From: David Kalnischkies <david@kalnischkies.de>
Date: Tue, 11 Aug 2015 17:24:24 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: remove Dir:: scope limit of RootDir in the documentation
X-Git-Tag: 1.1.exp9~42^2~6
X-Git-Url: https://git.saurik.com/apt.git/commitdiff_plain/35bf76cf3035761c8721e51250bbeb5f4facf8ee

remove Dir:: scope limit of RootDir in the documentation

RootDir doesn't only effect Dir-scope but all FindDir directories, so
document it accordingly.

Closes: 659387
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diff --git a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
index 103d0622c..6b5ebf2d7 100644
--- a/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
+++ b/doc/apt.conf.5.xml
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
 
    <para>
      The configuration item <literal>RootDir</literal> has a special
-     meaning.  If set, all paths in <literal>Dir::</literal> will be
+     meaning.  If set, all paths will be
      relative to <literal>RootDir</literal>, <emphasis>even paths that
      are specified absolutely</emphasis>.  So, for instance, if
      <literal>RootDir</literal> is set to
@@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
      <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>, then the status file
      will be looked up in
      <filename>/tmp/staging/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>.
+     If you want to prefix only relative paths, set <literal>Dir</literal> instead.
    </para>
 
    <para>