releasing package apt version 1.0
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1# SOME DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
2# Copyright (C) YEAR Free Software Foundation, Inc.
aec22160 3# This file is distributed under the same license as the apt-doc package.
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4# FIRST AUTHOR <EMAIL@ADDRESS>, YEAR.
5#
6#, fuzzy
7msgid ""
8msgstr ""
384c9b0d 9"Project-Id-Version: apt-doc 0.9.16.1\n"
f8b830ab 10"Report-Msgid-Bugs-To: APT Development Team <deity@lists.debian.org>\n"
5cfd6ef6 11"POT-Creation-Date: 2014-04-01 15:51+0200\n"
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12"PO-Revision-Date: YEAR-MO-DA HO:MI+ZONE\n"
13"Last-Translator: FULL NAME <EMAIL@ADDRESS>\n"
14"Language-Team: LANGUAGE <LL@li.org>\n"
0c1a7101 15"Language: \n"
2a52e8c5 16"MIME-Version: 1.0\n"
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17"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
18"Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
2a52e8c5 19
2a52e8c5 20#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 21#: apt.ent:7
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22#, no-wrap
23msgid ""
24"<!ENTITY apt-author.team \"\n"
25" <author>\n"
26" <othername>APT team</othername>\n"
bcf91c1b 27" <contrib></contrib>\n"
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28" </author>\n"
29"\">\n"
30msgstr ""
31
32#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 33#: apt.ent:13
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34#, no-wrap
35msgid ""
36"<!ENTITY apt-qapage \"\n"
37"\t<para>\n"
38"\t\t<ulink url='http://packages.qa.debian.org/a/apt.html'>QA Page</ulink>\n"
39"\t</para>\n"
40"\">\n"
41msgstr ""
42
43#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 44#: apt.ent:24
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45#, no-wrap
46msgid ""
47"<!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->\n"
48"<!ENTITY manbugs \"\n"
49" <refsect1><title>Bugs</title>\n"
0c1a7101 50" <para><ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/src:apt'>APT bug page</ulink>.\n"
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51" If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see\n"
52" <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</filename> or the\n"
53" &reportbug; command.\n"
54" </para>\n"
55" </refsect1>\n"
56"\">\n"
57msgstr ""
58
59#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 60#: apt.ent:32
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61#, no-wrap
62msgid ""
63"<!-- Boiler plate Author section -->\n"
64"<!ENTITY manauthor \"\n"
65" <refsect1><title>Author</title>\n"
66" <para>APT was written by the APT team "
67"<email>apt@packages.debian.org</email>.\n"
68" </para>\n"
69" </refsect1>\n"
70"\">\n"
71msgstr ""
72
73#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 74#: apt.ent:42
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75#, no-wrap
76msgid ""
77"<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to\n"
78" put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->\n"
79"<!ENTITY apt-commonoptions \"\n"
80" <varlistentry><term><option>-h</option></term>\n"
81" <term><option>--help</option></term>\n"
82" <listitem><para>Show a short usage summary.\n"
83" </para>\n"
84" </listitem>\n"
85" </varlistentry>\n"
86msgstr ""
87
88#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 89#: apt.ent:50
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90#, no-wrap
91msgid ""
92" <varlistentry>\n"
93" <term><option>-v</option></term>\n"
94" <term><option>--version</option></term>\n"
95" <listitem><para>Show the program version.\n"
96" </para>\n"
97" </listitem>\n"
98" </varlistentry>\n"
99msgstr ""
100
101#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 102#: apt.ent:62
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103#, no-wrap
104msgid ""
105" <varlistentry>\n"
106" <term><option>-c</option></term>\n"
107" <term><option>--config-file</option></term>\n"
108" <listitem><para>Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to "
109"use. \n"
110" The program will read the default configuration file and then this \n"
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111" configuration file. If configuration settings need to be set before "
112"the\n"
113" default configuration files are parsed specify a file with the "
114"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>\n"
115" environment variable. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.\n"
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116" </para>\n"
117" </listitem>\n"
118" </varlistentry>\n"
119msgstr ""
120
121#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 122#: apt.ent:74
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123#, no-wrap
124msgid ""
125" <varlistentry>\n"
126" <term><option>-o</option></term>\n"
127" <term><option>--option</option></term>\n"
128" <listitem><para>Set a Configuration Option; This will set an "
129"arbitrary\n"
130" configuration option. The syntax is <option>-o "
131"Foo::Bar=bar</option>.\n"
132" <option>-o</option> and <option>--option</option> can be used "
133"multiple\n"
134" times to set different options.\n"
135" </para>\n"
136" </listitem>\n"
137" </varlistentry>\n"
138"\">\n"
139msgstr ""
140
141#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 142#: apt.ent:85
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143#, no-wrap
144msgid ""
145"<!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to\n"
146" put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->\n"
147"<!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb \"\n"
148" <para>All command line options may be set using the configuration file, "
149"the\n"
150" descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean\n"
151" options you can override the config file by using something like \n"
152" <option>-f-</option>,<option>--no-f</option>, <option>-f=no</option>\n"
153" or several other variations.\n"
154" </para>\n"
155"\">\n"
156msgstr ""
157
bcf91c1b 158#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 159#: apt.ent:91
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160#, no-wrap
161msgid ""
162"<!ENTITY file-aptconf \"\n"
163" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename></term>\n"
164" <listitem><para>APT configuration file.\n"
165" Configuration Item: "
166"<literal>Dir::Etc::Main</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
167" </varlistentry>\n"
168msgstr ""
169
170#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 171#: apt.ent:97
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172#, no-wrap
173msgid ""
174" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/</filename></term>\n"
175" <listitem><para>APT configuration file fragments.\n"
176" Configuration Item: "
177"<literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
178" </varlistentry>\n"
179"\">\n"
180msgstr ""
181
182#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 183#: apt.ent:103
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184#, no-wrap
185msgid ""
186"<!ENTITY file-cachearchives \"\n"
187" <varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename></term>\n"
188" <listitem><para>Storage area for retrieved package files.\n"
189" Configuration Item: "
190"<literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
191" </varlistentry>\n"
192msgstr ""
193
194#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 195#: apt.ent:109
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196#, no-wrap
197msgid ""
198" "
199"<varlistentry><term><filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename></term>\n"
200" <listitem><para>Storage area for package files in transit.\n"
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201" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::Archives</literal> "
202"(<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly "
aec22160 203"appended)</para></listitem>\n"
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204" </varlistentry>\n"
205"\">\n"
206msgstr ""
207
208#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 209#: apt.ent:119
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210#, no-wrap
211msgid ""
212"<!ENTITY file-preferences \"\n"
213" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename></term>\n"
214" <listitem><para>Version preferences file.\n"
215" This is where you would specify &quot;pinning&quot;,\n"
216" i.e. a preference to get certain packages\n"
217" from a separate source\n"
218" or from a different version of a distribution.\n"
219" Configuration Item: "
220"<literal>Dir::Etc::Preferences</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
221" </varlistentry>\n"
222msgstr ""
223
224#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 225#: apt.ent:125
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226#, no-wrap
227msgid ""
228" "
229"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename></term>\n"
230" <listitem><para>File fragments for the version preferences.\n"
231" Configuration Item: "
232"<literal>Dir::Etc::PreferencesParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
233" </varlistentry>\n"
234"\">\n"
235msgstr ""
236
237#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 238#: apt.ent:131
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239#, no-wrap
240msgid ""
241"<!ENTITY file-sourceslist \"\n"
242" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>\n"
243" <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.\n"
244" Configuration Item: "
245"<literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
246" </varlistentry>\n"
247msgstr ""
248
249#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 250#: apt.ent:137
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251#, no-wrap
252msgid ""
253" "
254"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/</filename></term>\n"
255" <listitem><para>File fragments for locations to fetch packages from.\n"
256" Configuration Item: "
257"<literal>Dir::Etc::SourceParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
258" </varlistentry>\n"
259"\">\n"
260msgstr ""
261
262#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 263#: apt.ent:144
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264#, no-wrap
265msgid ""
266"<!ENTITY file-statelists \"\n"
267" <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>\n"
268" <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package "
269"resource specified in\n"
270" &sources-list;\n"
271" Configuration Item: "
272"<literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
273" </varlistentry>\n"
274msgstr ""
275
276#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 277#: apt.ent:150
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278#, no-wrap
279msgid ""
280" "
281"<varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>\n"
282" <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.\n"
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283" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> "
284"(<filename>partial</filename> will be implicitly "
aec22160 285"appended)</para></listitem>\n"
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286" </varlistentry>\n"
287"\">\n"
288msgstr ""
289
b39c1859 290#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 291#: apt.ent:156
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292#, no-wrap
293msgid ""
294"<!ENTITY file-trustedgpg \"\n"
295" <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg</filename></term>\n"
296" <listitem><para>Keyring of local trusted keys, new keys will be added "
297"here.\n"
298" Configuration Item: "
299"<literal>Dir::Etc::Trusted</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
300" </varlistentry>\n"
301msgstr ""
302
303#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 304#: apt.ent:163
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305#, no-wrap
306msgid ""
307" "
308"<varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/</filename></term>\n"
309" <listitem><para>File fragments for the trusted keys, additional "
310"keyrings can\n"
311" be stored here (by other packages or the administrator).\n"
312" Configuration Item "
313"<literal>Dir::Etc::TrustedParts</literal>.</para></listitem>\n"
314" </varlistentry>\n"
315"\">\n"
316msgstr ""
317
318#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 319#: apt.ent:171
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320#, no-wrap
321msgid ""
322"<!ENTITY file-extended_states \"\n"
323" "
324"<varlistentry><term><filename>/var/lib/apt/extended_states</filename></term>\n"
325" <listitem><para>Status list of auto-installed packages.\n"
326" Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::extended_states</literal>.\n"
327" </para></listitem>\n"
328" </varlistentry>\n"
329"\">\n"
330msgstr ""
331
332#. type: Plain text
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334#, no-wrap
335msgid ""
336"<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is the section header for the following paragraphs - "
337"comparable\n"
338" to the other headers like NAME and DESCRIPTION and should therefore be "
339"uppercase. -->\n"
340"<!ENTITY translation-title \"TRANSLATION\">\n"
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341msgstr ""
342
343#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 344#: apt.ent:184
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345#, no-wrap
346msgid ""
347"<!-- TRANSLATOR: This is a placeholder. You should write here who has "
d8b3cbb6 348"contributed\n"
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349" to the translation in the past, who is responsible now and maybe "
350"further information\n"
351" specially related to your translation. -->\n"
352"<!ENTITY translation-holder \"\n"
353" The english translation was done by John Doe "
354"<email>john@doe.org</email> in 2009,\n"
355" 2010 and Daniela Acme <email>daniela@acme.us</email> in 2010 together "
356"with the\n"
357" Debian Dummy l10n Team "
358"<email>debian-l10n-dummy@lists.debian.org</email>.\n"
359"\">\n"
360msgstr ""
361
362#. type: Plain text
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364#, no-wrap
365msgid ""
366"<!-- TRANSLATOR: As a translation is allowed to have 20% of "
367"untranslated/fuzzy strings\n"
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368" in a shipped manpage newer/modified paragraphs will maybe appear in "
369"english in\n"
370" the generated manpage. This sentence is therefore here to tell the "
371"reader that this\n"
372" is not a mistake by the translator - obviously the target is that at "
373"least for stable\n"
374" releases this sentence is not needed. :) -->\n"
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375"<!ENTITY translation-english \"\n"
376" Note that this translated document may contain untranslated parts.\n"
377" This is done on purpose, to avoid losing content when the\n"
378" translation is lagging behind the original content.\n"
379"\">\n"
380msgstr ""
381
c77d6597 382#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 383#: apt.ent:198
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384msgid ""
385"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -o=config_string "
386"e.g. -o=Debug::pkgProblemResolver=1 --> <!ENTITY synopsis-config-string "
387"\"config_string\">"
388msgstr ""
389
390#. type: Plain text
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392msgid ""
393"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -c=config_file e.g. -c=./apt.conf --> <!ENTITY "
394"synopsis-config-file \"config_file\">"
395msgstr ""
396
397#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 398#: apt.ent:204
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399msgid ""
400"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -t=target_release or pkg/target_release "
401"e.g. -t=squeeze apt/experimental --> <!ENTITY synopsis-target-release "
402"\"target_release\">"
403msgstr ""
404
405#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 406#: apt.ent:207
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407msgid ""
408"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in -a=architecture e.g. -a=armel --> <!ENTITY "
409"synopsis-architecture \"architecture\">"
410msgstr ""
411
412#. type: Plain text
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414msgid ""
415"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-get install pkg e.g. apt-get install awesome "
416"--> <!ENTITY synopsis-pkg \"pkg\">"
417msgstr ""
418
419#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 420#: apt.ent:213
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421msgid ""
422"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in pkg=pkg_version_number e.g. apt=0.8.15 --> "
423"<!ENTITY synopsis-pkg-ver-number \"pkg_version_number\">"
424msgstr ""
425
426#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 427#: apt.ent:216
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428msgid ""
429"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache pkgnames prefix e.g. apt-cache "
430"pkgnames apt --> <!ENTITY synopsis-prefix \"prefix\">"
431msgstr ""
432
433#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 434#: apt.ent:219
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435msgid ""
436"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cache search regex e.g. apt-cache search "
437"awesome --> <!ENTITY synopsis-regex \"regex\">"
438msgstr ""
439
440#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 441#: apt.ent:222
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442msgid ""
443"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-cdrom -d=cdrom_mount_point e.g. apt-cdrom "
444"-d=/media/cdrom --> <!ENTITY synopsis-cdrom-mount \"cdrom_mount_point\">"
445msgstr ""
446
447#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 448#: apt.ent:225
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449msgid ""
450"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates -t=temporary_directory "
451"e.g. apt-extracttemplates -t=/tmp --> <!ENTITY synopsis-tmp-directory "
452"\"temporary_directory\">"
453msgstr ""
454
455#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 456#: apt.ent:228
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457msgid ""
458"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-extracttemplates filename --> <!ENTITY "
459"synopsis-filename \"filename\">"
460msgstr ""
461
c086ac18 462#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 463#: apt.ent:231
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464msgid ""
465"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
466"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-path \"path\">"
467msgstr ""
468
c77d6597 469#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 470#: apt.ent:234
c77d6597 471msgid ""
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472"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
473"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-override "
474"\"override-file\">"
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475msgstr ""
476
477#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 478#: apt.ent:237
c77d6597 479msgid ""
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480"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
481"packages path override-file pathprefix --> <!ENTITY synopsis-pathprefix "
482"\"pathprefix\">"
483msgstr ""
484
485#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 486#: apt.ent:240
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487msgid ""
488"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as parameter for apt-ftparchive e.g. apt-ftparchive "
489"generate section --> <!ENTITY synopsis-section \"section\">"
490msgstr ""
491
492#. type: Plain text
45fb8bf7 493#: apt.ent:243
c086ac18 494msgid ""
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495"<!-- TRANSLATOR: used as in apt-key export keyid e.g. apt-key export "
496"473041FA --> <!ENTITY synopsis-keyid \"keyid\">"
497msgstr ""
498
2a52e8c5 499#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
93ae7f7f 500#: apt.8.xml:25 apt-get.8.xml:28 apt-cache.8.xml:28 apt-key.8.xml:27 apt-mark.8.xml:28 apt-secure.8.xml:27 apt-cdrom.8.xml:27 apt-config.8.xml:28
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501msgid "8"
502msgstr ""
503
bcf91c1b 504#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><refmiscinfo>
93ae7f7f 505#: apt.8.xml:26 apt-get.8.xml:29 apt-cache.8.xml:29 apt-key.8.xml:28 apt-mark.8.xml:29 apt-secure.8.xml:28 apt-cdrom.8.xml:28 apt-config.8.xml:29 apt.conf.5.xml:34 apt_preferences.5.xml:28 sources.list.5.xml:29 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:29 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:29 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:29
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506msgid "APT"
507msgstr ""
508
2a52e8c5 509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
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510#: apt.8.xml:32
511msgid "command-line interface"
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512msgstr ""
513
2a52e8c5 514#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
93ae7f7f 515#: apt.8.xml:37 apt-get.8.xml:40 apt-cache.8.xml:40 apt-key.8.xml:39 apt-mark.8.xml:40 apt-secure.8.xml:52 apt-cdrom.8.xml:39 apt-config.8.xml:40 apt.conf.5.xml:43 apt_preferences.5.xml:38 sources.list.5.xml:38 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:40 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:40 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:40
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516msgid "Description"
517msgstr ""
518
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519#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
520#: apt.8.xml:38
521msgid ""
522"<command>apt</command> (Advanced Package Tool) is the command-line tool for "
523"handling packages. It provides a commandline interface for the package "
524"management of the system. See also &apt-get; and &apt-cache; for more "
525"low-level command options."
526msgstr ""
527
528#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
529#: apt.8.xml:47
530msgid ""
531"<literal>list</literal> is used to display a list of packages. It supports "
532"shell pattern for matching package names and the following options: "
6dbf3380 533"<option>--installed</option>, <option>--upgradable</option>, "
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534"<option>--all-versions</option> are supported."
535msgstr ""
536
537#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
538#: apt.8.xml:58
539msgid ""
540"<literal>search</literal> searches for the given term(s) and display "
541"matching packages."
542msgstr ""
543
544#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
545#: apt.8.xml:64
546msgid ""
547"<literal>show</literal> shows the package information for the given "
548"package(s)."
549msgstr ""
550
551#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
552#: apt.8.xml:71
553msgid ""
554"<literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more package names desired "
555"for installation or upgrading."
556msgstr ""
557
558#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
559#: apt.8.xml:75 apt-get.8.xml:118
560msgid ""
561"A specific version of a package can be selected for installation by "
562"following the package name with an equals and the version of the package to "
563"select. This will cause that version to be located and selected for "
564"install. Alternatively a specific distribution can be selected by following "
565"the package name with a slash and the version of the distribution or the "
566"Archive name (stable, testing, unstable)."
567msgstr ""
568
569#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
570#: apt.8.xml:85 apt-get.8.xml:153
571msgid ""
572"<literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except "
573"that packages are removed instead of installed. Note that removing a package "
574"leaves its configuration files on the system. If a plus sign is appended to "
575"the package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be "
576"installed instead of removed."
577msgstr ""
578
579#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
580#: apt.8.xml:93
581msgid ""
582"<literal>edit-sources</literal> lets you edit your sources.list file and "
583"provides basic sanity checks."
584msgstr ""
585
586#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
587#: apt.8.xml:99
588msgid ""
589"<literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files "
590"from their sources."
591msgstr ""
592
593#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
594#: apt.8.xml:105
595msgid ""
596"<literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all "
597"packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in "
598"<filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. New package will be installed, "
599"but existing package will never removed."
600msgstr ""
601
602#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
603#: apt.8.xml:114
604msgid ""
605"<literal>full-upgrade</literal> performs the function of upgrade but may "
606"also remove installed packages if that is required in order to resolve a "
607"package conflict."
608msgstr ""
609
610#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
611#: apt.8.xml:124 apt-get.8.xml:257 apt-cache.8.xml:250 apt-mark.8.xml:110 apt-config.8.xml:86 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:54 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:50 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:506
612msgid "options"
613msgstr ""
614
615#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
616#: apt.8.xml:134
617msgid "Script usage"
618msgstr ""
619
620#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
621#: apt.8.xml:136
622msgid ""
623"The &apt; commandline is designed as a end-user tool and it may change the "
624"output between versions. While it tries to not break backward compatibility "
625"there is no guarantee for it either. All features of &apt; are available in "
626"&apt-cache; and &apt-get; via APT options. Please prefer using these "
627"commands in your scripts."
628msgstr ""
629
630#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
631#: apt.8.xml:144
632msgid "Differences to &apt-get;"
633msgstr ""
634
635#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
636#: apt.8.xml:145
637msgid ""
638"The <command>apt</command> command is meant to be pleasant for end users and "
639"does not need to be backward compatilbe like &apt-get;. Therefore some "
640"options are different:"
641msgstr ""
642
643#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
644#: apt.8.xml:151
645msgid "The option <literal>DPkgPM::Progress-Fancy</literal> is enabled."
646msgstr ""
647
648#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
649#: apt.8.xml:155
650msgid "The option <literal>APT::Color</literal> is enabled."
651msgstr ""
652
653#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
654#: apt.8.xml:159
655msgid ""
656"A new <literal>list</literal> command is available similar to <literal>dpkg "
657"--list</literal>."
658msgstr ""
659
660#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
661#: apt.8.xml:164
662msgid ""
663"The option <literal>upgrade</literal> has <literal>--with-new-pkgs</literal> "
664"enabled by default."
665msgstr ""
666
667#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
668#: apt.8.xml:174 apt-get.8.xml:558 apt-cache.8.xml:352 apt-key.8.xml:197 apt-mark.8.xml:133 apt-secure.8.xml:193 apt-cdrom.8.xml:154 apt-config.8.xml:111 apt.conf.5.xml:1227 apt_preferences.5.xml:707 sources.list.5.xml:280 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:72 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:65 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:609
669msgid "See Also"
670msgstr ""
671
672#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
673#: apt.8.xml:175
674msgid ""
6dbf3380 675"&apt-get;, &apt-cache;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, The APT "
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676"User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto."
