Clarify the meaning of only-source

Author: mdz
Date: 2003-07-23 03:40:23 GMT
Clarify the meaning of only-source

diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.sgml b/doc/apt-get.8.sgml
index d986b0e3b922f2f94d5e8647c373d68332eac7fc..a28b35abe7f8c2fe35468eacf1f4eee44089dcfa 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.sgml
@@ -405,8 +405,12 @@
 
      <VarListEntry><term><option/--only-source/</>
      <ListItem><Para>
 
      <VarListEntry><term><option/--only-source/</>
      <ListItem><Para>

-     Only has meaning for the <literal/source/ command. indicates that the
-     given source names are not to be mapped through the binary table.
+     Only has meaning for the <literal/source/ command.  Indicates that the
+     given source names are not to be mapped through the binary
+     table.  This means that if this option is specified, the
+     <literal/source/ command will only accept source package names as
+     arguments, rather than accepting binary package names and looking
+     up the corresponding source package.

      Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Only-Source/
      </VarListEntry>
 
      Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Only-Source/
      </VarListEntry>