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diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
index c1e65332d..538de3c27 100644
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
apt-cache8
+ APT
@@ -51,6 +52,7 @@
rdepends pkgpkgnames prefixdotty pkg
+ xvcg pkgpolicy pkgsmadison pkgs
@@ -149,7 +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.
@@ -197,9 +199,14 @@ Reverse Provides:
search regex [ regex ... ]search performs a full text search on all available package
- lists for the regex pattern given. It searches the package names and the
+ lists for the POSIX regex pattern given, see
+ regex
+ 7.
+ It searches the package names and the
descriptions for an occurrence of the regular expression and prints out
- the package name and the short description. If is given
+ the package name and the short description, including virtual package
+ names.
+ If is given
then output identical to show is produced for each matched
package, and if is given then the long description
is not searched, only the package name is.
@@ -219,11 +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)
@@ -244,6 +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
@@ -289,7 +304,7 @@ 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.
@@ -345,21 +360,8 @@ 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;