677msgstr ""
678
679#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
680#: apt.8.xml:180 apt-get.8.xml:564 apt-cache.8.xml:357 apt-mark.8.xml:137 apt-cdrom.8.xml:159 apt-config.8.xml:116 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:76 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:69 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:613
681msgid "Diagnostics"
682msgstr ""
683
684#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
685#: apt.8.xml:181
686msgid ""
687"<command>apt</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on "
688"error."
689msgstr ""
690
691#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
692#: apt-get.8.xml:35
693msgid "APT package handling utility -- command-line interface"
694msgstr ""
695
2a52e8c5 696#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 697#: apt-get.8.xml:41
2a52e8c5 698msgid ""
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699"<command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, "
700"and may be considered the user's \"back-end\" to other tools using the APT "
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701"library. Several \"front-end\" interfaces exist, such as &aptitude;, "
702"&synaptic; and &wajig;."
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703msgstr ""
704
705#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 706#: apt-get.8.xml:46 apt-cache.8.xml:46 apt-cdrom.8.xml:53 apt-config.8.xml:46 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:56
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707msgid ""
708"Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, "
709"one of the commands below must be present."
710msgstr ""
711
2a52e8c5 712#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 713#: apt-get.8.xml:51
2a52e8c5 714msgid ""
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715"<literal>update</literal> is used to resynchronize the package index files "
716"from their sources. The indexes of available packages are fetched from the "
717"location(s) specified in <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. For "
718"example, when using a Debian archive, this command retrieves and scans the "
719"<filename>Packages.gz</filename> files, so that information about new and "
720"updated packages is available. An <literal>update</literal> should always be "
721"performed before an <literal>upgrade</literal> or "
722"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal>. Please be aware that the overall progress "
723"meter will be incorrect as the size of the package files cannot be known in "
724"advance."
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725msgstr ""
726
727#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 728#: apt-get.8.xml:63
2a52e8c5 729msgid ""
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730"<literal>upgrade</literal> is used to install the newest versions of all "
731"packages currently installed on the system from the sources enumerated in "
732"<filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename>. Packages currently installed "
733"with new versions available are retrieved and upgraded; under no "
734"circumstances are currently installed packages removed, or packages not "
735"already installed retrieved and installed. New versions of currently "
736"installed packages that cannot be upgraded without changing the install "
737"status of another package will be left at their current version. An "
738"<literal>update</literal> must be performed first so that "
739"<command>apt-get</command> knows that new versions of packages are "
740"available."
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741msgstr ""
742
2a52e8c5 743#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 744#: apt-get.8.xml:76
2a52e8c5 745msgid ""
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746"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> in addition to performing the function of "
747"<literal>upgrade</literal>, also intelligently handles changing dependencies "
748"with new versions of packages; <command>apt-get</command> has a \"smart\" "
749"conflict resolution system, and it will attempt to upgrade the most "
750"important packages at the expense of less important ones if necessary. The "
751"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> command may therefore remove some packages. "
752"The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> file contains a list of "
753"locations from which to retrieve desired package files. See also "
754"&apt-preferences; for a mechanism for overriding the general settings for "
755"individual packages."
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756msgstr ""
757
758#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 759#: apt-get.8.xml:89
2a52e8c5 760msgid ""
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761"<literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> is used in conjunction with the "
762"traditional Debian packaging front-end, "
763"&dselect;. <literal>dselect-upgrade</literal> follows the changes made by "
764"&dselect; to the <literal>Status</literal> field of available packages, and "
765"performs the actions necessary to realize that state (for instance, the "
766"removal of old and the installation of new packages)."
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767msgstr ""
768
2a52e8c5 769#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 770#: apt-get.8.xml:100
2a52e8c5 771msgid ""
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772"<literal>install</literal> is followed by one or more packages desired for "
773"installation or upgrading. Each package is a package name, not a fully "
774"qualified filename (for instance, in a Debian system, "
775"<package>apt-utils</package> would be the argument provided, not "
776"<filename>apt-utils_&apt-product-version;_amd64.deb</filename>). All "
777"packages required by the package(s) specified for installation will also be "
778"retrieved and installed. The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> "
779"file is used to locate the desired packages. If a hyphen is appended to the "
780"package name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be "
781"removed if it is installed. Similarly a plus sign can be used to designate "
782"a package to install. These latter features may be used to override "
783"decisions made by apt-get's conflict resolution system."
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784msgstr ""
785
7d76ea1d 786#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 787#: apt-get.8.xml:125
2a52e8c5 788msgid ""
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789"Both of the version selection mechanisms can downgrade packages and must be "
790"used with care."
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791msgstr ""
792
7d76ea1d 793#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 794#: apt-get.8.xml:128
2a52e8c5 795msgid ""
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796"This is also the target to use if you want to upgrade one or more "
797"already-installed packages without upgrading every package you have on your "
798"system. Unlike the \"upgrade\" target, which installs the newest version of "
799"all currently installed packages, \"install\" will install the newest "
800"version of only the package(s) specified. Simply provide the name of the "
801"package(s) you wish to upgrade, and if a newer version is available, it (and "
802"its dependencies, as described above) will be downloaded and installed."
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803msgstr ""
804
7d76ea1d 805#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 806#: apt-get.8.xml:139
2a52e8c5 807msgid ""
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808"Finally, the &apt-preferences; mechanism allows you to create an alternative "
809"installation policy for individual packages."
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810msgstr ""
811
7d76ea1d 812#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 813#: apt-get.8.xml:143
2a52e8c5 814msgid ""
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815"If no package matches the given expression and the expression contains one "
816"of '.', '?' or '*' then it is assumed to be a POSIX regular expression, and "
817"it is applied to all package names in the database. Any matches are then "
818"installed (or removed). Note that matching is done by substring so 'lo.*' "
819"matches 'how-lo' and 'lowest'. If this is undesired, anchor the regular "
820"expression with a '^' or '$' character, or create a more specific regular "
821"expression."
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822msgstr ""
823
7d76ea1d 824#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 825#: apt-get.8.xml:161
2a52e8c5 826msgid ""
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827"<literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except "
828"that packages are removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted "
829"too)."
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830msgstr ""
831
2a52e8c5 832#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 833#: apt-get.8.xml:166
2a52e8c5 834msgid ""
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835"<literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source "
836"packages. APT will examine the available packages to decide which source "
837"package to fetch. It will then find and download into the current directory "
838"the newest available version of that source package while respecting the "
839"default release, set with the option "
840"<literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>, the <option>-t</option> option or "
841"per package with the <literal>pkg/release</literal> syntax, if possible."
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842msgstr ""
843
2a52e8c5 844#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 845#: apt-get.8.xml:174
2a52e8c5 846msgid ""
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847"Source packages are tracked separately from binary packages via "
848"<literal>deb-src</literal> lines in the &sources-list; file. This means that "
849"you will need to add such a line for each repository you want to get sources "
850"from; otherwise you will probably get either the wrong (too old/too new) "
851"source versions or none at all."
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852msgstr ""
853
2a52e8c5 854#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 855#: apt-get.8.xml:180
2a52e8c5 856msgid ""
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857"If the <option>--compile</option> option is specified then the package will "
858"be compiled to a binary .deb using <command>dpkg-buildpackage</command> for "
859"the architecture as defined by the <command>--host-architecture</command> "
860"option. If <option>--download-only</option> is specified then the source "
861"package will not be unpacked."
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862msgstr ""
863
2a52e8c5 864#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 865#: apt-get.8.xml:187
2a52e8c5 866msgid ""
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867"A specific source version can be retrieved by postfixing the source name "
868"with an equals and then the version to fetch, similar to the mechanism used "
869"for the package files. This enables exact matching of the source package "
870"name and version, implicitly enabling the "
871"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal> option."
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872msgstr ""
873
2a52e8c5 874#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 875#: apt-get.8.xml:193
2a52e8c5 876msgid ""
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877"Note that source packages are not installed and tracked in the "
878"<command>dpkg</command> database like binary packages; they are simply "
879"downloaded to the current directory, like source tarballs."
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880msgstr ""
881
882#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 883#: apt-get.8.xml:199
2a52e8c5 884msgid ""
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885"<literal>build-dep</literal> causes apt-get to install/remove packages in an "
886"attempt to satisfy the build dependencies for a source package. By default "
887"the dependencies are satisfied to build the package natively. If desired a "
888"host-architecture can be specified with the "
889"<option>--host-architecture</option> option instead."
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890msgstr ""
891
892#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 893#: apt-get.8.xml:206
2a52e8c5 894msgid ""
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895"<literal>check</literal> is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache "
896"and checks for broken dependencies."
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897msgstr ""
898
2a52e8c5 899#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 900#: apt-get.8.xml:211
2a52e8c5 901msgid ""
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902"<literal>download</literal> will download the given binary package into the "
903"current directory."
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904msgstr ""
905
2a52e8c5 906#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 907#: apt-get.8.xml:217
2a52e8c5 908msgid ""
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909"<literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved "
910"package files. It removes everything but the lock file from "
911"<filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and "
1c937475 912"<filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>."
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913msgstr ""
914
915#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 916#: apt-get.8.xml:224
2a52e8c5 917msgid ""
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918"Like <literal>clean</literal>, <literal>autoclean</literal> clears out the "
919"local repository of retrieved package files. The difference is that it only "
920"removes package files that can no longer be downloaded, and are largely "
921"useless. This allows a cache to be maintained over a long period without it "
922"growing out of control. The configuration option "
923"<literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from "
924"being erased if it is set to off."
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925msgstr ""
926
63fc5550 927#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 928#: apt-get.8.xml:234
63fc5550 929msgid ""
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930"<literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were "
931"automatically installed to satisfy dependencies for other packages and are "
932"now no longer needed."
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933msgstr ""
934
2a52e8c5 935#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 936#: apt-get.8.xml:239
2a52e8c5 937msgid ""
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938"<literal>changelog</literal> downloads a package changelog and displays it "
939"through <command>sensible-pager</command>. The server name and base "
940"directory is defined in the <literal>APT::Changelogs::Server</literal> "
941"variable (e.g. <ulink "
942"url=\"http://packages.debian.org/changelogs\">packages.debian.org/changelogs</ulink> "
943"for Debian or <ulink "
944"url=\"http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs\">changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs</ulink> "
945"for Ubuntu). By default it displays the changelog for the version that is "
946"installed. However, you can specify the same options as for the "
947"<option>install</option> command."
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948msgstr ""
949
2a52e8c5 950#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 951#: apt-get.8.xml:262
2a52e8c5 952msgid ""
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953"Do not consider recommended packages as a dependency for installing. "
954"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Install-Recommends</literal>."
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955msgstr ""
956
2a52e8c5 957#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 958#: apt-get.8.xml:267
2a52e8c5 959msgid ""
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960"Consider suggested packages as a dependency for installing. Configuration "
961"Item: <literal>APT::Install-Suggests</literal>."
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962msgstr ""
963
2a52e8c5 964#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 965#: apt-get.8.xml:272
2a52e8c5 966msgid ""
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967"Download only; package files are only retrieved, not unpacked or installed. "
968"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Download-Only</literal>."
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969msgstr ""
970
971#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 972#: apt-get.8.xml:277
2a52e8c5 973msgid ""
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974"Fix; attempt to correct a system with broken dependencies in place. This "
975"option, when used with install/remove, can omit any packages to permit APT "
976"to deduce a likely solution. If packages are specified, these have to "
977"completely correct the problem. The option is sometimes necessary when "
978"running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package "
979"dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's dependency "
980"structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention (which usually "
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981"means using <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of the "
982"offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> "
983"may produce an error in some situations. Configuration Item: "
984"<literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>."
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985msgstr ""
986
2a52e8c5 987#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 988#: apt-get.8.xml:292
2a52e8c5 989msgid ""
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990"Ignore missing packages; if packages cannot be retrieved or fail the "
991"integrity check after retrieval (corrupted package files), hold back those "
992"packages and handle the result. Use of this option together with "
993"<option>-f</option> may produce an error in some situations. If a package is "
994"selected for installation (particularly if it is mentioned on the command "
995"line) and it could not be downloaded then it will be silently held back. "
996"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Missing</literal>."
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997msgstr ""
998
2a52e8c5 999#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 1000#: apt-get.8.xml:303
2a52e8c5 1001msgid ""
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1002"Disables downloading of packages. This is best used with "
1003"<option>--ignore-missing</option> to force APT to use only the .debs it has "
1004"already downloaded. Configuration Item: "
1005"<literal>APT::Get::Download</literal>."
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1006msgstr ""
1007
2a52e8c5 1008#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 1009#: apt-get.8.xml:310
2a52e8c5 1010msgid ""
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1011"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
1012"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
1013"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
1014"file. Note that quiet level 2 implies <option>-y</option>; you should never "
1015"use -qq without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT "
1016"may decide to do something you did not expect. Configuration Item: "
1017"<literal>quiet</literal>."
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1018msgstr ""
1019
2a52e8c5 1020#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 1021#: apt-get.8.xml:325
2a52e8c5 1022msgid ""
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1023"No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not "
1024"actually change the system. Configuration Item: "
1025"<literal>APT::Get::Simulate</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1026msgstr ""
1027
2a52e8c5 1028#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 1029#: apt-get.8.xml:329
2a52e8c5 1030msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1031"Simulated runs performed as a user will automatically deactivate locking "
1032"(<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal>), and if the option "
1033"<literal>APT::Get::Show-User-Simulation-Note</literal> is set (as it is by "
1034"default) a notice will also be displayed indicating that this is only a "
1035"simulation. Runs performed as root do not trigger either NoLocking or the "
1036"notice - superusers should know what they are doing without further warnings "
1037"from <literal>apt-get</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1038msgstr ""
1039
2a52e8c5 1040#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 1041#: apt-get.8.xml:337
2a52e8c5 1042msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1043"Simulated runs print out a series of lines, each representing a "
1044"<command>dpkg</command> operation: configure (<literal>Conf</literal>), "
1045"remove (<literal>Remv</literal>) or unpack "
1046"(<literal>Inst</literal>). Square brackets indicate broken packages, and "
1047"empty square brackets indicate breaks that are of no consequence (rare)."
2a52e8c5
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1048msgstr ""
1049
b6c6b52f 1050#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 1051#: apt-get.8.xml:345
b6c6b52f 1052msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1053"Automatic yes to prompts; assume \"yes\" as answer to all prompts and run "
1054"non-interactively. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held "
1055"package, trying to install a unauthenticated package or removing an "
1056"essential package occurs then <literal>apt-get</literal> will abort. "
1057"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal>."
b6c6b52f
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1058msgstr ""
1059
2a52e8c5 1060#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 1061#: apt-get.8.xml:353
2a52e8c5 1062msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1063"Automatic \"no\" to all prompts. Configuration Item: "
1064"<literal>APT::Get::Assume-No</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1065msgstr ""
1066
2a52e8c5 1067#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 1068#: apt-get.8.xml:358
2a52e8c5 1069msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1070"Show upgraded packages; print out a list of all packages that are to be "
1071"upgraded. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Show-Upgraded</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1072msgstr ""
1073
2a52e8c5 1074#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 1075#: apt-get.8.xml:364
2a52e8c5 1076msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1077"Show full versions for upgraded and installed packages. Configuration Item: "
1078"<literal>APT::Get::Show-Versions</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1079msgstr ""
1080
2a52e8c5 1081#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 1082#: apt-get.8.xml:370
2a52e8c5 1083msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1084"This option controls the architecture packages are built for by "
1085"<command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies "
1086"are satisfied. By default is it not set which means that the host "
1087"architecture is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by "
1088"<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>). Configuration Item: "
7ffbb475 1089"<literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1090msgstr ""
1091
2a52e8c5 1092#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1c937475 1093#: apt-get.8.xml:380
2a52e8c5 1094msgid ""
7ffbb475
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1095"This option controls the activated build profiles for which a source package "
1096"is built by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how build "
1097"dependencies are satisfied. By default no build profile is active. More "
1098"than one build profile can be activated at a time by concatenating them with "
1099"a comma. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Build-Profiles</literal>."
1100msgstr ""
1101
1102#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
1103#: apt-get.8.xml:391
1104msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1105"Compile source packages after downloading them. Configuration Item: "
1106"<literal>APT::Get::Compile</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1107msgstr ""
1108
2a52e8c5 1109#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1110#: apt-get.8.xml:396
2a52e8c5 1111msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1112"Ignore package holds; this causes <command>apt-get</command> to ignore a "
1113"hold placed on a package. This may be useful in conjunction with "
1114"<literal>dist-upgrade</literal> to override a large number of undesired "
1115"holds. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1116msgstr ""
1117
2a52e8c5 1118#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1119#: apt-get.8.xml:403
ce34af08
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1120msgid ""
1121"Allow installing new packages when used in conjunction with "
1122"<literal>upgrade</literal>. This is useful if the update of a installed "
1123"package requires new dependencies to be installed. Instead of holding the "
1124"package back <literal>upgrade</literal> will upgrade the package and install "
1125"the new dependencies. Note that <literal>upgrade</literal> with this option "
1126"will never remove packages, only allow adding new ones. Configuration Item: "
1127"<literal>APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New</literal>."
1128msgstr ""
1129
1130#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1131#: apt-get.8.xml:415
2a52e8c5 1132msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1133"Do not upgrade packages; when used in conjunction with "
1134"<literal>install</literal>, <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent "
1135"packages on the command line from being upgraded if they are already "
1136"installed. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1137msgstr ""
1138
2a52e8c5 1139#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1140#: apt-get.8.xml:422
2a52e8c5 1141msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1142"Do not install new packages; when used in conjunction with "
1143"<literal>install</literal>, <literal>only-upgrade</literal> will install "
1144"upgrades for already installed packages only and ignore requests to install "
1145"new packages. Configuration Item: "
1146"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Upgrade</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1147msgstr ""
1148
7d76ea1d 1149#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1150#: apt-get.8.xml:430
2a52e8c5 1151msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1152"Force yes; this is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue "
1153"without prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful. It should "
1154"not be used except in very special situations. Using "
1155"<literal>force-yes</literal> can potentially destroy your system! "
1156"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::force-yes</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1157msgstr ""
1158
7d76ea1d 1159#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1160#: apt-get.8.xml:438
2a52e8c5 1161msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1162"Instead of fetching the files to install their URIs are printed. Each URI "
1163"will have the path, the destination file name, the size and the expected MD5 "
1164"hash. Note that the file name to write to will not always match the file "
1165"name on the remote site! This also works with the <literal>source</literal> "
1166"and <literal>update</literal> commands. When used with the "
1167"<literal>update</literal> command the MD5 and size are not included, and it "
1168"is up to the user to decompress any compressed files. Configuration Item: "
1169"<literal>APT::Get::Print-URIs</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1170msgstr ""
1171
7d76ea1d 1172#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1173#: apt-get.8.xml:449
2a52e8c5 1174msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1175"Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed. An asterisk "
1176"(\"*\") will be displayed next to packages which are scheduled to be "
1177"purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent to the "
1178"<option>purge</option> command. Configuration Item: "
1179"<literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1180msgstr ""
1181
aec22160 1182#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1183#: apt-get.8.xml:457
2a52e8c5 1184msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1185"Re-install packages that are already installed and at the newest version. "
1186"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::ReInstall</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1187msgstr ""
1188
aec22160 1189#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1190#: apt-get.8.xml:462
2a52e8c5 1191msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1192"This option is on by default; use <literal>--no-list-cleanup</literal> to "
1193"turn it off. When it is on, <command>apt-get</command> will automatically "
1194"manage the contents of <filename>&statedir;/lists</filename> to ensure that "
1195"obsolete files are erased. The only reason to turn it off is if you "
1196"frequently change your sources list. Configuration Item: "
1197"<literal>APT::Get::List-Cleanup</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1198msgstr ""
1199
aec22160 1200#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1201#: apt-get.8.xml:472
2a52e8c5 1202msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1203"This option controls the default input to the policy engine; it creates a "
1204"default pin at priority 990 using the specified release string. This "
1205"overrides the general settings in "
1206"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename>. Specifically pinned packages are "
1207"not affected by the value of this option. In short, this option lets you "
1208"have simple control over which distribution packages will be retrieved "
1209"from. Some common examples might be <option>-t '2.1*'</option>, <option>-t "
1210"unstable</option> or <option>-t sid</option>. Configuration Item: "
1211"<literal>APT::Default-Release</literal>; see also the &apt-preferences; "
1212"manual page."
