* Mention default setting for --all-versions (Closes: #...

Author: mdz
Date: 2003-08-01 20:24:29 GMT
* Mention default setting for --all-versions (Closes: #203298)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index a51b0c1e76383cbb59de88b9bde3fa371538de5d..dda5dd9addbe7615a4ca598c90a91167ebb23801 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 apt (0.5.9) unstable; urgency=low
 
   * Fix typo in example ftp-archive.conf (Closes: #203295)
+  * Mention default setting for --all-versions (Closes: #203298)
 
  --
 

diff --git a/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml b/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
index 5f81ff8f185da3996f31b553f661c7b19a083f14..b817a181f70e44498cf1d9974ec36b03854fe70e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
@@ -312,8 +312,11 @@ Reverse Provides:
 
      <VarListEntry><term><option/-a/</><term><option/--all-versions/</>
      <ListItem><Para>
-     Print full records for all available versions. This is only applicable to 
-     the <literal/show/ command. 
+     Print full records for all available versions. This is the
+     default; to turn it off, use <option/--no-all-versions/.
+     If <option/--no-all-versions/ is specified, only the candidate version
+     will displayed (the one which would be selected for installation).
+     This option is only applicable to  the <literal/show/ command.
      Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::AllVersions/.
      </VarListEntry>