae32e4d836517180137048ac3cdfc7:/doc/method.sgml diff --git a/doc/method.sgml b/doc/method.sgml index 5e782d008..5aa7b52e8 100644 --- a/doc/method.sgml +++ b/doc/method.sgml @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ APT Method Interface Jason Gunthorpe jgg@debian.org -$Id: method.sgml,v 1.9 2002/09/15 23:14:34 jgg Exp $ +$Id: method.sgml,v 1.10 2003/02/12 15:05:46 doogie Exp $ This document describes the interface that APT uses to the archive @@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

-For more details, on Debian GNU/Linux systems, see the file -/usr/doc/copyright/GPL for the full license. +For more details, on Debian systems, see the file +/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full license. @@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ the ones it wants. LocalThe method only returns Filename: fields. Send-ConfigSend configuration to the method. Needs-CleanupThe process is kept around while the files it returned -are being used. This is primarily intended for CDROM and File URIs that need +are being used. This is primarily intended for CD-ROM and File URIs that need to unmount filesystems. VersionVersion string for the method @@ -246,14 +246,14 @@ pre-transfer status for Internet type methods. Fields: Message 200 URI Start -Indicates the URI is starting to be transfered. The URI is specified +Indicates the URI is starting to be transferred. The URI is specified along with stats about the file itself. Fields: URI, Size, Last-Modified, Resume-Point 201 URI Done -Indicates that a URI has completed being transfered. It is possible +Indicates that a URI has completed being transferred. It is possible to specify a 201 URI Done without a URI Start which would -mean no data was transfered but the file is now available. A Filename +mean no data was transferred but the file is now available. A Filename field is specified when the URI is directly available in the local pathname space. APT will either directly use that file or copy it into another location. It is possible to return Alt-* fields to indicate that @@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ Fields: Media, Fail

The methods supplied by the stock apt are: -cdrom - For Multi-Disc CDROMs +cdrom - For Multi-Disc CD-ROMs copy - (internal) For copying files around the filesystem file - For local files gzip - (internal) For decompression