2a52e8c5
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1213msgstr ""
1214
7d76ea1d 1215#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1216#: apt-get.8.xml:487
7d76ea1d
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1217msgid ""
1218"Only perform operations that are 'trivial'. Logically this can be considered "
1219"related to <option>--assume-yes</option>; where "
1220"<option>--assume-yes</option> will answer yes to any prompt, "
1221"<option>--trivial-only</option> will answer no. Configuration Item: "
1222"<literal>APT::Get::Trivial-Only</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1223msgstr ""
1224
2a52e8c5 1225#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1226#: apt-get.8.xml:494
2a52e8c5 1227msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1228"If any packages are to be removed apt-get immediately aborts without "
1229"prompting. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1230msgstr ""
1231
2a52e8c5 1232#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1233#: apt-get.8.xml:500
2a52e8c5 1234msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1235"If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or "
1236"<literal>remove</literal>, then this option acts like running the "
1237"<literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing unused dependency "
1238"packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1239msgstr ""
1240
2a52e8c5 1241#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1242#: apt-get.8.xml:507
2a52e8c5 1243msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1244"Only has meaning for the <literal>source</literal> and "
1245"<literal>build-dep</literal> commands. Indicates that the given source "
1246"names are not to be mapped through the binary table. This means that if "
1247"this option is specified, these commands will only accept source package "
1248"names as arguments, rather than accepting binary package names and looking "
1249"up the corresponding source package. Configuration Item: "
1250"<literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1251msgstr ""
1252
2a52e8c5 1253#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1254#: apt-get.8.xml:518
2a52e8c5 1255msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1256"Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive. Configuration "
1257"Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, "
1258"<literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and "
1259"<literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1260msgstr ""
1261
2a52e8c5 1262#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1263#: apt-get.8.xml:524
2a52e8c5 1264msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1265"Only process architecture-dependent build-dependencies. Configuration Item: "
1266"<literal>APT::Get::Arch-Only</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1267msgstr ""
1268
2a52e8c5 1269#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1270#: apt-get.8.xml:529
2a52e8c5 1271msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1272"Ignore if packages can't be authenticated and don't prompt about it. This "
1273"is useful for tools like pbuilder. Configuration Item: "
1274"<literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>."
1275msgstr ""
1276
ce34af08 1277#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 1278#: apt-get.8.xml:535
ce34af08
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1279msgid ""
1280"Show user friendly progress information in the terminal window when packages "
1281"are installed, upgraded or removed. For a machine parsable version of this "
1282"data see README.progress-reporting in the apt doc directory. Configuration "
1283"Item: <literal>DpkgPM::Progress</literal> and "
1284"<literal>Dpkg::Progress-Fancy</literal>."
1285msgstr ""
1286
7d76ea1d 1287#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
93ae7f7f 1288#: apt-get.8.xml:548 apt-cache.8.xml:345 apt-key.8.xml:176 apt-mark.8.xml:127 apt.conf.5.xml:1221 apt_preferences.5.xml:700
7d76ea1d
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1289msgid "Files"
1290msgstr ""
1291
2a52e8c5 1292#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 1293#: apt-get.8.xml:559
7d76ea1d 1294msgid ""
1c937475
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1295"&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &sources-list;, &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, "
1296"&apt-secure;, The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the "
1297"APT Howto."
7d76ea1d
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1298msgstr ""
1299
2a52e8c5 1300#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 1301#: apt-get.8.xml:565
2a52e8c5 1302msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1303"<command>apt-get</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on "
1304"error."
2a52e8c5
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1305msgstr ""
1306
2a52e8c5 1307#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
ce34af08 1308#: apt-cache.8.xml:35
7d76ea1d 1309msgid "query the APT cache"
2a52e8c5
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1310msgstr ""
1311
2a52e8c5 1312#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1313#: apt-cache.8.xml:41
2a52e8c5 1314msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1315"<command>apt-cache</command> performs a variety of operations on APT's "
1316"package cache. <command>apt-cache</command> does not manipulate the state of "
1317"the system but does provide operations to search and generate interesting "
1318"output from the package metadata."
2a52e8c5
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1319msgstr ""
1320
2a52e8c5 1321#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1322#: apt-cache.8.xml:51
2a52e8c5 1323msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1324"<literal>gencaches</literal> creates APT's package cache. This is done "
1325"implicitly by all commands needing this cache if it is missing or outdated."
2a52e8c5
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1326msgstr ""
1327
7d76ea1d 1328#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
ce34af08 1329#: apt-cache.8.xml:55 apt-cache.8.xml:144 apt-cache.8.xml:165 apt-cache.8.xml:187 apt-cache.8.xml:192 apt-cache.8.xml:208 apt-cache.8.xml:226 apt-cache.8.xml:238
7d76ea1d 1330msgid "&synopsis-pkg;"
2a52e8c5
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1331msgstr ""
1332
1333#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1334#: apt-cache.8.xml:56
2a52e8c5 1335msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1336"<literal>showpkg</literal> displays information about the packages listed on "
1337"the command line. Remaining arguments are package names. The available "
1338"versions and reverse dependencies of each package listed are listed, as well "
1339"as forward dependencies for each version. Forward (normal) dependencies are "
1340"those packages upon which the package in question depends; reverse "
1341"dependencies are those packages that depend upon the package in "
1342"question. Thus, forward dependencies must be satisfied for a package, but "
1343"reverse dependencies need not be. For instance, <command>apt-cache showpkg "
1344"libreadline2</command> would produce output similar to the following:"
2a52e8c5
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1345msgstr ""
1346
7d76ea1d 1347#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
ce34af08 1348#: apt-cache.8.xml:68
7d76ea1d 1349#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 1350msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1351"Package: libreadline2\n"
1352"Versions: 2.1-12(/var/state/apt/lists/foo_Packages),\n"
1353"Reverse Depends: \n"
1354" libreadlineg2,libreadline2\n"
1355" libreadline2-altdev,libreadline2\n"
1356"Dependencies:\n"
1357"2.1-12 - libc5 (2 5.4.0-0) ncurses3.0 (0 (null))\n"
1358"Provides:\n"
1359"2.1-12 - \n"
1360"Reverse Provides: \n"
2a52e8c5
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1361msgstr ""
1362
1363#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1364#: apt-cache.8.xml:80
7d76ea1d
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1365msgid ""
1366"Thus it may be seen that libreadline2, version 2.1-12, depends on libc5 and "
1367"ncurses3.0 which must be installed for libreadline2 to work. In turn, "
1368"libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev depend on libreadline2. If "
1369"libreadline2 is installed, libc5 and ncurses3.0 (and ldso) must also be "
1370"installed; libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev do not have to be "
1371"installed. For the specific meaning of the remainder of the output it is "
1372"best to consult the apt source code."
2a52e8c5
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1373msgstr ""
1374
aa2218b2 1375#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1376#: apt-cache.8.xml:89
aa2218b2 1377msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1378"<literal>stats</literal> displays some statistics about the cache. No "
1379"further arguments are expected. Statistics reported are:"
aa2218b2
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1380msgstr ""
1381
7d76ea1d 1382#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1383#: apt-cache.8.xml:92
aa2218b2 1384msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1385"<literal>Total package names</literal> is the number of package names found "
1386"in the cache."
aa2218b2
MV
1387msgstr ""
1388
7d76ea1d 1389#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1390#: apt-cache.8.xml:96
aa2218b2 1391msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1392"<literal>Normal packages</literal> is the number of regular, ordinary "
1393"package names; these are packages that bear a one-to-one correspondence "
1394"between their names and the names used by other packages for them in "
1395"dependencies. The majority of packages fall into this category."
2a52e8c5
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1396msgstr ""
1397
7d76ea1d 1398#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1399#: apt-cache.8.xml:102
2a52e8c5 1400msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1401"<literal>Pure virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
1402"exist only as a virtual package name; that is, packages only \"provide\" the "
1403"virtual package name, and no package actually uses the name. For instance, "
1404"\"mail-transport-agent\" in the Debian system is a pure virtual package; "
1405"several packages provide \"mail-transport-agent\", but there is no package "
1406"named \"mail-transport-agent\"."
2a52e8c5
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1407msgstr ""
1408
7d76ea1d 1409#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1410#: apt-cache.8.xml:110
2a52e8c5 1411msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1412"<literal>Single virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages with "
1413"only one package providing a particular virtual package. For example, in the "
1414"Debian system, \"X11-text-viewer\" is a virtual package, but only one "
1415"package, xless, provides \"X11-text-viewer\"."
2a52e8c5
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1416msgstr ""
1417
7d76ea1d 1418#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1419#: apt-cache.8.xml:116
7d76ea1d
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1420msgid ""
1421"<literal>Mixed virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that "
1422"either provide a particular virtual package or have the virtual package name "
1423"as the package name. For instance, in the Debian system, \"debconf\" is both "
1424"an actual package, and provided by the debconf-tiny package."
2a52e8c5
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1425msgstr ""
1426
7d76ea1d 1427#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1428#: apt-cache.8.xml:123
2a52e8c5 1429msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
1430"<literal>Missing</literal> is the number of package names that were "
1431"referenced in a dependency but were not provided by any package. Missing "
1432"packages may be an evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a "
1433"package (real or virtual) has been dropped from the distribution. Usually "
1434"they are referenced from Conflicts or Breaks statements."
2a52e8c5
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1435msgstr ""
1436
7d76ea1d 1437#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1438#: apt-cache.8.xml:130
2a52e8c5 1439msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1440"<literal>Total distinct</literal> versions is the number of package versions "
1441"found in the cache; this value is therefore at least equal to the number of "
1442"total package names. If more than one distribution is being accessed (for "
1443"instance, \"stable\" and \"unstable\"), this value can be considerably "
1444"larger than the number of total package names."
2a52e8c5
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1445msgstr ""
1446
7d76ea1d 1447#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1448#: apt-cache.8.xml:137
2a52e8c5 1449msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1450"<literal>Total dependencies</literal> is the number of dependency "
1451"relationships claimed by all of the packages in the cache."
2a52e8c5
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1452msgstr ""
1453
2a52e8c5 1454#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1455#: apt-cache.8.xml:145
2a52e8c5 1456msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1457"<literal>showsrc</literal> displays all the source package records that "
1458"match the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all "
1459"records that declare the name to be a binary package."
2a52e8c5
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1460msgstr ""
1461
2a52e8c5 1462#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1463#: apt-cache.8.xml:151
2a52e8c5 1464msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1465"<literal>dump</literal> shows a short listing of every package in the "
1466"cache. It is primarily for debugging."
2a52e8c5
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1467msgstr ""
1468
7d76ea1d 1469#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1470#: apt-cache.8.xml:156
2a52e8c5 1471msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1472"<literal>dumpavail</literal> prints out an available list to stdout. This is "
1473"suitable for use with &dpkg; and is used by the &dselect; method."
2a52e8c5
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1474msgstr ""
1475
7d76ea1d 1476#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1477#: apt-cache.8.xml:161
2a52e8c5 1478msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1479"<literal>unmet</literal> displays a summary of all unmet dependencies in the "
1480"package cache."
2a52e8c5
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1481msgstr ""
1482
7d76ea1d 1483#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1484#: apt-cache.8.xml:166
2a52e8c5 1485msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1486"<literal>show</literal> performs a function similar to <command>dpkg "
1487"--print-avail</command>; it displays the package records for the named "
1488"packages."
2a52e8c5
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1489msgstr ""
1490
7d76ea1d 1491#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
ce34af08 1492#: apt-cache.8.xml:171
7d76ea1d 1493msgid "&synopsis-regex;"
2a52e8c5
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1494msgstr ""
1495
2a52e8c5 1496#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1497#: apt-cache.8.xml:172
2a52e8c5 1498msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1499"<literal>search</literal> performs a full text search on all available "
1500"package lists for the POSIX regex pattern given, see &regex;. It searches "
1501"the package names and the descriptions for an occurrence of the regular "
1502"expression and prints out the package name and the short description, "
1503"including virtual package names. If <option>--full</option> is given then "
1504"output identical to <literal>show</literal> is produced for each matched "
1505"package, and if <option>--names-only</option> is given then the long "
1506"description is not searched, only the package name is."
2a52e8c5
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1507msgstr ""
1508
1509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1510#: apt-cache.8.xml:183
7d76ea1d
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1511msgid ""
1512"Separate arguments can be used to specify multiple search patterns that are "
1513"and'ed together."
2a52e8c5
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1514msgstr ""
1515
2a52e8c5 1516#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1517#: apt-cache.8.xml:188
2a52e8c5 1518msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1519"<literal>depends</literal> shows a listing of each dependency a package has "
1520"and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency."
2a52e8c5
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1521msgstr ""
1522
1523#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1524#: apt-cache.8.xml:193
2a52e8c5 1525msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1526"<literal>rdepends</literal> shows a listing of each reverse dependency a "
1527"package has."
2a52e8c5
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1528msgstr ""
1529
7d76ea1d 1530#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 1531#: apt-cache.8.xml:197
7d76ea1d 1532msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-prefix;</replaceable></optional>"
2a52e8c5
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1533msgstr ""
1534
2a52e8c5 1535#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1536#: apt-cache.8.xml:198
2a52e8c5 1537msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1538"This command prints the name of each package APT knows. The optional "
1539"argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable "
1540"for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated "
1541"extremely quickly. This command is best used with the "
1542"<option>--generate</option> option."
2a52e8c5
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1543msgstr ""
1544
2a52e8c5 1545#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1546#: apt-cache.8.xml:203
2a52e8c5 1547msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1548"Note that a package which APT knows of is not necessarily available to "
1549"download, installable or installed, e.g. virtual packages are also listed in "
1550"the generated list."
2a52e8c5
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1551msgstr ""
1552
1553#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1554#: apt-cache.8.xml:209
2a52e8c5 1555msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1556"<literal>dotty</literal> takes a list of packages on the command line and "
1557"generates output suitable for use by dotty from the <ulink "
1558"url=\"http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/\">GraphViz</ulink> "
1559"package. The result will be a set of nodes and edges representing the "
1560"relationships between the packages. By default the given packages will trace "
1561"out all dependent packages; this can produce a very large graph. To limit "
1562"the output to only the packages listed on the command line, set the "
1563"<literal>APT::Cache::GivenOnly</literal> option."
2a52e8c5
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1564msgstr ""
1565
2a52e8c5 1566#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1567#: apt-cache.8.xml:218
2a52e8c5 1568msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1569"The resulting nodes will have several shapes; normal packages are boxes, "
1570"pure virtual packages are triangles, mixed virtual packages are diamonds, "
1571"missing packages are hexagons. Orange boxes mean recursion was stopped (leaf "
1572"packages), blue lines are pre-depends, green lines are conflicts."
2a52e8c5
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1573msgstr ""
1574
2a52e8c5 1575#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1576#: apt-cache.8.xml:223
7d76ea1d 1577msgid "Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages."
2a52e8c5
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1578msgstr ""
1579
7d76ea1d 1580#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1581#: apt-cache.8.xml:227
2a52e8c5 1582msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1583"The same as <literal>dotty</literal>, only for xvcg from the <ulink "
1584"url=\"http://rw4.cs.uni-sb.de/users/sander/html/gsvcg1.html\">VCG "
1585"tool</ulink>."
2a52e8c5
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1586msgstr ""
1587
7d76ea1d 1588#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 1589#: apt-cache.8.xml:231
7d76ea1d 1590msgid "<optional><replaceable>&synopsis-pkg;</replaceable>…</optional>"
2a52e8c5
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1591msgstr ""
1592
7d76ea1d 1593#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1594#: apt-cache.8.xml:232
2a52e8c5 1595msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1596"<literal>policy</literal> is meant to help debug issues relating to the "
1597"preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the priorities of each "
1598"source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information about the priority "
1599"selection of the named package."
2a52e8c5
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1600msgstr ""
1601
7d76ea1d 1602#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1603#: apt-cache.8.xml:239
2a52e8c5 1604msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1605"<literal>apt-cache</literal>'s <literal>madison</literal> command attempts "
1606"to mimic the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian "
1607"archive management tool, <literal>madison</literal>. It displays available "
1608"versions of a package in a tabular format. Unlike the original "
1609"<literal>madison</literal>, it can only display information for the "
1610"architecture for which APT has retrieved package lists "
1611"(<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>)."
2a52e8c5
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1612msgstr ""
1613
7d76ea1d 1614#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1615#: apt-cache.8.xml:255
7d76ea1d
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1616msgid ""
1617"Select the file to store the package cache. The package cache is the primary "
1618"cache used by all operations. Configuration Item: "
1619"<literal>Dir::Cache::pkgcache</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1620msgstr ""
1621
7d76ea1d 1622#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1623#: apt-cache.8.xml:261
7d76ea1d
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1624msgid ""
1625"Select the file to store the source cache. The source is used only by "
1626"<literal>gencaches</literal> and it stores a parsed version of the package "
1627"information from remote sources. When building the package cache the source "
1628"cache is used to avoid reparsing all of the package files. Configuration "
1629"Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1630msgstr ""
1631
7d76ea1d 1632#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1633#: apt-cache.8.xml:269
2a52e8c5 1634msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1635"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
1636"More q's will produce more quietness up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
1637"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quietness level, overriding the "
1638"configuration file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1639msgstr ""
1640
7d76ea1d 1641#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1642#: apt-cache.8.xml:276
7d76ea1d
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1643msgid ""
1644"Print only important dependencies; for use with <literal>unmet</literal> and "
1645"<literal>depends</literal>. Causes only Depends and Pre-Depends relations to "
1646"be printed. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Important</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1647msgstr ""
1648
7d76ea1d 1649#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1650#: apt-cache.8.xml:290
2a52e8c5 1651msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1652"Per default the <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> "
1653"print all dependencies. This can be tweaked with these flags which will omit "
1654"the specified dependency type. Configuration Item: "
1655"<literal>APT::Cache::Show<replaceable>DependencyType</replaceable></literal> "
1656"e.g. <literal>APT::Cache::ShowRecommends</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1657msgstr ""
1658
7d76ea1d 1659#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1660#: apt-cache.8.xml:297
2a52e8c5 1661msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1662"Print full package records when searching. Configuration Item: "
1663"<literal>APT::Cache::ShowFull</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1664msgstr ""
1665
7d76ea1d 1666#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1667#: apt-cache.8.xml:302
2a52e8c5 1668msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
1669"Print full records for all available versions. This is the default; to turn "
1670"it off, use <option>--no-all-versions</option>. If "
1671"<option>--no-all-versions</option> is specified, only the candidate version "
1672"will be displayed (the one which would be selected for installation). This "
1673"option is only applicable to the <literal>show</literal> command. "
1674"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::AllVersions</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1675msgstr ""
1676
7d76ea1d 1677#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1678#: apt-cache.8.xml:311
2a52e8c5 1679msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1680"Perform automatic package cache regeneration, rather than use the cache as "
1681"it is. This is the default; to turn it off, use "
1682"<option>--no-generate</option>. Configuration Item: "
1683"<literal>APT::Cache::Generate</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1684msgstr ""
1685
7d76ea1d 1686#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1687#: apt-cache.8.xml:317
2a52e8c5 1688msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1689"Only search on the package names, not the long descriptions. Configuration "
1690"Item: <literal>APT::Cache::NamesOnly</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1691msgstr ""
1692
7d76ea1d 1693#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1694#: apt-cache.8.xml:322
2a52e8c5 1695msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1696"Make <literal>pkgnames</literal> print all names, including virtual packages "
1697"and missing dependencies. Configuration Item: "
1698"<literal>APT::Cache::AllNames</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1699msgstr ""
1700
7d76ea1d 1701#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1702#: apt-cache.8.xml:328
2a52e8c5 1703msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1704"Make <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> recursive so "
1705"that all packages mentioned are printed once. Configuration Item: "
1706"<literal>APT::Cache::RecurseDepends</literal>."
b81dbe40
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1707msgstr ""
1708
7d76ea1d 1709#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1710#: apt-cache.8.xml:335
b81dbe40 1711msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1712"Limit the output of <literal>depends</literal> and "
1713"<literal>rdepends</literal> to packages which are currently installed. "
1714"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Installed</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1715msgstr ""
1716
7d76ea1d 1717#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1718#: apt-cache.8.xml:353
7d76ea1d 1719msgid "&apt-conf;, &sources-list;, &apt-get;"
2a52e8c5
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1720msgstr ""
1721
7d76ea1d 1722#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1723#: apt-cache.8.xml:358
b81dbe40 1724msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
1725"<command>apt-cache</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
1726"on error."
b81dbe40
DK
1727msgstr ""
1728
7d76ea1d 1729#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
ce34af08 1730#: apt-key.8.xml:34
7d76ea1d 1731msgid "APT key management utility"
2a52e8c5
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1732msgstr ""
1733
7d76ea1d 1734#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1735#: apt-key.8.xml:41
2a52e8c5 1736msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1737"<command>apt-key</command> is used to manage the list of keys used by apt to "
1738"authenticate packages. Packages which have been authenticated using these "
1739"keys will be considered trusted."
2a52e8c5
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1740msgstr ""
1741
7d76ea1d 1742#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 1743#: apt-key.8.xml:47
7d76ea1d 1744msgid "Commands"
2a52e8c5
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1745msgstr ""
1746
7d76ea1d 1747#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1748#: apt-key.8.xml:52
2a52e8c5 1749msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1750"Add a new key to the list of trusted keys. The key is read from the "
1751"filename given with the parameter &synopsis-param-filename; or if the "
1752"filename is <literal>-</literal> from standard input."
2a52e8c5
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1753msgstr ""
1754
7d76ea1d 1755#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1756#: apt-key.8.xml:65
7d76ea1d 1757msgid "Remove a key from the list of trusted keys."
2a52e8c5
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1758msgstr ""
1759
7d76ea1d 1760#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1761#: apt-key.8.xml:76
7d76ea1d 1762msgid "Output the key &synopsis-param-keyid; to standard output."
2a52e8c5
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1763msgstr ""
1764
7d76ea1d 1765#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1766#: apt-key.8.xml:87
7d76ea1d 1767msgid "Output all trusted keys to standard output."
2a52e8c5
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1768msgstr ""
1769
7d76ea1d 1770#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1771#: apt-key.8.xml:98
7d76ea1d 1772msgid "List trusted keys."
2a52e8c5
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1773msgstr ""
1774
7d76ea1d 1775#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1776#: apt-key.8.xml:109
7d76ea1d 1777msgid "List fingerprints of trusted keys."
b81dbe40
DK
1778msgstr ""
1779
7d76ea1d 1780#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1781#: apt-key.8.xml:120
b81dbe40 1782msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1783"Pass advanced options to gpg. With adv --recv-key you can download the "
1784"public key."
b81dbe40
DK
1785msgstr ""
1786
7d76ea1d 1787#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1788#: apt-key.8.xml:132
2a52e8c5 1789msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1790"Update the local keyring with the archive keyring and remove from the local "
1791"keyring the archive keys which are no longer valid. The archive keyring is "
1792"shipped in the <literal>archive-keyring</literal> package of your "
ce34af08 1793"distribution, e.g. the &keyring-package; package in &keyring-distro;."
2a52e8c5
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1794msgstr ""
1795
7d76ea1d 1796#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1797#: apt-key.8.xml:146
2a52e8c5 1798msgid ""
6072cbe1
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1799"Perform an update working similarly to the <command>update</command> command "
1800"above, but get the archive keyring from a URI instead and validate it "
1801"against a master key. This requires an installed &wget; and an APT build "
1802"configured to have a server to fetch from and a master keyring to validate. "
1803"APT in Debian does not support this command, relying on "
1804"<command>update</command> instead, but Ubuntu's APT does."
2a52e8c5
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1805msgstr ""
1806
7d76ea1d 1807#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 1808#: apt-key.8.xml:162 apt-cdrom.8.xml:82
7d76ea1d 1809msgid "Options"
2a52e8c5
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1810msgstr ""
1811
7d76ea1d 1812#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1813#: apt-key.8.xml:163
2a52e8c5 1814msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1815"Note that options need to be defined before the commands described in the "
1816"previous section."
2a52e8c5
DK
1817msgstr ""
1818
7d76ea1d 1819#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1820#: apt-key.8.xml:166
2a52e8c5 1821msgid ""
6072cbe1 1822"With this option it is possible to specify a particular keyring file the "
7d76ea1d
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1823"command should operate on. The default is that a command is executed on the "
1824"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> file as well as on all parts in the "
1825"<filename>trusted.gpg.d</filename> directory, though "
1826"<filename>trusted.gpg</filename> is the primary keyring which means that "
1827"e.g. new keys are added to this one."
2a52e8c5
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1828msgstr ""
1829
7d76ea1d 1830#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 1831#: apt-key.8.xml:181
7d76ea1d 1832msgid "<filename>/etc/apt/trustdb.gpg</filename>"
2a52e8c5
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1833msgstr ""
1834
7d76ea1d 1835#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1836#: apt-key.8.xml:182
7d76ea1d 1837msgid "Local trust database of archive keys."
2a52e8c5
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1838msgstr ""
1839
7d76ea1d 1840#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 1841#: apt-key.8.xml:185
694ef56e 1842msgid "&keyring-filename;"
2a52e8c5
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1843msgstr ""
1844
7d76ea1d 1845#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1846#: apt-key.8.xml:186
694ef56e 1847msgid "Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive trusted keys."
2a52e8c5
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1848msgstr ""
1849
7d76ea1d 1850#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 1851#: apt-key.8.xml:189
694ef56e 1852msgid "&keyring-removed-filename;"
2a52e8c5
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1853msgstr ""
1854
7d76ea1d 1855#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1856#: apt-key.8.xml:190
694ef56e 1857msgid "Keyring of &keyring-distro; archive removed trusted keys."
b39c1859
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1858msgstr ""
1859
7d76ea1d 1860#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1861#: apt-key.8.xml:199
7d76ea1d 1862msgid "&apt-get;, &apt-secure;"
2a52e8c5
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1863msgstr ""
1864
7d76ea1d 1865#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
ce34af08 1866#: apt-mark.8.xml:35
7d76ea1d 1867msgid "mark/unmark a package as being automatically-installed"
2a52e8c5
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1868msgstr ""
1869
7d76ea1d 1870#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1871#: apt-mark.8.xml:41
2a52e8c5 1872msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1873"<command>apt-mark</command> will change whether a package has been marked as "
1874"being automatically installed."
2a52e8c5
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1875msgstr ""
1876
7d76ea1d 1877#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1878#: apt-mark.8.xml:45
2a52e8c5 1879msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1880"When you request that a package is installed, and as a result other packages "
1881"are installed to satisfy its dependencies, the dependencies are marked as "
1882"being automatically installed. Once these automatically installed packages "
1883"are no longer depended on by any manually installed packages, they will be "
1884"removed by e.g. <command>apt-get</command> or <command>aptitude</command>."
2a52e8c5
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1885msgstr ""
1886
7d76ea1d 1887#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1888#: apt-mark.8.xml:54
2a52e8c5 1889msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1890"<literal>auto</literal> is used to mark a package as being automatically "
1891"installed, which will cause the package to be removed when no more manually "
1892"installed packages depend on this package."
2a52e8c5
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1893msgstr ""
1894
7d76ea1d 1895#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1896#: apt-mark.8.xml:62
7d76ea1d
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1897msgid ""
1898"<literal>manual</literal> is used to mark a package as being manually "
1899"installed, which will prevent the package from being automatically removed "
1900"if no other packages depend on it."
2a52e8c5
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1901msgstr ""
1902
7d76ea1d 1903#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1904#: apt-mark.8.xml:70
2a52e8c5 1905msgid ""
6072cbe1 1906"<literal>hold</literal> is used to mark a package as held back, which will "
7d76ea1d
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1907"prevent the package from being automatically installed, upgraded or "
1908"removed. The command is only a wrapper around <command>dpkg "
1909"--set-selections</command> and the state is therefore maintained by &dpkg; "
6072cbe1 1910"and not affected by the <option>--file</option> option."
2a52e8c5
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1911msgstr ""
1912
7d76ea1d 1913#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1914#: apt-mark.8.xml:80
7d76ea1d
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1915msgid ""
1916"<literal>unhold</literal> is used to cancel a previously set hold on a "
1917"package to allow all actions again."
2a52e8c5
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1918msgstr ""
1919
7d76ea1d 1920#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1921#: apt-mark.8.xml:86
2a52e8c5 1922msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1923"<literal>showauto</literal> is used to print a list of automatically "
1924"installed packages with each package on a new line. All automatically "
1925"installed packages will be listed if no package is given. If packages are "
1926"given only those which are automatically installed will be shown."
2a52e8c5
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1927msgstr ""
1928
7d76ea1d 1929#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1930#: apt-mark.8.xml:94
7d76ea1d
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1931msgid ""
1932"<literal>showmanual</literal> can be used in the same way as "
1933"<literal>showauto</literal> except that it will print a list of manually "
1934"installed packages instead."
2a52e8c5
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1935msgstr ""
1936
7d76ea1d 1937#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1938#: apt-mark.8.xml:101
2a52e8c5 1939msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1940"<literal>showhold</literal> is used to print a list of packages on hold in "
1941"the same way as for the other show commands."
2a52e8c5
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1942msgstr ""
1943
7d76ea1d 1944#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 1945#: apt-mark.8.xml:117
7d76ea1d
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1946msgid ""
1947"Read/Write package stats from the filename given with the parameter "
1948"&synopsis-param-filename; instead of from the default location, which is "
1949"<filename>extended_status</filename> in the directory defined by the "
1950"Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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1951msgstr ""
1952
7d76ea1d 1953#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1954#: apt-mark.8.xml:138
7d76ea1d
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1955msgid ""
1956"<command>apt-mark</command> returns zero on normal operation, non-zero on "
1957"error."
2a52e8c5
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1958msgstr ""
1959
7d76ea1d 1960#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
ce34af08 1961#: apt-secure.8.xml:49
7d76ea1d 1962msgid "Archive authentication support for APT"
2a52e8c5
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1963msgstr ""
1964
7d76ea1d 1965#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1966#: apt-secure.8.xml:54
7d76ea1d
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1967msgid ""
1968"Starting with version 0.6, <command>apt</command> contains code that does "
1969"signature checking of the Release file for all archives. This ensures that "
1970"packages in the archive can't be modified by people who have no access to "
1971"the Release file signing key."
2a52e8c5
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1972msgstr ""
1973
7d76ea1d 1974#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1975#: apt-secure.8.xml:62
7d76ea1d 1976msgid ""
75d9bdba
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1977"If a package comes from a archive without a signature, or with a signature "
1978"that apt does not have a key for, that package is considered untrusted, and "
7d76ea1d 1979"installing it will result in a big warning. <command>apt-get</command> will "
75d9bdba 1980"currently only warn for unsigned archives; future releases might force all "
7d76ea1d 1981"sources to be verified before downloading packages from them."
2a52e8c5
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1982msgstr ""
1983
2a52e8c5 1984#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1985#: apt-secure.8.xml:71
2a52e8c5 1986msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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1987"The package frontends &apt-get;, &aptitude; and &synaptic; support this new "
1988"authentication feature."
2a52e8c5
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1989msgstr ""
1990
1991#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 1992#: apt-secure.8.xml:76
7d76ea1d 1993msgid "Trusted archives"
2a52e8c5
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1994msgstr ""
1995
1996#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 1997#: apt-secure.8.xml:79
2a52e8c5 1998msgid ""
75d9bdba
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1999"The chain of trust from an apt archive to the end user is made up of several "
2000"steps. <command>apt-secure</command> is the last step in this chain; "
2001"trusting an archive does not mean that you trust its packages not to contain "
2002"malicious code, but means that you trust the archive maintainer. It's the "
2003"archive maintainer's responsibility to ensure that the archive's integrity "
2004"is preserved."
2a52e8c5
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2005msgstr ""
2006
2007#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2008#: apt-secure.8.xml:87
2a52e8c5 2009msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2010"apt-secure does not review signatures at a package level. If you require "
2011"tools to do this you should look at <command>debsig-verify</command> and "
2012"<command>debsign</command> (provided in the debsig-verify and devscripts "
2013"packages respectively)."
2a52e8c5
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2014msgstr ""
2015
7d76ea1d 2016#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2017#: apt-secure.8.xml:94
7d76ea1d
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2018msgid ""
2019"The chain of trust in Debian starts when a maintainer uploads a new package "
75d9bdba
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2020"or a new version of a package to the Debian archive. In order to become "
2021"effective, this upload needs to be signed by a key contained in the Debian "
2022"Maintainers keyring (available in the debian-keyring package). Maintainers' "
2023"keys are signed by other maintainers following pre-established procedures to "
2024"ensure the identity of the key holder."
2a52e8c5
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2025msgstr ""
2026
2027#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2028#: apt-secure.8.xml:104
2a52e8c5 2029msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2030"Once the uploaded package is verified and included in the archive, the "
75d9bdba
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2031"maintainer signature is stripped off, and checksums of the package are "
2032"computed and put in the Packages file. The checksums of all of the Packages "
2033"files are then computed and put into the Release file. The Release file is "
ce34af08
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2034"then signed by the archive key for this &keyring-distro; release, and "
2035"distributed alongside the packages and the Packages files on "
2036"&keyring-distro; mirrors. The keys are in the &keyring-distro; archive "
2037"keyring available in the &keyring-package; package."
2a52e8c5
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2038msgstr ""
2039
7d76ea1d 2040#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2041#: apt-secure.8.xml:115
7d76ea1d 2042msgid ""
75d9bdba
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2043"End users can check the signature of the Release file, extract a checksum of "
2044"a package from it and compare it with the checksum of the package they "
2045"downloaded by hand - or rely on APT doing this automatically."
2a52e8c5
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2046msgstr ""
2047
2048#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2049#: apt-secure.8.xml:120
2a52e8c5 2050msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2051"Notice that this is distinct from checking signatures on a per package "
2052"basis. It is designed to prevent two possible attacks:"
2a52e8c5
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2053msgstr ""
2054
7d76ea1d 2055#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2056#: apt-secure.8.xml:125
2a52e8c5 2057msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2058"<literal>Network \"man in the middle\" attacks</literal>. Without signature "
75d9bdba
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2059"checking, malicious agents can introduce themselves into the package "
2060"download process and provide malicious software either by controlling a "
2061"network element (router, switch, etc.) or by redirecting traffic to a rogue "
2062"server (through ARP or DNS spoofing attacks)."
2a52e8c5
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2063msgstr ""
2064
7d76ea1d 2065#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2066#: apt-secure.8.xml:133
2a52e8c5 2067msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2068"<literal>Mirror network compromise</literal>. Without signature checking, a "
2069"malicious agent can compromise a mirror host and modify the files in it to "
2070"propagate malicious software to all users downloading packages from that "
2071"host."
2a52e8c5
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2072msgstr ""
2073
7d76ea1d 2074#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2075#: apt-secure.8.xml:140
2a52e8c5 2076msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2077"However, it does not defend against a compromise of the Debian master server "
2078"itself (which signs the packages) or against a compromise of the key used to "
2079"sign the Release files. In any case, this mechanism can complement a "
2080"per-package signature."
2a52e8c5
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2081msgstr ""
2082
7d76ea1d 2083#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 2084#: apt-secure.8.xml:146
7d76ea1d 2085msgid "User configuration"
2a52e8c5
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2086msgstr ""
2087
7d76ea1d 2088#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2089#: apt-secure.8.xml:148
2a52e8c5 2090msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2091"<command>apt-key</command> is the program that manages the list of keys used "
75d9bdba
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2092"by apt. It can be used to add or remove keys, although an installation of "
2093"this release will automatically contain the default Debian archive signing "
7d76ea1d 2094"keys used in the Debian package repositories."
2a52e8c5
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2095msgstr ""
2096
7d76ea1d 2097#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2098#: apt-secure.8.xml:155
2a52e8c5 2099msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2100"In order to add a new key you need to first download it (you should make "
2101"sure you are using a trusted communication channel when retrieving it), add "
2102"it with <command>apt-key</command> and then run <command>apt-get "
2103"update</command> so that apt can download and verify the "
2104"<filename>InRelease</filename> or <filename>Release.gpg</filename> files "
2105"from the archives you have configured."
2a52e8c5
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2106msgstr ""
2107
7d76ea1d 2108#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 2109#: apt-secure.8.xml:164
7d76ea1d
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2110msgid "Archive configuration"
2111msgstr ""
2112
2113#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2114#: apt-secure.8.xml:166
2a52e8c5 2115msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2116"If you want to provide archive signatures in an archive under your "
2117"maintenance you have to:"
2a52e8c5
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2118msgstr ""
2119
7d76ea1d 2120#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2121#: apt-secure.8.xml:171
43be0ac4 2122msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2123"<emphasis>Create a toplevel Release file</emphasis>, if it does not exist "
2124"already. You can do this by running <command>apt-ftparchive "
2125"release</command> (provided in apt-utils)."
0fd68707
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2126msgstr ""
2127
7d76ea1d 2128#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2129#: apt-secure.8.xml:176
0fd68707 2130msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2131"<emphasis>Sign it</emphasis>. You can do this by running <command>gpg "
2132"--clearsign -o InRelease Release</command> and <command>gpg -abs -o "
2133"Release.gpg Release</command>."
b39c1859
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2134msgstr ""
2135
7d76ea1d 2136#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2137#: apt-secure.8.xml:180
b39c1859 2138msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2139"<emphasis>Publish the key fingerprint</emphasis>, that way your users will "
2140"know what key they need to import in order to authenticate the files in the "
2141"archive."
43be0ac4
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2142msgstr ""
2143
7d76ea1d 2144#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2145#: apt-secure.8.xml:187
7d76ea1d 2146msgid ""
75d9bdba
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2147"Whenever the contents of the archive change (new packages are added or "
2148"removed) the archive maintainer has to follow the first two steps outlined "
2149"above."
2a52e8c5
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2150msgstr ""
2151
7d76ea1d 2152#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2153#: apt-secure.8.xml:195
2a52e8c5 2154msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2155"&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;, &apt-key;, &apt-ftparchive;, "
2156"&debsign; &debsig-verify;, &gpg;"
2a52e8c5
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2157msgstr ""
2158
2159#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2160#: apt-secure.8.xml:199
2a52e8c5 2161msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2162"For more background information you might want to review the <ulink "
2163"url=\"http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/securing-debian-howto/ch7\">Debian "
2164"Security Infrastructure</ulink> chapter of the Securing Debian Manual "
2165"(available also in the harden-doc package) and the <ulink "
2166"url=\"http://www.cryptnet.net/fdp/crypto/strong_distro.html\" >Strong "
2167"Distribution HOWTO</ulink> by V. Alex Brennen."
2168msgstr ""
2169
2170#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 2171#: apt-secure.8.xml:212
7d76ea1d 2172msgid "Manpage Authors"
2a52e8c5
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2173msgstr ""
2174
2175#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2176#: apt-secure.8.xml:214
2a52e8c5 2177msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2178"This man-page is based on the work of Javier Fernández-Sanguino Peña, Isaac "
2179"Jones, Colin Walters, Florian Weimer and Michael Vogt."
2a52e8c5
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2180msgstr ""
2181
2a52e8c5 2182#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
ce34af08 2183#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:34
7d76ea1d 2184msgid "APT CD-ROM management utility"
2a52e8c5
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2185msgstr ""
2186
2a52e8c5 2187#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2188#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:40
2a52e8c5 2189msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2190"<command>apt-cdrom</command> is used to add a new CD-ROM to APT's list of "
2191"available sources. <command>apt-cdrom</command> takes care of determining "
2192"the structure of the disc as well as correcting for several possible "
2193"mis-burns and verifying the index files."
2a52e8c5
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2194msgstr ""
2195
7d76ea1d 2196#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2197#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:47
2a52e8c5 2198msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2199"It is necessary to use <command>apt-cdrom</command> to add CDs to the APT "
2200"system; it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disc in a multi-CD set "
2201"must be inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns."
2a52e8c5
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2202msgstr ""
2203
2a52e8c5 2204#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2205#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:58
2a52e8c5 2206msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2207"<literal>add</literal> is used to add a new disc to the source list. It will "
2208"unmount the CD-ROM device, prompt for a disc to be inserted and then proceed "
2209"to scan it and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper "
2210"<filename>.disk</filename> directory you will be prompted for a descriptive "
2211"title."
2a52e8c5
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2212msgstr ""
2213
2a52e8c5 2214#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2215#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:66
2a52e8c5 2216msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2217"APT uses a CD-ROM ID to track which disc is currently in the drive and "
2218"maintains a database of these IDs in "
2219"<filename>&statedir;/cdroms.list</filename>"
2a52e8c5
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2220msgstr ""
2221
2a52e8c5 2222#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2223#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:74
2a52e8c5 2224msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2225"A debugging tool to report the identity of the current disc as well as the "
2226"stored file name"
2a52e8c5
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2227msgstr ""
2228
2a52e8c5 2229#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08
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2230#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:87
2231msgid ""
2232"Do not try to auto-detect the CD-ROM path. Usually combined with the "
2233"<option>--cdrom</option> option. Configuration Item: "
2234"<literal>Acquire::cdrom::AutoDetect</literal>."
2235msgstr ""
2236
2237#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2238#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:95
2a52e8c5 2239msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2240"Mount point; specify the location to mount the CD-ROM. This mount point must "
2241"be listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and properly configured. "
2242"Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::cdrom::mount</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2243msgstr ""
2244
2245#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2246#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:104
2a52e8c5 2247msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2248"Rename a disc; change the label of a disc or override the disc's given "
2249"label. This option will cause <command>apt-cdrom</command> to prompt for a "
2250"new label. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Rename</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2251msgstr ""
2252
2253#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2254#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:113
2a52e8c5 2255msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2256"No mounting; prevent <command>apt-cdrom</command> from mounting and "
2257"unmounting the mount point. Configuration Item: "
2258"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoMount</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2259msgstr ""
2260
2261#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2262#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:121
2a52e8c5 2263msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2264"Fast Copy; Assume the package files are valid and do not check every "
2265"package. This option should be used only if <command>apt-cdrom</command> has "
2266"been run on this disc before and did not detect any errors. Configuration "
2267"Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Fast</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2268msgstr ""
2269
2270#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2271#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:131
2a52e8c5 2272msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2273"Thorough Package Scan; This option may be needed with some old Debian "
2274"1.1/1.2 discs that have Package files in strange places. It takes much "
2275"longer to scan the CD but will pick them all up."
2a52e8c5
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2276msgstr ""
2277
2278#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2279#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:142
2a52e8c5 2280msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2281"No Changes; Do not change the &sources-list; file and do not write index "
2282"files. Everything is still checked however. Configuration Item: "
2283"<literal>APT::CDROM::NoAct</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2284msgstr ""
2285
7d76ea1d 2286#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2287#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:155
7d76ea1d 2288msgid "&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;"
2a52e8c5
DK
2289msgstr ""
2290
7d76ea1d 2291#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2292#: apt-cdrom.8.xml:160
2a52e8c5 2293msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2294"<command>apt-cdrom</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
2295"on error."
2a52e8c5
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2296msgstr ""
2297
7d76ea1d 2298#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
ce34af08 2299#: apt-config.8.xml:35
7d76ea1d 2300msgid "APT Configuration Query program"
2a52e8c5
DK
2301msgstr ""
2302
7d76ea1d 2303#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2304#: apt-config.8.xml:41
bcf91c1b 2305msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2306"<command>apt-config</command> is an internal program used by various "
2307"portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses "
2308"the main configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> in a "
2309"manner that is easy to use for scripted applications."
bcf91c1b
DK
2310msgstr ""
2311
2312#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2313#: apt-config.8.xml:53
bcf91c1b 2314msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2315"shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell "
2316"script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell variable and "
2317"the second the configuration value to query. As output it lists shell "
2318"assignment commands for each value present. In a shell script it should be "
2319"used as follows:"
bcf91c1b
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2320msgstr ""
2321
7d76ea1d 2322#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><informalexample><programlisting>
ce34af08 2323#: apt-config.8.xml:61
7d76ea1d 2324#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 2325msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2326"OPTS=\"-f\"\n"
2327"RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::options`\n"
2328"eval $RES\n"
2a52e8c5
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2329msgstr ""
2330
2331#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2332#: apt-config.8.xml:66
2a52e8c5 2333msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2334"This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value of "
2335"MyApp::options with a default of <option>-f</option>."
2a52e8c5
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2336msgstr ""
2337
2a52e8c5 2338#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2339#: apt-config.8.xml:70
2a52e8c5 2340msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2341"The configuration item may be postfixed with a /[fdbi]. f returns file "
2342"names, d returns directories, b returns true or false and i returns an "
2343"integer. Each of the returns is normalized and verified internally."
2a52e8c5
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2344msgstr ""
2345
2a52e8c5 2346#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2347#: apt-config.8.xml:79
7d76ea1d 2348msgid "Just show the contents of the configuration space."
2a52e8c5
DK
2349msgstr ""
2350
2351#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2352#: apt-config.8.xml:92
2a52e8c5 2353msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2354"Include options which have an empty value. This is the default, so use "
2355"--no-empty to remove them from the output."
30549c0c
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2356msgstr ""
2357
7d76ea1d 2358#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><term><option><replaceable>
ce34af08 2359#: apt-config.8.xml:97
7d76ea1d 2360msgid "&percnt;f &#x0022;&percnt;v&#x0022;;&percnt;n"
2a52e8c5
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2361msgstr ""
2362
2a52e8c5 2363#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2364#: apt-config.8.xml:98
2a52e8c5 2365msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2366"Defines the output of each config option. &percnt;t will be replaced with "
2367"its individual name, &percnt;f with its full hierarchical name and &percnt;v "
2368"with its value. Use uppercase letters and special characters in the value "
2369"will be encoded to ensure that it can e.g. be safely used in a quoted-string "
2370"as defined by RFC822. Additionally &percnt;n will be replaced by a newline, "
2371"and &percnt;N by a tab. A &percnt; can be printed by using &percnt;&percnt;."
2a52e8c5
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2372msgstr ""
2373
7d76ea1d 2374#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2375#: apt-config.8.xml:112 apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:73 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:66 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:610
7d76ea1d 2376msgid "&apt-conf;"
2a52e8c5
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2377msgstr ""
2378
7d76ea1d 2379#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2380#: apt-config.8.xml:117
2a52e8c5 2381msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2382"<command>apt-config</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 "
2383"on error."
30549c0c
MV
2384msgstr ""
2385
7d76ea1d 2386#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><contrib>
ce34af08 2387#: apt.conf.5.xml:22
7d76ea1d 2388msgid "Initial documentation of Debug::*."
2a52e8c5
DK
2389msgstr ""
2390
7d76ea1d 2391#. type: Content of: <refentry><refentryinfo><author><email>
ce34af08 2392#: apt.conf.5.xml:23
7d76ea1d
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2393msgid "dburrows@debian.org"
2394msgstr ""
2395
2396#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
ce34af08 2397#: apt.conf.5.xml:33 apt_preferences.5.xml:27 sources.list.5.xml:28
7d76ea1d
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2398msgid "5"
2399msgstr ""
2400
2401#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
ce34af08 2402#: apt.conf.5.xml:40
7d76ea1d
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2403msgid "Configuration file for APT"
2404msgstr ""
2405
2406#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2407#: apt.conf.5.xml:44
30549c0c 2408msgid ""
5723791e
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2409"<filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> is the main configuration file shared "
2410"by all the tools in the APT suite of tools, though it is by no means the "
2411"only place options can be set. The suite also shares a common command line "
2412"parser to provide a uniform environment."
30549c0c
MV
2413msgstr ""
2414
7d76ea1d 2415#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><para>
ce34af08 2416#: apt.conf.5.xml:50
2a52e8c5 2417msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2418"When an APT tool starts up it will read the configuration files in the "
2419"following order:"
2a52e8c5
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2420msgstr ""
2421
7d76ea1d 2422#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2423#: apt.conf.5.xml:52
2a52e8c5 2424msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2425"the file specified by the <envar>APT_CONFIG</envar> environment variable (if "
2426"any)"
2a52e8c5
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2427msgstr ""
2428
7d76ea1d 2429#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2430#: apt.conf.5.xml:54
2a52e8c5 2431msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2432"all files in <literal>Dir::Etc::Parts</literal> in alphanumeric ascending "
2433"order which have either no or \"<literal>conf</literal>\" as filename "
2434"extension and which only contain alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) "
2435"and period (.) characters. Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has "
44477002 2436"ignored a file, unless that file matches a pattern in the "
5723791e 2437"<literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> configuration list - in which "
7d76ea1d 2438"case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
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2439msgstr ""
2440
7d76ea1d 2441#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2442#: apt.conf.5.xml:61
7d76ea1d 2443msgid "the main configuration file specified by <literal>Dir::Etc::main</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
2444msgstr ""
2445
7d76ea1d 2446#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><orderedlist><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2447#: apt.conf.5.xml:63
2a52e8c5 2448msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2449"the command line options are applied to override the configuration "
2450"directives or to load even more configuration files."
2a52e8c5
DK
2451msgstr ""
2452
7d76ea1d 2453#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 2454#: apt.conf.5.xml:67
7d76ea1d 2455msgid "Syntax"
2a52e8c5
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2456msgstr ""
2457
7d76ea1d 2458#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2459#: apt.conf.5.xml:68
2a52e8c5 2460msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2461"The configuration file is organized in a tree with options organized into "
2462"functional groups. Option specification is given with a double colon "
5723791e 2463"notation; for instance <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> is an option "
7d76ea1d
DK
2464"within the APT tool group, for the Get tool. Options do not inherit from "
2465"their parent groups."
2a52e8c5
DK
2466msgstr ""
2467
7d76ea1d 2468#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2469#: apt.conf.5.xml:74
2a52e8c5 2470msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2471"Syntactically the configuration language is modeled after what the ISC tools "
2472"such as bind and dhcp use. Lines starting with <literal>//</literal> are "
2473"treated as comments (ignored), as well as all text between "
2474"<literal>/*</literal> and <literal>*/</literal>, just like C/C++ comments. "
5723791e
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2475"Each line is of the form <literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes \"true\";</literal>. "
2476"The quotation marks and trailing semicolon are required. The value must be "
2477"on one line, and there is no kind of string concatenation. Values must not "
2478"include backslashes or extra quotation marks. Option names are made up of "
2479"alphanumeric characters and the characters \"/-:._+\". A new scope can be "
2480"opened with curly braces, like this:"
2a52e8c5
DK
2481msgstr ""
2482
7d76ea1d 2483#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
ce34af08 2484#: apt.conf.5.xml:87
7d76ea1d 2485#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 2486msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2487"APT {\n"
2488" Get {\n"
2489" Assume-Yes \"true\";\n"
2490" Fix-Broken \"true\";\n"
2491" };\n"
2492"};\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
2493msgstr ""
2494
7d76ea1d 2495#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2496#: apt.conf.5.xml:95
2a52e8c5 2497msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2498"with newlines placed to make it more readable. Lists can be created by "
2499"opening a scope and including a single string enclosed in quotes followed by "
5723791e 2500"a semicolon. Multiple entries can be included, separated by a semicolon."
2a52e8c5
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2501msgstr ""
2502
7d76ea1d 2503#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><informalexample><programlisting>
ce34af08 2504#: apt.conf.5.xml:100
7d76ea1d
DK
2505#, no-wrap
2506msgid "DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {\"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt\";};\n"
c77d6597
MV
2507msgstr ""
2508
7d76ea1d 2509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2510#: apt.conf.5.xml:103
c77d6597 2511msgid ""
00612a8c
DK
2512"In general the sample configuration file &configureindex; is a good guide "
2513"for how it should look."
c77d6597
MV
2514msgstr ""
2515
7d76ea1d 2516#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2517#: apt.conf.5.xml:106
2a52e8c5 2518msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2519"Case is not significant in names of configuration items, so in the previous "
2520"example you could use <literal>dpkg::pre-install-pkgs</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2521msgstr ""
2522
7d76ea1d 2523#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2524#: apt.conf.5.xml:109
2a52e8c5 2525msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2526"Names for the configuration items are optional if a list is defined as can "
2527"be seen in the <literal>DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs</literal> example above. If "
2528"you don't specify a name a new entry will simply add a new option to the "
2529"list. If you specify a name you can override the option in the same way as "
2530"any other option by reassigning a new value to the option."
2a52e8c5
DK
2531msgstr ""
2532
7d76ea1d 2533#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2534#: apt.conf.5.xml:114
c77d6597 2535msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2536"Two special commands are defined: <literal>#include</literal> (which is "
2537"deprecated and not supported by alternative implementations) and "
2538"<literal>#clear</literal>. <literal>#include</literal> will include the "
2539"given file, unless the filename ends in a slash, in which case the whole "
2540"directory is included. <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a part of "
2541"the configuration tree. The specified element and all its descendants are "
7d76ea1d 2542"erased. (Note that these lines also need to end with a semicolon.)"
c77d6597
MV
2543msgstr ""
2544
7d76ea1d 2545#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2546#: apt.conf.5.xml:124
2a52e8c5 2547msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2548"The <literal>#clear</literal> command is the only way to delete a list or a "
2549"complete scope. Reopening a scope (or using the syntax described below with "
2550"an appended <literal>::</literal>) will <emphasis>not</emphasis> override "
2551"previously written entries. Options can only be overridden by addressing a "
2552"new value to them - lists and scopes can't be overridden, only cleared."
2a52e8c5
DK
2553msgstr ""
2554
7d76ea1d 2555#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2556#: apt.conf.5.xml:132
2a52e8c5 2557msgid ""
5723791e 2558"All of the APT tools take an -o option which allows an arbitrary "
7d76ea1d
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2559"configuration directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a "
2560"full option name (<literal>APT::Get::Assume-Yes</literal> for instance) "
2561"followed by an equals sign then the new value of the option. To append a new "
5723791e
JR
2562"element to a list, add a trailing <literal>::</literal> to the name of the "
2563"list. (As you might suspect, the scope syntax can't be used on the command "
2564"line.)"
2a52e8c5
DK
2565msgstr ""
2566
7d76ea1d 2567#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2568#: apt.conf.5.xml:140
5723791e
JR
2569msgid ""
2570"Note that appending items to a list using <literal>::</literal> only works "
2571"for one item per line, and that you should not use it in combination with "
2572"the scope syntax (which adds <literal>::</literal> implicitly). Using both "
2573"syntaxes together will trigger a bug which some users unfortunately depend "
2574"on: an option with the unusual name \"<literal>::</literal>\" which acts "
2575"like every other option with a name. This introduces many problems; for one "
2576"thing, users who write multiple lines in this <emphasis>wrong</emphasis> "
2577"syntax in the hope of appending to a list will achieve the opposite, as only "
2578"the last assignment for this option \"<literal>::</literal>\" will be "
2579"used. Future versions of APT will raise errors and stop working if they "
2580"encounter this misuse, so please correct such statements now while APT "
2581"doesn't explicitly complain about them."
a7307a87
DK
2582msgstr ""
2583
7d76ea1d 2584#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 2585#: apt.conf.5.xml:155
7d76ea1d 2586msgid "The APT Group"
2a52e8c5
DK
2587msgstr ""
2588
7d76ea1d 2589#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 2590#: apt.conf.5.xml:156
2a52e8c5 2591msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2592"This group of options controls general APT behavior as well as holding the "
2593"options for all of the tools."
2a52e8c5
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2594msgstr ""
2595
2a52e8c5 2596#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2597#: apt.conf.5.xml:161
2a52e8c5 2598msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2599"System Architecture; sets the architecture to use when fetching files and "
2600"parsing package lists. The internal default is the architecture apt was "
2601"compiled for."
a7307a87
DK
2602msgstr ""
2603
a7307a87 2604#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 2605#: apt.conf.5.xml:168
a7307a87 2606msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2607"All Architectures the system supports. For instance, CPUs implementing the "
2608"<literal>amd64</literal> (also called <literal>x86-64</literal>) "
2609"instruction set are also able to execute binaries compiled for the "
2610"<literal>i386</literal> (<literal>x86</literal>) instruction set. This list "
2611"is used when fetching files and parsing package lists. The initial default "
2612"is always the system's native architecture "
2613"(<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>), and foreign architectures are added "
2614"to the default list when they are registered via <command>dpkg "
2615"--add-architecture</command>."
2a52e8c5
DK
2616msgstr ""
2617
2a52e8c5 2618#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475
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2619#: apt.conf.5.xml:182
2620msgid ""
2621"List of all build profiles enabled for build-dependency resolution, without "
2622"the \"<literal>profile.</literal>\" namespace prefix. By default this list "
2623"is empty. The <envar>DEB_BUILD_PROFILES</envar> as used by "
2624"&dpkg-buildpackage; overrides the list notation."
2625msgstr ""
2626
2627#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
2628#: apt.conf.5.xml:190
2a52e8c5 2629msgid ""
5723791e 2630"Default release to install packages from if more than one version is "
7d76ea1d
DK
2631"available. Contains release name, codename or release version. Examples: "
2632"'stable', 'testing', 'unstable', '&stable-codename;', '&testing-codename;', "
2633"'4.0', '5.0*'. See also &apt-preferences;."
2a52e8c5
DK
2634msgstr ""
2635
2a52e8c5 2636#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2637#: apt.conf.5.xml:196
2a52e8c5 2638msgid ""
5723791e 2639"Ignore held packages; this global option causes the problem resolver to "
7d76ea1d 2640"ignore held packages in its decision making."
2a52e8c5
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2641msgstr ""
2642
2a52e8c5 2643#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2644#: apt.conf.5.xml:201
2a52e8c5 2645msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
2646"Defaults to on. When turned on the autoclean feature will remove any "
2647"packages which can no longer be downloaded from the cache. If turned off "
2648"then packages that are locally installed are also excluded from cleaning - "
2649"but note that APT provides no direct means to reinstall them."
2a52e8c5
DK
2650msgstr ""
2651
2a52e8c5 2652#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2653#: apt.conf.5.xml:209
2a52e8c5 2654msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2655"Defaults to on, which will cause APT to install essential and important "
2656"packages as soon as possible in an install/upgrade operation, in order to "
2657"limit the effect of a failing &dpkg; call. If this option is disabled, APT "
2658"treats an important package in the same way as an extra package: between the "
2659"unpacking of the package A and its configuration there can be many other "
2660"unpack or configuration calls for other unrelated packages B, C etc. If "
2661"these cause the &dpkg; call to fail (e.g. because package B's maintainer "
2662"scripts generate an error), this results in a system state in which package "
2663"A is unpacked but unconfigured - so any package depending on A is now no "
2664"longer guaranteed to work, as its dependency on A is no longer satisfied."
2a52e8c5
DK
2665msgstr ""
2666
2a52e8c5 2667#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2668#: apt.conf.5.xml:221
2a52e8c5 2669msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2670"The immediate configuration marker is also applied in the potentially "
2671"problematic case of circular dependencies, since a dependency with the "
2672"immediate flag is equivalent to a Pre-Dependency. In theory this allows APT "
2673"to recognise a situation in which it is unable to perform immediate "
2674"configuration, abort, and suggest to the user that the option should be "
2675"temporarily deactivated in order to allow the operation to proceed. Note "
2676"the use of the word \"theory\" here; in the real world this problem has "
2677"rarely been encountered, in non-stable distribution versions, and was caused "
2678"by wrong dependencies of the package in question or by a system in an "
2679"already broken state; so you should not blindly disable this option, as the "
2680"scenario mentioned above is not the only problem it can help to prevent in "
2681"the first place."
2a52e8c5
DK
2682msgstr ""
2683
2a52e8c5 2684#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2685#: apt.conf.5.xml:234
2a52e8c5 2686msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2687"Before a big operation like <literal>dist-upgrade</literal> is run with this "
2688"option disabled you should try to explicitly <literal>install</literal> the "
2689"package APT is unable to configure immediately; but please make sure you "
2690"also report your problem to your distribution and to the APT team with the "
2691"buglink below, so they can work on improving or correcting the upgrade "
2692"process."
2a52e8c5
DK
2693msgstr ""
2694
2a52e8c5 2695#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2696#: apt.conf.5.xml:245
2a52e8c5 2697msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2698"Never enable this option unless you <emphasis>really</emphasis> know what "
2699"you are doing. It permits APT to temporarily remove an essential package to "
2700"break a Conflicts/Conflicts or Conflicts/Pre-Depends loop between two "
2701"essential packages. <emphasis>Such a loop should never exist and is a grave "
2702"bug</emphasis>. This option will work if the essential packages are not "
2703"<command>tar</command>, <command>gzip</command>, <command>libc</command>, "
2704"<command>dpkg</command>, <command>dash</command> or anything that those "
2705"packages depend on."
2a52e8c5
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2706msgstr ""
2707
2a52e8c5 2708#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2709#: apt.conf.5.xml:257
2a52e8c5 2710msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2711"APT uses since version 0.7.26 a resizable memory mapped cache file to store "
5723791e
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2712"the available information. <literal>Cache-Start</literal> acts as a hint of "
2713"the size the cache will grow to, and is therefore the amount of memory APT "
7d76ea1d 2714"will request at startup. The default value is 20971520 bytes (~20 MB). Note "
5723791e 2715"that this amount of space needs to be available for APT; otherwise it will "
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2716"likely fail ungracefully, so for memory restricted devices this value should "
2717"be lowered while on systems with a lot of configured sources it should be "
2718"increased. <literal>Cache-Grow</literal> defines in bytes with the default "
5723791e
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2719"of 1048576 (~1 MB) how much the cache size will be increased in the event "
2720"the space defined by <literal>Cache-Start</literal> is not enough. This "
7d76ea1d
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2721"value will be applied again and again until either the cache is big enough "
2722"to store all information or the size of the cache reaches the "
2723"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal>. The default of "
2724"<literal>Cache-Limit</literal> is 0 which stands for no limit. If "
5723791e
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2725"<literal>Cache-Grow</literal> is set to 0 the automatic growth of the cache "
2726"is disabled."
2a52e8c5
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2727msgstr ""
2728
2a52e8c5 2729#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2730#: apt.conf.5.xml:273
5723791e 2731msgid "Defines which packages are considered essential build dependencies."
2a52e8c5
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2732msgstr ""
2733
2a52e8c5 2734#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2735#: apt.conf.5.xml:277
2a52e8c5 2736msgid ""
5723791e 2737"The Get subsection controls the &apt-get; tool; please see its documentation "
7d76ea1d 2738"for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
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2739msgstr ""
2740
2a52e8c5 2741#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2742#: apt.conf.5.xml:282
2a52e8c5 2743msgid ""
5723791e 2744"The Cache subsection controls the &apt-cache; tool; please see its "
7d76ea1d 2745"documentation for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
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2746msgstr ""
2747
2a52e8c5 2748#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2749#: apt.conf.5.xml:287
2a52e8c5 2750msgid ""
5723791e 2751"The CDROM subsection controls the &apt-cdrom; tool; please see its "
7d76ea1d 2752"documentation for more information about the options here."
2a52e8c5
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2753msgstr ""
2754
7d76ea1d 2755#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
7ffbb475 2756#: apt.conf.5.xml:293
7d76ea1d 2757msgid "The Acquire Group"
2a52e8c5
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2758msgstr ""
2759
2760#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 2761#: apt.conf.5.xml:294
2a52e8c5 2762msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2763"The <literal>Acquire</literal> group of options controls the download of "
5723791e
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2764"packages as well as the various \"acquire methods\" responsible for the "
2765"download itself (see also &sources-list;)."
2a52e8c5
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2766msgstr ""
2767
5723791e 2768#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2769#: apt.conf.5.xml:301
7d76ea1d 2770msgid ""
5723791e
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2771"Security related option defaulting to true, as giving a Release file's "
2772"validation an expiration date prevents replay attacks over a long timescale, "
2773"and can also for example help users to identify mirrors that are no longer "
2774"updated - but the feature depends on the correctness of the clock on the "
2775"user system. Archive maintainers are encouraged to create Release files with "
2776"the <literal>Valid-Until</literal> header, but if they don't or a stricter "
2777"value is desired the <literal>Max-ValidTime</literal> option below can be "
2778"used."
2a52e8c5
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2779msgstr ""
2780
5723791e 2781#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2782#: apt.conf.5.xml:314
2a52e8c5 2783msgid ""
5723791e
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2784"Maximum time (in seconds) after its creation (as indicated by the "
2785"<literal>Date</literal> header) that the <filename>Release</filename> file "
2786"should be considered valid. If the Release file itself includes a "
2787"<literal>Valid-Until</literal> header the earlier date of the two is used as "
2788"the expiration date. The default value is <literal>0</literal> which stands "
2789"for \"valid forever\". Archive specific settings can be made by appending "
2790"the label of the archive to the option name."
2a52e8c5
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2791msgstr ""
2792
5723791e 2793#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2794#: apt.conf.5.xml:326
7d76ea1d 2795msgid ""
5723791e
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2796"Minimum time (in seconds) after its creation (as indicated by the "
2797"<literal>Date</literal> header) that the <filename>Release</filename> file "
2798"should be considered valid. Use this if you need to use a seldom updated "
2799"(local) mirror of a more frequently updated archive with a "
2800"<literal>Valid-Until</literal> header instead of completely disabling the "
2801"expiration date checking. Archive specific settings can and should be used "
2802"by appending the label of the archive to the option name."
2a52e8c5
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2803msgstr ""
2804
2a52e8c5 2805#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2806#: apt.conf.5.xml:338
2a52e8c5 2807msgid ""
5723791e
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2808"Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for indexes (like "
2809"<filename>Packages</filename> files) instead of downloading whole ones. True "
2810"by default."
2a52e8c5
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2811msgstr ""
2812
2a52e8c5 2813#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2814#: apt.conf.5.xml:341
7d76ea1d 2815msgid ""
5723791e
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2816"Two sub-options to limit the use of PDiffs are also available: "
2817"<literal>FileLimit</literal> can be used to specify a maximum number of "
2818"PDiff files should be downloaded to update a "
2819"file. <literal>SizeLimit</literal> on the other hand is the maximum "
2820"percentage of the size of all patches compared to the size of the targeted "
2821"file. If one of these limits is exceeded the complete file is downloaded "
2822"instead of the patches."
2a52e8c5
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2823msgstr ""
2824
2a52e8c5 2825#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2826#: apt.conf.5.xml:351
7d76ea1d
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2827msgid ""
2828"Queuing mode; <literal>Queue-Mode</literal> can be one of "
2829"<literal>host</literal> or <literal>access</literal> which determines how "
2830"APT parallelizes outgoing connections. <literal>host</literal> means that "
2831"one connection per target host will be opened, <literal>access</literal> "
2832"means that one connection per URI type will be opened."
2a52e8c5
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2833msgstr ""
2834
2a52e8c5 2835#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2836#: apt.conf.5.xml:359
7d76ea1d
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2837msgid ""
2838"Number of retries to perform. If this is non-zero APT will retry failed "
2839"files the given number of times."
2a52e8c5
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2840msgstr ""
2841
2a52e8c5 2842#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2843#: apt.conf.5.xml:364
2a52e8c5 2844msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2845"Use symlinks for source archives. If set to true then source archives will "
2846"be symlinked when possible instead of copying. True is the default."
2a52e8c5
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2847msgstr ""
2848
2a52e8c5 2849#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2850#: apt.conf.5.xml:369
2a52e8c5 2851msgid ""
5723791e
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2852"<literal>http::Proxy</literal> sets the default proxy to use for HTTP "
2853"URIs. It is in the standard form of "
2854"<literal>http://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per host proxies "
2855"can also be specified by using the form "
7d76ea1d
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2856"<literal>http::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
2857"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
2858"settings is specified, <envar>http_proxy</envar> environment variable will "
2859"be used."
2a52e8c5
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2860msgstr ""
2861
2a52e8c5 2862#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2863#: apt.conf.5.xml:377
2a52e8c5 2864msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2865"Three settings are provided for cache control with HTTP/1.1 compliant proxy "
5723791e
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2866"caches. <literal>No-Cache</literal> tells the proxy not to use its cached "
2867"response under any circumstances. <literal>Max-Age</literal> sets the "
2868"allowed maximum age (in seconds) of an index file in the cache of the "
2869"proxy. <literal>No-Store</literal> specifies that the proxy should not "
2870"store the requested archive files in its cache, which can be used to prevent "
2871"the proxy from polluting its cache with (big) .deb files."
2a52e8c5
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2872msgstr ""
2873
2874#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2875#: apt.conf.5.xml:387 apt.conf.5.xml:475
2a52e8c5 2876msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2877"The option <literal>timeout</literal> sets the timeout timer used by the "
5723791e 2878"method; this value applies to the connection as well as the data timeout."
2a52e8c5
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2879msgstr ""
2880
782486e8 2881#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2882#: apt.conf.5.xml:390
782486e8 2883msgid ""
7d76ea1d 2884"The setting <literal>Acquire::http::Pipeline-Depth</literal> can be used to "
5723791e
JR
2885"enable HTTP pipelining (RFC 2616 section 8.1.2.2) which can be beneficial "
2886"e.g. on high-latency connections. It specifies how many requests are sent in "
7d76ea1d
DK
2887"a pipeline. Previous APT versions had a default of 10 for this setting, but "
2888"the default value is now 0 (= disabled) to avoid problems with the "
2889"ever-growing amount of webservers and proxies which choose to not conform to "
2890"the HTTP/1.1 specification."
782486e8
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2891msgstr ""
2892
5723791e 2893#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2894#: apt.conf.5.xml:397
b39c1859 2895msgid ""
5723791e
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2896"<literal>Acquire::http::AllowRedirect</literal> controls whether APT will "
2897"follow redirects, which is enabled by default."
b39c1859
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2898msgstr ""
2899
2a52e8c5 2900#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2901#: apt.conf.5.xml:400
b39c1859 2902msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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2903"The used bandwidth can be limited with "
2904"<literal>Acquire::http::Dl-Limit</literal> which accepts integer values in "
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2905"kilobytes per second. The default value is 0 which deactivates the limit and "
2906"tries to use all available bandwidth. Note that this option implicitly "
2907"disables downloading from multiple servers at the same time."
b39c1859
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2908msgstr ""
2909
5723791e 2910#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2911#: apt.conf.5.xml:407
7d76ea1d
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2912msgid ""
2913"<literal>Acquire::http::User-Agent</literal> can be used to set a different "
2914"User-Agent for the http download method as some proxies allow access for "
2915"clients only if the client uses a known identifier."
2a52e8c5
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2916msgstr ""
2917
2918#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2919#: apt.conf.5.xml:411
7d76ea1d 2920msgid ""
ce34af08
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2921"<literal>Acquire::http::Proxy-Auto-Detect</literal> can be used to specify "
2922"an external command to discover the http proxy to use. Apt expects the "
2923"command to output the proxy on stdout in the style "
2924"<literal>http://proxy:port/</literal>. This will override the generic "
2925"<literal>Acquire::http::Proxy</literal> but not any specific host proxy "
2926"configuration set via <literal>Acquire::http::Proxy::$HOST</literal>. See "
2927"the &squid-deb-proxy-client; package for an example implementation that uses "
2928"avahi. This option takes precedence over the legacy option name "
2929"<literal>ProxyAutoDetect</literal>."
2930msgstr ""
2931
2932#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2933#: apt.conf.5.xml:429
ce34af08 2934msgid ""
5723791e
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2935"The <literal>Cache-control</literal>, <literal>Timeout</literal>, "
2936"<literal>AllowRedirect</literal>, <literal>Dl-Limit</literal> and "
2937"<literal>proxy</literal> options work for HTTPS URIs in the same way as for "
2938"the <literal>http</literal> method, and default to the same values if they "
2939"are not explicitly set. The <literal>Pipeline-Depth</literal> option is not "
2940"yet supported."
2a52e8c5
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2941msgstr ""
2942
5723791e 2943#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2944#: apt.conf.5.xml:437
7d76ea1d
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2945msgid ""
2946"<literal>CaInfo</literal> suboption specifies place of file that holds info "
5723791e 2947"about trusted certificates. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::CaInfo</literal> is the "
7d76ea1d 2948"corresponding per-host option. <literal>Verify-Peer</literal> boolean "
5723791e
JR
2949"suboption determines whether or not the server's host certificate should be "
2950"verified against trusted certificates. "
2951"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Peer</literal> is the corresponding per-host "
2952"option. <literal>Verify-Host</literal> boolean suboption determines whether "
2953"or not the server's hostname should be verified. "
2954"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::Verify-Host</literal> is the corresponding per-host "
7d76ea1d 2955"option. <literal>SslCert</literal> determines what certificate to use for "
5723791e 2956"client authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslCert</literal> is the "
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2957"corresponding per-host option. <literal>SslKey</literal> determines what "
2958"private key to use for client "
5723791e 2959"authentication. <literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslKey</literal> is the corresponding "
7d76ea1d 2960"per-host option. <literal>SslForceVersion</literal> overrides default SSL "
5723791e
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2961"version to use. It can contain either of the strings "
2962"'<literal>TLSv1</literal>' or '<literal>SSLv3</literal>'. "
2963"<literal>&lt;host&gt;::SslForceVersion</literal> is the corresponding "
2964"per-host option."
2a52e8c5
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2965msgstr ""
2966
2967#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2968#: apt.conf.5.xml:458
7d76ea1d 2969msgid ""
5723791e
JR
2970"<literal>ftp::Proxy</literal> sets the default proxy to use for FTP URIs. "
2971"It is in the standard form of "
2972"<literal>ftp://[[user][:pass]@]host[:port]/</literal>. Per host proxies can "
2973"also be specified by using the form "
7d76ea1d
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2974"<literal>ftp::Proxy::&lt;host&gt;</literal> with the special keyword "
2975"<literal>DIRECT</literal> meaning to use no proxies. If no one of the above "
2976"settings is specified, <envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable will be "
5723791e 2977"used. To use an FTP proxy you will have to set the "
7d76ea1d
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2978"<literal>ftp::ProxyLogin</literal> script in the configuration file. This "
2979"entry specifies the commands to send to tell the proxy server what to "
2980"connect to. Please see &configureindex; for an example of how to do "
5723791e
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2981"this. The substitution variables representing the corresponding URI "
2982"component are <literal>$(PROXY_USER)</literal>, "
2983"<literal>$(PROXY_PASS)</literal>, <literal>$(SITE_USER)</literal>, "
2984"<literal>$(SITE_PASS)</literal>, <literal>$(SITE)</literal> and "
2985"<literal>$(SITE_PORT)</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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2986msgstr ""
2987
5723791e 2988#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2989#: apt.conf.5.xml:478
7d76ea1d
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2990msgid ""
2991"Several settings are provided to control passive mode. Generally it is safe "
5723791e
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2992"to leave passive mode on; it works in nearly every environment. However, "
2993"some situations require that passive mode be disabled and port mode FTP used "
2994"instead. This can be done globally or for connections that go through a "
2995"proxy or for a specific host (see the sample config file for examples)."
2a52e8c5
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2996msgstr ""
2997
2998#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 2999#: apt.conf.5.xml:485
7d76ea1d
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3000msgid ""
3001"It is possible to proxy FTP over HTTP by setting the "
5723791e 3002"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable to an HTTP URL - see the "
7d76ea1d
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3003"discussion of the http method above for syntax. You cannot set this in the "
3004"configuration file and it is not recommended to use FTP over HTTP due to its "
3005"low efficiency."
2a52e8c5
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3006msgstr ""
3007
5723791e 3008#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3009#: apt.conf.5.xml:490
2a52e8c5 3010msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3011"The setting <literal>ForceExtended</literal> controls the use of RFC2428 "
3012"<literal>EPSV</literal> and <literal>EPRT</literal> commands. The default is "
3013"false, which means these commands are only used if the control connection is "
3014"IPv6. Setting this to true forces their use even on IPv4 connections. Note "
3015"that most FTP servers do not support RFC2428."
2a52e8c5
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3016msgstr ""
3017
5723791e 3018#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
7ffbb475 3019#: apt.conf.5.xml:504
7d76ea1d
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3020#, no-wrap
3021msgid "/cdrom/::Mount \"foo\";"
2a52e8c5
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3022msgstr ""
3023
5723791e 3024#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3025#: apt.conf.5.xml:499
2a52e8c5 3026msgid ""
5723791e
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3027"For URIs using the <literal>cdrom</literal> method, the only configurable "
3028"option is the mount point, <literal>cdrom::Mount</literal>, which must be "
3029"the mount point for the CD-ROM (or DVD, or whatever) drive as specified in "
3030"<filename>/etc/fstab</filename>. It is possible to provide alternate mount "
3031"and unmount commands if your mount point cannot be listed in the fstab. The "
7d76ea1d 3032"syntax is to put <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> within the "
5723791e
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3033"<literal>cdrom</literal> block. It is important to have the trailing slash. "
3034"Unmount commands can be specified using UMount."
2a52e8c5
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3035msgstr ""
3036
5723791e 3037#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3038#: apt.conf.5.xml:512
2a52e8c5 3039msgid ""
5723791e
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3040"For GPGV URIs the only configurable option is "
3041"<literal>gpgv::Options</literal>, which passes additional parameters to "
3042"gpgv."
2a52e8c5
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3043msgstr ""
3044
5723791e 3045#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
7ffbb475 3046#: apt.conf.5.xml:523
7d76ea1d 3047#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3048msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3049"Acquire::CompressionTypes::<replaceable>FileExtension</replaceable> "
3050"\"<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable>\";"
2a52e8c5
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3051msgstr ""
3052
2a52e8c5 3053#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3054#: apt.conf.5.xml:518
2a52e8c5 3055msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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3056"List of compression types which are understood by the acquire methods. "
3057"Files like <filename>Packages</filename> can be available in various "
5723791e 3058"compression formats. By default the acquire methods can decompress "
7d76ea1d 3059"<command>bzip2</command>, <command>lzma</command> and "
5723791e 3060"<command>gzip</command> compressed files; with this setting more formats can "
7d76ea1d
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3061"be added on the fly or the used method can be changed. The syntax for this "
3062"is: <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"0\"/>"
3063msgstr ""
3064
5723791e 3065#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
7ffbb475 3066#: apt.conf.5.xml:528
7d76ea1d
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3067#, no-wrap
3068msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order:: \"gz\";"
3069msgstr ""
3070
5723791e 3071#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><synopsis>
7ffbb475 3072#: apt.conf.5.xml:531
7d76ea1d
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3073#, no-wrap
3074msgid "Acquire::CompressionTypes::Order { \"lzma\"; \"gz\"; };"
2a52e8c5
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3075msgstr ""
3076
bcf91c1b 3077#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3078#: apt.conf.5.xml:524
bcf91c1b 3079msgid ""
5723791e 3080"Also, the <literal>Order</literal> subgroup can be used to define in which "
7d76ea1d
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3081"order the acquire system will try to download the compressed files. The "
3082"acquire system will try the first and proceed with the next compression type "
5723791e
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3083"in this list on error, so to prefer one over the other type simply add the "
3084"preferred type first - default types not already added will be implicitly "
3085"appended to the end of the list, so e.g. <placeholder type=\"synopsis\" "
7d76ea1d
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3086"id=\"0\"/> can be used to prefer <command>gzip</command> compressed files "
3087"over <command>bzip2</command> and <command>lzma</command>. If "
3088"<command>lzma</command> should be preferred over <command>gzip</command> and "
5723791e 3089"<command>bzip2</command> the configure setting should look like this: "
7d76ea1d 3090"<placeholder type=\"synopsis\" id=\"1\"/> It is not needed to add "
5723791e
JR
3091"<literal>bz2</literal> to the list explicitly as it will be added "
3092"automatically."
7d76ea1d
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3093msgstr ""
3094
5723791e 3095#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
7ffbb475 3096#: apt.conf.5.xml:538
7d76ea1d
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3097#, no-wrap
3098msgid "Dir::Bin::bzip2 \"/bin/bzip2\";"
bcf91c1b
DK
3099msgstr ""
3100
782486e8 3101#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3102#: apt.conf.5.xml:533
782486e8 3103msgid ""
5723791e 3104"Note that the "
7d76ea1d 3105"<literal>Dir::Bin::<replaceable>Methodname</replaceable></literal> will be "
5723791e
JR
3106"checked at run time. If this option has been set, the method will only be "
3107"used if this file exists; e.g. for the <literal>bzip2</literal> method (the "
3108"inbuilt) setting is: <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> Note "
3109"also that list entries specified on the command line will be added at the "
3110"end of the list specified in the configuration files, but before the default "
3111"entries. To prefer a type in this case over the ones specified in the "
3112"configuration files you can set the option direct - not in list style. This "
3113"will not override the defined list; it will only prefix the list with this "
3114"type."
2a52e8c5
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3115msgstr ""
3116
2a52e8c5 3117#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3118#: apt.conf.5.xml:543
2a52e8c5 3119msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3120"The special type <literal>uncompressed</literal> can be used to give "
3121"uncompressed files a preference, but note that most archives don't provide "
3122"uncompressed files so this is mostly only useable for local mirrors."
2a52e8c5
DK
3123msgstr ""
3124
782486e8 3125#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3126#: apt.conf.5.xml:550
782486e8 3127msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3128"When downloading <literal>gzip</literal> compressed indexes (Packages, "
3129"Sources, or Translations), keep them gzip compressed locally instead of "
3130"unpacking them. This saves quite a lot of disk space at the expense of more "
3131"CPU requirements when building the local package caches. False by default."
2a52e8c5
DK
3132msgstr ""
3133
2a52e8c5 3134#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3135#: apt.conf.5.xml:558
782486e8 3136msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3137"The Languages subsection controls which <filename>Translation</filename> "
3138"files are downloaded and in which order APT tries to display the "
5723791e
JR
3139"description-translations. APT will try to display the first available "
3140"description in the language which is listed first. Languages can be defined "
3141"with their short or long language codes. Note that not all archives provide "
3142"<filename>Translation</filename> files for every language - the long "
3143"language codes are especially rare."
2a52e8c5
DK
3144msgstr ""
3145
5723791e 3146#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><programlisting>
7ffbb475 3147#: apt.conf.5.xml:575
7d76ea1d
DK
3148#, no-wrap
3149msgid "Acquire::Languages { \"environment\"; \"de\"; \"en\"; \"none\"; \"fr\"; };"
2a52e8c5
DK
3150msgstr ""
3151
2a52e8c5 3152#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3153#: apt.conf.5.xml:563
782486e8 3154msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3155"The default list includes \"environment\" and "
5723791e
JR
3156"\"en\". \"<literal>environment</literal>\" has a special meaning here: it "
3157"will be replaced at runtime with the language codes extracted from the "
7d76ea1d
DK
3158"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> environment variable. It will also ensure "
3159"that these codes are not included twice in the list. If "
3160"<literal>LC_MESSAGES</literal> is set to \"C\" only the "
3161"<filename>Translation-en</filename> file (if available) will be used. To "
5723791e 3162"force APT to use no Translation file use the setting "
7d76ea1d 3163"<literal>Acquire::Languages=none</literal>. \"<literal>none</literal>\" is "
5723791e
JR
3164"another special meaning code which will stop the search for a suitable "
3165"<filename>Translation</filename> file. This tells APT to download these "
3166"translations too, without actually using them unless the environment "
3167"specifies the languages. So the following example configuration will result "
3168"in the order \"en, de\" in an English locale or \"de, en\" in a German "
3169"one. Note that \"fr\" is downloaded, but not used unless APT is used in a "
3170"French locale (where the order would be \"fr, de, en\"). <placeholder "
3171"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
bcf91c1b
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3172msgstr ""
3173
5723791e 3174#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3175#: apt.conf.5.xml:576
2a52e8c5 3176msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3177"Note: To prevent problems resulting from APT being executed in different "
3178"environments (e.g. by different users or by other programs) all Translation "
3179"files which are found in <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists/</filename> will be "
3180"added to the end of the list (after an implicit "
3181"\"<literal>none</literal>\")."
2a52e8c5
DK
3182msgstr ""
3183
c1b21367 3184#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3185#: apt.conf.5.xml:585
c1b21367
MV
3186msgid "When downloading, force to use only the IPv4 protocol."
3187msgstr ""
3188
3189#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3190#: apt.conf.5.xml:591
c1b21367
MV
3191msgid "When downloading, force to use only the IPv6 protocol."
3192msgstr ""
3193
7d76ea1d 3194#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
7ffbb475 3195#: apt.conf.5.xml:598
7d76ea1d 3196msgid "Directories"
2a52e8c5
DK
3197msgstr ""
3198
3199#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 3200#: apt.conf.5.xml:600
2a52e8c5 3201msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3202"The <literal>Dir::State</literal> section has directories that pertain to "
3203"local state information. <literal>lists</literal> is the directory to place "
3204"downloaded package lists in and <literal>status</literal> is the name of the "
5723791e 3205"&dpkg; status file. <literal>preferences</literal> is the name of the APT "
7d76ea1d 3206"<filename>preferences</filename> file. <literal>Dir::State</literal> "
5723791e 3207"contains the default directory to prefix on all sub-items if they do not "
7d76ea1d 3208"start with <filename>/</filename> or <filename>./</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3209msgstr ""
3210
3211#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 3212#: apt.conf.5.xml:607
2a52e8c5 3213msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3214"<literal>Dir::Cache</literal> contains locations pertaining to local cache "
3215"information, such as the two package caches <literal>srcpkgcache</literal> "
3216"and <literal>pkgcache</literal> as well as the location to place downloaded "
3217"archives, <literal>Dir::Cache::archives</literal>. Generation of caches can "
5723791e
JR
3218"be turned off by setting their names to the empty string. This will slow "
3219"down startup but save disk space. It is probably preferable to turn off the "
7d76ea1d
DK
3220"pkgcache rather than the srcpkgcache. Like <literal>Dir::State</literal> the "
3221"default directory is contained in <literal>Dir::Cache</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
3222msgstr ""
3223
2a52e8c5 3224#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 3225#: apt.conf.5.xml:616
2a52e8c5 3226msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3227"<literal>Dir::Etc</literal> contains the location of configuration files, "
3228"<literal>sourcelist</literal> gives the location of the sourcelist and "
3229"<literal>main</literal> is the default configuration file (setting has no "
3230"effect, unless it is done from the config file specified by "
3231"<envar>APT_CONFIG</envar>)."
2a52e8c5
DK
3232msgstr ""
3233
3234#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 3235#: apt.conf.5.xml:622
2a52e8c5 3236msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3237"The <literal>Dir::Parts</literal> setting reads in all the config fragments "
3238"in lexical order from the directory specified. After this is done then the "
3239"main config file is loaded."
2a52e8c5
DK
3240msgstr ""
3241
3242#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 3243#: apt.conf.5.xml:626
2a52e8c5 3244msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3245"Binary programs are pointed to by "
3246"<literal>Dir::Bin</literal>. <literal>Dir::Bin::Methods</literal> specifies "
3247"the location of the method handlers and <literal>gzip</literal>, "
3248"<literal>bzip2</literal>, <literal>lzma</literal>, <literal>dpkg</literal>, "
3249"<literal>apt-get</literal> <literal>dpkg-source</literal> "
3250"<literal>dpkg-buildpackage</literal> and <literal>apt-cache</literal> "
3251"specify the location of the respective programs."
2a52e8c5
DK
3252msgstr ""
3253
3254#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 3255#: apt.conf.5.xml:634
2a52e8c5 3256msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3257"The configuration item <literal>RootDir</literal> has a special meaning. If "
3258"set, all paths in <literal>Dir::</literal> will be relative to "
3259"<literal>RootDir</literal>, <emphasis>even paths that are specified "
3260"absolutely</emphasis>. So, for instance, if <literal>RootDir</literal> is "
3261"set to <filename>/tmp/staging</filename> and "
3262"<literal>Dir::State::status</literal> is set to "
3263"<filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>, then the status file will be "
3264"looked up in <filename>/tmp/staging/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3265msgstr ""
3266
3267#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 3268#: apt.conf.5.xml:647
2a52e8c5 3269msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3270"The <literal>Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> list can be used to specify "
3271"which files APT should silently ignore while parsing the files in the "
3272"fragment directories. Per default a file which end with "
3273"<literal>.disabled</literal>, <literal>~</literal>, <literal>.bak</literal> "
3274"or <literal>.dpkg-[a-z]+</literal> is silently ignored. As seen in the last "
3275"default value these patterns can use regular expression syntax."
2a52e8c5
DK
3276msgstr ""
3277
7d76ea1d 3278#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
7ffbb475 3279#: apt.conf.5.xml:656
7d76ea1d 3280msgid "APT in DSelect"
2a52e8c5
DK
3281msgstr ""
3282
3283#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 3284#: apt.conf.5.xml:658
2a52e8c5 3285msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3286"When APT is used as a &dselect; method several configuration directives "
5723791e 3287"control the default behavior. These are in the <literal>DSelect</literal> "
7d76ea1d 3288"section."
2a52e8c5
DK
3289msgstr ""
3290
7d76ea1d 3291#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3292#: apt.conf.5.xml:663
2a52e8c5 3293msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3294"Cache Clean mode; this value may be one of <literal>always</literal>, "
3295"<literal>prompt</literal>, <literal>auto</literal>, "
3296"<literal>pre-auto</literal> and <literal>never</literal>. "
3297"<literal>always</literal> and <literal>prompt</literal> will remove all "
3298"packages from the cache after upgrading, <literal>prompt</literal> (the "
3299"default) does so conditionally. <literal>auto</literal> removes only those "
3300"packages which are no longer downloadable (replaced with a new version for "
3301"instance). <literal>pre-auto</literal> performs this action before "
3302"downloading new packages."
2a52e8c5
DK
3303msgstr ""
3304
7d76ea1d 3305#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3306#: apt.conf.5.xml:677
2a52e8c5 3307msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3308"The contents of this variable are passed to &apt-get; as command line "
3309"options when it is run for the install phase."
2a52e8c5
DK
3310msgstr ""
3311
7d76ea1d 3312#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3313#: apt.conf.5.xml:682
2a52e8c5 3314msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3315"The contents of this variable are passed to &apt-get; as command line "
3316"options when it is run for the update phase."
2a52e8c5
DK
3317msgstr ""
3318
7d76ea1d 3319#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3320#: apt.conf.5.xml:687
2a52e8c5 3321msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3322"If true the [U]pdate operation in &dselect; will always prompt to continue. "
3323"The default is to prompt only on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
3324msgstr ""
3325
3326#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
7ffbb475 3327#: apt.conf.5.xml:693
5723791e 3328msgid "How APT calls &dpkg;"
2a52e8c5
DK
3329msgstr ""
3330
3331#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 3332#: apt.conf.5.xml:694
2a52e8c5 3333msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3334"Several configuration directives control how APT invokes &dpkg;. These are "
3335"in the <literal>DPkg</literal> section."
2a52e8c5
DK
3336msgstr ""
3337
7d76ea1d 3338#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3339#: apt.conf.5.xml:699
2a52e8c5 3340msgid ""
5723791e 3341"This is a list of options to pass to &dpkg;. The options must be specified "
7d76ea1d
DK
3342"using the list notation and each list item is passed as a single argument to "
3343"&dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
3344msgstr ""
3345
7d76ea1d 3346#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3347#: apt.conf.5.xml:705
2a52e8c5 3348msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3349"This is a list of shell commands to run before/after invoking &dpkg;. Like "
3350"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
5723791e 3351"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>; should any "
7d76ea1d 3352"fail APT will abort."
2a52e8c5
DK
3353msgstr ""
3354
7d76ea1d 3355#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3356#: apt.conf.5.xml:712
2a52e8c5 3357msgid ""
5723791e 3358"This is a list of shell commands to run before invoking &dpkg;. Like "
7d76ea1d 3359"<literal>options</literal> this must be specified in list notation. The "
5723791e
JR
3360"commands are invoked in order using <filename>/bin/sh</filename>; should any "
3361"fail APT will abort. APT will pass the filenames of all .deb files it is "
ce34af08
MV
3362"going to install to the commands, one per line on the requested file "
3363"descriptor, defaulting to standard input."
2a52e8c5
DK
3364msgstr ""
3365
7d76ea1d 3366#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3367#: apt.conf.5.xml:719
2a52e8c5 3368msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3369"Version 2 of this protocol dumps more information, including the protocol "
3370"version, the APT configuration space and the packages, files and versions "
ce34af08
MV
3371"being changed. Version 3 adds the architecture and "
3372"<literal>MultiArch</literal> flag to each version being dumped."
3373msgstr ""
3374
3375#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3376#: apt.conf.5.xml:724
ce34af08
MV
3377msgid ""
3378"The version of the protocol to be used for the command "
3379"<literal><replaceable>cmd</replaceable></literal> can be chosen by setting "
3380"<literal>DPkg::Tools::options::<replaceable>cmd</replaceable>::Version</literal> "
3381"accordingly, the default being version 1. If APT isn't supporting the "
3382"requested version it will send the information in the highest version it has "
3383"support for instead."
3384msgstr ""
3385
3386#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3387#: apt.conf.5.xml:731
ce34af08
MV
3388msgid ""
3389"The file descriptor to be used to send the information can be requested with "
3390"<literal>DPkg::Tools::options::<replaceable>cmd</replaceable>::InfoFD</literal> "
3391"which defaults to <literal>0</literal> for standard input and is available "
3392"since version 0.9.11. Support for the option can be detected by looking for "
3393"the environment variable <envar>APT_HOOK_INFO_FD</envar> which contains the "
3394"number of the used file descriptor as a confirmation."
2a52e8c5
DK
3395msgstr ""
3396
7d76ea1d 3397#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3398#: apt.conf.5.xml:741
2a52e8c5 3399msgid ""
5723791e 3400"APT chdirs to this directory before invoking &dpkg;, the default is "
7d76ea1d 3401"<filename>/</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3402msgstr ""
3403
7d76ea1d 3404#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3405#: apt.conf.5.xml:746
2a52e8c5 3406msgid ""
5723791e 3407"These options are passed to &dpkg-buildpackage; when compiling packages; the "
7d76ea1d 3408"default is to disable signing and produce all binaries."
2a52e8c5
DK
3409msgstr ""
3410
7d76ea1d 3411#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
7ffbb475 3412#: apt.conf.5.xml:751
7d76ea1d 3413msgid "dpkg trigger usage (and related options)"
2a52e8c5
DK
3414msgstr ""
3415
7d76ea1d 3416#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
7ffbb475 3417#: apt.conf.5.xml:752
2a52e8c5 3418msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3419"APT can call &dpkg; in such a way as to let it make aggressive use of "
3420"triggers over multiple calls of &dpkg;. Without further options &dpkg; will "
3421"use triggers once each time it runs. Activating these options can therefore "
3422"decrease the time needed to perform the install or upgrade. Note that it is "
3423"intended to activate these options per default in the future, but as it "
3424"drastically changes the way APT calls &dpkg; it needs a lot more testing. "
3425"<emphasis>These options are therefore currently experimental and should not "
3426"be used in production environments.</emphasis> It also breaks progress "
3427"reporting such that all front-ends will currently stay around half (or more) "
3428"of the time in the 100% state while it actually configures all packages."
2a52e8c5
DK
3429msgstr ""
3430
7d76ea1d 3431#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><literallayout>
7ffbb475 3432#: apt.conf.5.xml:767
7d76ea1d 3433#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3434msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3435"DPkg::NoTriggers \"true\";\n"
3436"PackageManager::Configure \"smart\";\n"
3437"DPkg::ConfigurePending \"true\";\n"
3438"DPkg::TriggersPending \"true\";"
2a52e8c5
DK
3439msgstr ""
3440
7d76ea1d 3441#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
7ffbb475 3442#: apt.conf.5.xml:761
2a52e8c5 3443msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3444"Note that it is not guaranteed that APT will support these options or that "
3445"these options will not cause (big) trouble in the future. If you have "
3446"understand the current risks and problems with these options, but are brave "
5723791e 3447"enough to help testing them, create a new configuration file and test a "
7d76ea1d
DK
3448"combination of options. Please report any bugs, problems and improvements "
3449"you encounter and make sure to note which options you have used in your "
5723791e 3450"reports. Asking &dpkg; for help could also be useful for debugging proposes, "
7d76ea1d
DK
3451"see e.g. <command>dpkg --audit</command>. A defensive option combination "
3452"would be <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
3453msgstr ""
3454
7d76ea1d 3455#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3456#: apt.conf.5.xml:774
2a52e8c5 3457msgid ""
5723791e 3458"Add the no triggers flag to all &dpkg; calls (except the ConfigurePending "
7d76ea1d 3459"call). See &dpkg; if you are interested in what this actually means. In "
5723791e
JR
3460"short: &dpkg; will not run the triggers when this flag is present unless it "
3461"is explicitly called to do so in an extra call. Note that this option "
3462"exists (undocumented) also in older APT versions with a slightly different "
3463"meaning: Previously these option only append --no-triggers to the configure "
3464"calls to &dpkg; - now APT will also add this flag to the unpack and remove "
3465"calls."
2a52e8c5
DK
3466msgstr ""
3467
7d76ea1d 3468#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3469#: apt.conf.5.xml:782
2a52e8c5 3470msgid ""
7d76ea1d 3471"Valid values are \"<literal>all</literal>\", \"<literal>smart</literal>\" "
5723791e
JR
3472"and \"<literal>no</literal>\". The default value is "
3473"\"<literal>all</literal>\", which causes APT to configure all packages. The "
3474"\"<literal>smart</literal>\" way is to configure only packages which need to "
3475"be configured before another package can be unpacked (Pre-Depends), and let "
3476"the rest be configured by &dpkg; with a call generated by the "
3477"ConfigurePending option (see below). On the other hand, "
3478"\"<literal>no</literal>\" will not configure anything, and totally relies on "
3479"&dpkg; for configuration (which at the moment will fail if a Pre-Depends is "
3480"encountered). Setting this option to any value other than "
3481"<literal>all</literal> will implicitly also activate the next option by "
3482"default, as otherwise the system could end in an unconfigured and "
3483"potentially unbootable state."
2a52e8c5
DK
3484msgstr ""
3485
7d76ea1d 3486#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3487#: apt.conf.5.xml:797
2a52e8c5 3488msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3489"If this option is set APT will call <command>dpkg --configure "
3490"--pending</command> to let &dpkg; handle all required configurations and "
3491"triggers. This option is activated automatically per default if the previous "
3492"option is not set to <literal>all</literal>, but deactivating it could be "
7d76ea1d
DK
3493"useful if you want to run APT multiple times in a row - e.g. in an "
3494"installer. In these sceneries you could deactivate this option in all but "
3495"the last run."
2a52e8c5
DK
3496msgstr ""
3497
7d76ea1d 3498#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3499#: apt.conf.5.xml:804
2a52e8c5 3500msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3501"Useful for the <literal>smart</literal> configuration as a package which has "
3502"pending triggers is not considered as <literal>installed</literal>, and "
3503"&dpkg; treats them as <literal>unpacked</literal> currently which is a "
3504"showstopper for Pre-Dependencies (see debbugs #526774). Note that this will "
3505"process all triggers, not only the triggers needed to configure this "
3506"package."
2a52e8c5
DK
3507msgstr ""
3508
7d76ea1d 3509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para><literallayout>
7ffbb475 3510#: apt.conf.5.xml:817
7d76ea1d 3511#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3512msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3513"OrderList::Score {\n"
3514"\tDelete 500;\n"
3515"\tEssential 200;\n"
3516"\tImmediate 10;\n"
3517"\tPreDepends 50;\n"
3518"};"
2a52e8c5
DK
3519msgstr ""
3520
7d76ea1d 3521#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3522#: apt.conf.5.xml:810
7d76ea1d 3523msgid ""
5723791e
JR
3524"Essential packages (and their dependencies) should be configured immediately "
3525"after unpacking. It is a good idea to do this quite early in the upgrade "
3526"process as these configure calls also currently require "
7d76ea1d 3527"<literal>DPkg::TriggersPending</literal> which will run quite a few triggers "
5723791e
JR
3528"(which may not be needed). Essentials get per default a high score but the "
3529"immediate flag is relatively low (a package which has a Pre-Depends is rated "
3530"higher). These option and the others in the same group can be used to "
3531"change the scoring. The following example shows the settings with their "
7d76ea1d 3532"default values. <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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3533msgstr ""
3534
7d76ea1d 3535#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
7ffbb475 3536#: apt.conf.5.xml:830
7d76ea1d 3537msgid "Periodic and Archives options"
89fd753d
MV
3538msgstr ""
3539
7d76ea1d 3540#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 3541#: apt.conf.5.xml:831
7d76ea1d
DK
3542msgid ""
3543"<literal>APT::Periodic</literal> and <literal>APT::Archives</literal> groups "
5723791e
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3544"of options configure behavior of apt periodic updates, which is done by the "
3545"<literal>/etc/cron.daily/apt</literal> script. See the top of this script "
3546"for the brief documentation of these options."
2a52e8c5
DK
3547msgstr ""
3548
7d76ea1d 3549#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
7ffbb475 3550#: apt.conf.5.xml:839
7d76ea1d 3551msgid "Debug options"
2a52e8c5
DK
3552msgstr ""
3553
3554#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 3555#: apt.conf.5.xml:841
2a52e8c5 3556msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3557"Enabling options in the <literal>Debug::</literal> section will cause "
3558"debugging information to be sent to the standard error stream of the program "
3559"utilizing the <literal>apt</literal> libraries, or enable special program "
3560"modes that are primarily useful for debugging the behavior of "
3561"<literal>apt</literal>. Most of these options are not interesting to a "
3562"normal user, but a few may be:"
b39c1859
MV
3563msgstr ""
3564
7d76ea1d 3565#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3566#: apt.conf.5.xml:852
b39c1859 3567msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3568"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> enables output about the "
3569"decisions made by <literal>dist-upgrade, upgrade, install, remove, "
3570"purge</literal>."
b39c1859
MV
3571msgstr ""
3572
7d76ea1d 3573#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3574#: apt.conf.5.xml:860
b39c1859 3575msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3576"<literal>Debug::NoLocking</literal> disables all file locking. This can be "
3577"used to run some operations (for instance, <literal>apt-get -s "
3578"install</literal>) as a non-root user."
b39c1859
MV
3579msgstr ""
3580
7d76ea1d 3581#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3582#: apt.conf.5.xml:869
b39c1859 3583msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3584"<literal>Debug::pkgDPkgPM</literal> prints out the actual command line each "
3585"time that <literal>apt</literal> invokes &dpkg;."
b39c1859
MV
3586msgstr ""
3587
7d76ea1d
DK
3588#. TODO: provide a
3589#. motivating example, except I haven't a clue why you'd want
3590#. to do this.
3591#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3592#: apt.conf.5.xml:877
b39c1859 3593msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3594"<literal>Debug::IdentCdrom</literal> disables the inclusion of statfs data "
3595"in CD-ROM IDs."
2a52e8c5
DK
3596msgstr ""
3597
3598#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
7ffbb475 3599#: apt.conf.5.xml:887
7d76ea1d 3600msgid "A full list of debugging options to apt follows."
2a52e8c5
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3601msgstr ""
3602
7d76ea1d 3603#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3604#: apt.conf.5.xml:896
7d76ea1d 3605msgid "Print information related to accessing <literal>cdrom://</literal> sources."
2a52e8c5
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3606msgstr ""
3607
7d76ea1d 3608#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3609#: apt.conf.5.xml:907
7d76ea1d 3610msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using FTP."
2a52e8c5
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3611msgstr ""
3612
7d76ea1d 3613#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3614#: apt.conf.5.xml:918
7d76ea1d 3615msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTP."
2a52e8c5
DK
3616msgstr ""
3617
7d76ea1d 3618#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3619#: apt.conf.5.xml:929
7d76ea1d 3620msgid "Print information related to downloading packages using HTTPS."
2a52e8c5
DK
3621msgstr ""
3622
7d76ea1d 3623#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3624#: apt.conf.5.xml:940
2a52e8c5 3625msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3626"Print information related to verifying cryptographic signatures using "
3627"<literal>gpg</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3628msgstr ""
3629
7d76ea1d 3630#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3631#: apt.conf.5.xml:951
2a52e8c5 3632msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3633"Output information about the process of accessing collections of packages "
3634"stored on CD-ROMs."
2a52e8c5
DK
3635msgstr ""
3636
7d76ea1d 3637#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3638#: apt.conf.5.xml:961
7d76ea1d 3639msgid "Describes the process of resolving build-dependencies in &apt-get;."
63fc5550
DK
3640msgstr ""
3641
7d76ea1d 3642#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3643#: apt.conf.5.xml:971
63fc5550 3644msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3645"Output each cryptographic hash that is generated by the "
3646"<literal>apt</literal> libraries."
2a52e8c5
DK
3647msgstr ""
3648
7d76ea1d 3649#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3650#: apt.conf.5.xml:981
63fc5550 3651msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3652"Do not include information from <literal>statfs</literal>, namely the number "
3653"of used and free blocks on the CD-ROM filesystem, when generating an ID for "
3654"a CD-ROM."
63fc5550
DK
3655msgstr ""
3656
7d76ea1d 3657#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3658#: apt.conf.5.xml:992
2a52e8c5 3659msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3660"Disable all file locking. For instance, this will allow two instances of "
3661"<quote><literal>apt-get update</literal></quote> to run at the same time."
63fc5550
DK
3662msgstr ""
3663
7d76ea1d 3664#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3665#: apt.conf.5.xml:1004
7d76ea1d 3666msgid "Log when items are added to or removed from the global download queue."
2a52e8c5
DK
3667msgstr ""
3668
7d76ea1d 3669#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3670#: apt.conf.5.xml:1014
63fc5550 3671msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3672"Output status messages and errors related to verifying checksums and "
3673"cryptographic signatures of downloaded files."
2a52e8c5
DK
3674msgstr ""
3675
7d76ea1d 3676#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3677#: apt.conf.5.xml:1024
2a52e8c5 3678msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3679"Output information about downloading and applying package index list diffs, "
3680"and errors relating to package index list diffs."
2a52e8c5
DK
3681msgstr ""
3682
2a52e8c5 3683#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3684#: apt.conf.5.xml:1036
2a52e8c5 3685msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3686"Output information related to patching apt package lists when downloading "
3687"index diffs instead of full indices."
2a52e8c5
DK
3688msgstr ""
3689
c77d6597 3690#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3691#: apt.conf.5.xml:1047
7d76ea1d 3692msgid "Log all interactions with the sub-processes that actually perform downloads."
c77d6597
MV
3693msgstr ""
3694
2a52e8c5 3695#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3696#: apt.conf.5.xml:1058
2a52e8c5 3697msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3698"Log events related to the automatically-installed status of packages and to "
3699"the removal of unused packages."
2a52e8c5
DK
3700msgstr ""
3701
2a52e8c5 3702#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3703#: apt.conf.5.xml:1068
2a52e8c5 3704msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3705"Generate debug messages describing which packages are being automatically "
3706"installed to resolve dependencies. This corresponds to the initial "
3707"auto-install pass performed in, e.g., <literal>apt-get install</literal>, "
3708"and not to the full <literal>apt</literal> dependency resolver; see "
3709"<literal>Debug::pkgProblemResolver</literal> for that."
2a52e8c5
DK
3710msgstr ""
3711
2a52e8c5 3712#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3713#: apt.conf.5.xml:1082
2a52e8c5 3714msgid ""
5723791e 3715"Generate debug messages describing which packages are marked as "
7d76ea1d
DK
3716"keep/install/remove while the ProblemResolver does his work. Each addition "
3717"or deletion may trigger additional actions; they are shown indented two "
5723791e 3718"additional spaces under the original entry. The format for each line is "
7d76ea1d
DK
3719"<literal>MarkKeep</literal>, <literal>MarkDelete</literal> or "
3720"<literal>MarkInstall</literal> followed by <literal>package-name &lt;a.b.c "
3721"-&gt; d.e.f | x.y.z&gt; (section)</literal> where <literal>a.b.c</literal> "
3722"is the current version of the package, <literal>d.e.f</literal> is the "
3723"version considered for installation and <literal>x.y.z</literal> is a newer "
3724"version, but not considered for installation (because of a low pin "
3725"score). The later two can be omitted if there is none or if it is the same "
5723791e 3726"as the installed version. <literal>section</literal> is the name of the "
7d76ea1d 3727"section the package appears in."
2a52e8c5
DK
3728msgstr ""
3729
2a52e8c5 3730#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3731#: apt.conf.5.xml:1103
2a52e8c5 3732msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3733"When invoking &dpkg;, output the precise command line with which it is being "
3734"invoked, with arguments separated by a single space character."
2a52e8c5
DK
3735msgstr ""
3736
2a52e8c5 3737#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3738#: apt.conf.5.xml:1114
2a52e8c5 3739msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3740"Output all the data received from &dpkg; on the status file descriptor and "
3741"any errors encountered while parsing it."
2a52e8c5
DK
3742msgstr ""
3743
2a52e8c5 3744#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3745#: apt.conf.5.xml:1125
2a52e8c5 3746msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3747"Generate a trace of the algorithm that decides the order in which "
3748"<literal>apt</literal> should pass packages to &dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
3749msgstr ""
3750
2a52e8c5 3751#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3752#: apt.conf.5.xml:1137
7d76ea1d 3753msgid "Output status messages tracing the steps performed when invoking &dpkg;."
2a52e8c5
DK
3754msgstr ""
3755
2a52e8c5 3756#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3757#: apt.conf.5.xml:1148
7d76ea1d 3758msgid "Output the priority of each package list on startup."
2a52e8c5
DK
3759msgstr ""
3760
2a52e8c5 3761#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3762#: apt.conf.5.xml:1158
2a52e8c5 3763msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3764"Trace the execution of the dependency resolver (this applies only to what "
3765"happens when a complex dependency problem is encountered)."
2a52e8c5
DK
3766msgstr ""
3767
2a52e8c5 3768#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3769#: apt.conf.5.xml:1169
2a52e8c5 3770msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3771"Display a list of all installed packages with their calculated score used by "
3772"the pkgProblemResolver. The description of the package is the same as "
3773"described in <literal>Debug::pkgDepCache::Marker</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
3774msgstr ""
3775
2a52e8c5 3776#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
7ffbb475 3777#: apt.conf.5.xml:1181
2a52e8c5 3778msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3779"Print information about the vendors read from "
3780"<filename>/etc/apt/vendors.list</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3781msgstr ""
3782
93ae7f7f
MV
3783#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
3784#: apt.conf.5.xml:1191
3785msgid ""
3786"Display the external commands that are called by apt hooks. This includes "
3787"e.g. the config options <literal>DPkg::{Pre,Post}-Invoke</literal> or "
3788"<literal>APT::Update::{Pre,Post}-Invoke</literal>."
3789msgstr ""
3790
2a52e8c5 3791#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
93ae7f7f 3792#: apt.conf.5.xml:1215 apt_preferences.5.xml:547 sources.list.5.xml:239 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:598
7d76ea1d 3793msgid "Examples"
2a52e8c5
DK
3794msgstr ""
3795
aec22160 3796#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
93ae7f7f 3797#: apt.conf.5.xml:1216
aec22160 3798msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3799"&configureindex; is a configuration file showing example values for all "
3800"possible options."
aec22160
DK
3801msgstr ""
3802
7d76ea1d
DK
3803#. ? reading apt.conf
3804#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
93ae7f7f 3805#: apt.conf.5.xml:1228
7d76ea1d 3806msgid "&apt-cache;, &apt-config;, &apt-preferences;."
b6c6b52f
MV
3807msgstr ""
3808
7d76ea1d 3809#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
ce34af08 3810#: apt_preferences.5.xml:34
7d76ea1d 3811msgid "Preference control file for APT"
c77d6597
MV
3812msgstr ""
3813
aec22160 3814#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 3815#: apt_preferences.5.xml:39
b6c6b52f 3816msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3817"The APT preferences file <filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> and the "
3818"fragment files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d/</filename> folder "
3819"can be used to control which versions of packages will be selected for "
3820"installation."
b6c6b52f
MV
3821msgstr ""
3822
7d76ea1d 3823#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 3824#: apt_preferences.5.xml:44
2a52e8c5 3825msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3826"Several versions of a package may be available for installation when the "
3827"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one distribution (for "
3828"example, <literal>stable</literal> and <literal>testing</literal>). APT "
3829"assigns a priority to each version that is available. Subject to dependency "
3830"constraints, <command>apt-get</command> selects the version with the highest "
44477002
JR
3831"priority for installation. The APT preferences override the priorities that "
3832"APT assigns to package versions by default, thus giving the user control "
3833"over which one is selected for installation."
2a52e8c5
DK
3834msgstr ""
3835
7d76ea1d 3836#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 3837#: apt_preferences.5.xml:54
b39c1859 3838msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3839"Several instances of the same version of a package may be available when the "
3840"&sources-list; file contains references to more than one source. In this "
3841"case <command>apt-get</command> downloads the instance listed earliest in "
44477002
JR
3842"the &sources-list; file. The APT preferences do not affect the choice of "
3843"instance, only the choice of version."
b39c1859
MV
3844msgstr ""
3845
7d76ea1d 3846#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 3847#: apt_preferences.5.xml:61
2a52e8c5 3848msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3849"Preferences are a strong power in the hands of a system administrator but "
3850"they can become also their biggest nightmare if used without care! APT will "
44477002
JR
3851"not question the preferences, so wrong settings can lead to uninstallable "
3852"packages or wrong decisions while upgrading packages. Even more problems "
3853"will arise if multiple distribution releases are mixed without a good "
3854"understanding of the following paragraphs. Packages included in a specific "
3855"release aren't tested in (and therefore don't always work as expected in) "
3856"older or newer releases, or together with other packages from different "
3857"releases. You have been warned."
2a52e8c5
DK
3858msgstr ""
3859
7d76ea1d 3860#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 3861#: apt_preferences.5.xml:72
2a52e8c5 3862msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3863"Note that the files in the <filename>/etc/apt/preferences.d</filename> "
3864"directory are parsed in alphanumeric ascending order and need to obey the "
3865"following naming convention: The files have either no or "
3866"\"<literal>pref</literal>\" as filename extension and only contain "
3867"alphanumeric, hyphen (-), underscore (_) and period (.) characters. "
44477002
JR
3868"Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file, unless that "
3869"file matches a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> "
5723791e 3870"configuration list - in which case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
DK
3871msgstr ""
3872
7d76ea1d 3873#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 3874#: apt_preferences.5.xml:81
7d76ea1d 3875msgid "APT's Default Priority Assignments"
2a52e8c5
DK
3876msgstr ""
3877
7d76ea1d 3878#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
ce34af08 3879#: apt_preferences.5.xml:96
7d76ea1d 3880#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 3881msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3882"<command>apt-get install -t testing "
3883"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command>\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
3884msgstr ""
3885
7d76ea1d 3886#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
ce34af08 3887#: apt_preferences.5.xml:99
7d76ea1d
DK
3888#, no-wrap
3889msgid "APT::Default-Release \"stable\";\n"
3890msgstr ""
2a52e8c5 3891
7d76ea1d 3892#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 3893#: apt_preferences.5.xml:83
2a52e8c5 3894msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3895"If there is no preferences file or if there is no entry in the file that "
3896"applies to a particular version then the priority assigned to that version "
3897"is the priority of the distribution to which that version belongs. It is "
3898"possible to single out a distribution, \"the target release\", which "
3899"receives a higher priority than other distributions do by default. The "
3900"target release can be set on the <command>apt-get</command> command line or "
3901"in the APT configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename>. Note "
3902"that this has precedence over any general priority you set in the "
3903"<filename>/etc/apt/preferences</filename> file described later, but not over "
3904"specifically pinned packages. For example, <placeholder "
3905"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/> <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
3906"id=\"1\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
3907msgstr ""
3908
7d76ea1d 3909#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 3910#: apt_preferences.5.xml:103
2a52e8c5 3911msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3912"If the target release has been specified then APT uses the following "
3913"algorithm to set the priorities of the versions of a package. Assign:"
2a52e8c5
DK
3914msgstr ""
3915
7d76ea1d 3916#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 3917#: apt_preferences.5.xml:108
7d76ea1d 3918msgid "priority 1"
c086ac18
DK
3919msgstr ""
3920
7d76ea1d 3921#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 3922#: apt_preferences.5.xml:109
63fc5550 3923msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3924"to the versions coming from archives which in their "
3925"<filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" but "
44477002 3926"<emphasis>not</emphasis> as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the Debian "
7d76ea1d 3927"<literal>experimental</literal> archive."
63fc5550
DK
3928msgstr ""
3929
7d76ea1d 3930#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 3931#: apt_preferences.5.xml:115
7d76ea1d 3932msgid "priority 100"
bf5c3fe8
MV
3933msgstr ""
3934
7d76ea1d 3935#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 3936#: apt_preferences.5.xml:116
2a52e8c5 3937msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3938"to the version that is already installed (if any) and to the versions coming "
3939"from archives which in their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked "
44477002 3940"as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" and \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\" like the Debian "
7d76ea1d 3941"backports archive since <literal>squeeze-backports</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
3942msgstr ""
3943
7d76ea1d 3944#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 3945#: apt_preferences.5.xml:123
7d76ea1d 3946msgid "priority 500"
2a52e8c5
DK
3947msgstr ""
3948
7d76ea1d 3949#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 3950#: apt_preferences.5.xml:124
bcf91c1b 3951msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3952"to the versions that are not installed and do not belong to the target "
3953"release."
2a52e8c5
DK
3954msgstr ""
3955
7d76ea1d 3956#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 3957#: apt_preferences.5.xml:128
7d76ea1d 3958msgid "priority 990"
c086ac18
DK
3959msgstr ""
3960
7d76ea1d 3961#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 3962#: apt_preferences.5.xml:129
7d76ea1d 3963msgid "to the versions that are not installed and belong to the target release."
63fc5550
DK
3964msgstr ""
3965
7d76ea1d 3966#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 3967#: apt_preferences.5.xml:134
2a52e8c5 3968msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3969"If the target release has not been specified then APT simply assigns "
3970"priority 100 to all installed package versions and priority 500 to all "
3971"uninstalled package versions, except versions coming from archives which in "
3972"their <filename>Release</filename> files are marked as \"NotAutomatic: yes\" "
3973"- these versions get the priority 1 or priority 100 if it is additionally "
3974"marked as \"ButAutomaticUpgrades: yes\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
3975msgstr ""
3976
7d76ea1d 3977#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 3978#: apt_preferences.5.xml:141
2a52e8c5 3979msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3980"APT then applies the following rules, listed in order of precedence, to "
3981"determine which version of a package to install."
2a52e8c5
DK
3982msgstr ""
3983
7d76ea1d 3984#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 3985#: apt_preferences.5.xml:144
2a52e8c5 3986msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
3987"Never downgrade unless the priority of an available version exceeds 1000. "
3988"(\"Downgrading\" is installing a less recent version of a package in place "
3989"of a more recent version. Note that none of APT's default priorities "
3990"exceeds 1000; such high priorities can only be set in the preferences file. "
3991"Note also that downgrading a package can be risky.)"
2a52e8c5
DK
3992msgstr ""
3993
7d76ea1d 3994#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 3995#: apt_preferences.5.xml:150
7d76ea1d 3996msgid "Install the highest priority version."
2a52e8c5
DK
3997msgstr ""
3998
7d76ea1d 3999#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4000#: apt_preferences.5.xml:151
2a52e8c5 4001msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4002"If two or more versions have the same priority, install the most recent one "
4003"(that is, the one with the higher version number)."
2a52e8c5
DK
4004msgstr ""
4005
7d76ea1d 4006#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4007#: apt_preferences.5.xml:154
2a52e8c5 4008msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4009"If two or more versions have the same priority and version number but either "
4010"the packages differ in some of their metadata or the "
4011"<literal>--reinstall</literal> option is given, install the uninstalled one."
2a52e8c5
DK
4012msgstr ""
4013
7d76ea1d 4014#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4015#: apt_preferences.5.xml:160
bcf91c1b 4016msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4017"In a typical situation, the installed version of a package (priority 100) "
4018"is not as recent as one of the versions available from the sources listed in "
4019"the &sources-list; file (priority 500 or 990). Then the package will be "
4020"upgraded when <command>apt-get install "
4021"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
4022"upgrade</command> is executed."
bcf91c1b
DK
4023msgstr ""
4024
7d76ea1d 4025#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4026#: apt_preferences.5.xml:167
bcf91c1b 4027msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4028"More rarely, the installed version of a package is <emphasis>more</emphasis> "
4029"recent than any of the other available versions. The package will not be "
4030"downgraded when <command>apt-get install "
4031"<replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> or <command>apt-get "
4032"upgrade</command> is executed."
bcf91c1b
DK
4033msgstr ""
4034
7d76ea1d 4035#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4036#: apt_preferences.5.xml:172
2a52e8c5 4037msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4038"Sometimes the installed version of a package is more recent than the version "
4039"belonging to the target release, but not as recent as a version belonging to "
4040"some other distribution. Such a package will indeed be upgraded when "
4041"<command>apt-get install <replaceable>some-package</replaceable></command> "
4042"or <command>apt-get upgrade</command> is executed, because at least "
4043"<emphasis>one</emphasis> of the available versions has a higher priority "
4044"than the installed version."
bcf91c1b
DK
4045msgstr ""
4046
7d76ea1d 4047#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 4048#: apt_preferences.5.xml:181
7d76ea1d 4049msgid "The Effect of APT Preferences"
bcf91c1b
DK
4050msgstr ""
4051
7d76ea1d 4052#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4053#: apt_preferences.5.xml:183
bcf91c1b 4054msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4055"The APT preferences file allows the system administrator to control the "
4056"assignment of priorities. The file consists of one or more multi-line "
4057"records separated by blank lines. Records can have one of two forms, a "
4058"specific form and a general form."
bcf91c1b
DK
4059msgstr ""
4060
7d76ea1d 4061#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4062#: apt_preferences.5.xml:189
bcf91c1b 4063msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4064"The specific form assigns a priority (a \"Pin-Priority\") to one or more "
44477002
JR
4065"specified packages with a specified version or version range. For example, "
4066"the following record assigns a high priority to all versions of the "
7d76ea1d 4067"<filename>perl</filename> package whose version number begins with "
75d9bdba
JR
4068"\"<literal>&good-perl;</literal>\". Multiple packages can be separated by "
4069"spaces."
bcf91c1b
DK
4070msgstr ""
4071
7d76ea1d 4072#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
ce34af08 4073#: apt_preferences.5.xml:196
bcf91c1b 4074#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d
DK
4075msgid ""
4076"Package: perl\n"
75d9bdba 4077"Pin: version &good-perl;*\n"
7d76ea1d 4078"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
bcf91c1b
DK
4079msgstr ""
4080
7d76ea1d 4081#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4082#: apt_preferences.5.xml:202
bcf91c1b 4083msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4084"The general form assigns a priority to all of the package versions in a "
4085"given distribution (that is, to all the versions of packages that are listed "
4086"in a certain <filename>Release</filename> file) or to all of the package "
4087"versions coming from a particular Internet site, as identified by the site's "
4088"fully qualified domain name."
bcf91c1b
DK
4089msgstr ""
4090
7d76ea1d 4091#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4092#: apt_preferences.5.xml:208
bcf91c1b 4093msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4094"This general-form entry in the APT preferences file applies only to groups "
4095"of packages. For example, the following record assigns a high priority to "
4096"all package versions available from the local site."
bcf91c1b
DK
4097msgstr ""
4098
7d76ea1d 4099#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
ce34af08 4100#: apt_preferences.5.xml:213
bcf91c1b 4101#, no-wrap
de2c243c 4102msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4103"Package: *\n"
4104"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
4105"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
de2c243c 4106msgstr ""
4107
7d76ea1d 4108#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4109#: apt_preferences.5.xml:218
bf5c3fe8 4110msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4111"A note of caution: the keyword used here is \"<literal>origin</literal>\" "
4112"which can be used to match a hostname. The following record will assign a "
4113"high priority to all versions available from the server identified by the "
4114"hostname \"ftp.de.debian.org\""
bf5c3fe8
MV
4115msgstr ""
4116
7d76ea1d 4117#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
ce34af08 4118#: apt_preferences.5.xml:222
bf5c3fe8 4119#, no-wrap
bcf91c1b 4120msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4121"Package: *\n"
4122"Pin: origin \"ftp.de.debian.org\"\n"
4123"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
bf5c3fe8
MV
4124msgstr ""
4125
7d76ea1d 4126#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4127#: apt_preferences.5.xml:226
bf5c3fe8 4128msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4129"This should <emphasis>not</emphasis> be confused with the Origin of a "
4130"distribution as specified in a <filename>Release</filename> file. What "
4131"follows the \"Origin:\" tag in a <filename>Release</filename> file is not an "
4132"Internet address but an author or vendor name, such as \"Debian\" or "
4133"\"Ximian\"."
bf5c3fe8
MV
4134msgstr ""
4135
7d76ea1d 4136#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4137#: apt_preferences.5.xml:231
c086ac18 4138msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4139"The following record assigns a low priority to all package versions "
4140"belonging to any distribution whose Archive name is "
4141"\"<literal>unstable</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4142msgstr ""
4143
7d76ea1d 4144#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
ce34af08 4145#: apt_preferences.5.xml:235
bf5c3fe8 4146#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4147msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4148"Package: *\n"
4149"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
4150"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4151msgstr ""
4152
7d76ea1d 4153#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4154#: apt_preferences.5.xml:240
2a52e8c5 4155msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4156"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
4157"belonging to any distribution whose Codename is "
4158"\"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4159msgstr ""
4160
7d76ea1d 4161#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
ce34af08 4162#: apt_preferences.5.xml:244
7d76ea1d 4163#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4164msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4165"Package: *\n"
4166"Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
4167"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4168msgstr ""
4169
7d76ea1d 4170#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4171#: apt_preferences.5.xml:249
2a52e8c5 4172msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4173"The following record assigns a high priority to all package versions "
4174"belonging to any release whose Archive name is \"<literal>stable</literal>\" "
44477002 4175"and whose release Version number is \"<literal>&stable-version;</literal>\"."
2a52e8c5
DK
4176msgstr ""
4177
7d76ea1d 4178#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><programlisting>
ce34af08 4179#: apt_preferences.5.xml:254
7d76ea1d 4180#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4181msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4182"Package: *\n"
44477002 4183"Pin: release a=stable, v=&stable-version;\n"
7d76ea1d 4184"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4185msgstr ""
4186
7d76ea1d 4187#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 4188#: apt_preferences.5.xml:264
44477002 4189msgid "Regular expressions and &glob; syntax"
2a52e8c5
DK
4190msgstr ""
4191
7d76ea1d 4192#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4193#: apt_preferences.5.xml:266
b6c6b52f 4194msgid ""
44477002
JR
4195"APT also supports pinning by &glob; expressions, and regular expressions "
4196"surrounded by slashes. For example, the following example assigns the "
4197"priority 500 to all packages from experimental where the name starts with "
4198"gnome (as a &glob;-like expression) or contains the word kde (as a POSIX "
4199"extended regular expression surrounded by slashes)."
b6c6b52f
MV
4200msgstr ""
4201
7d76ea1d 4202#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
ce34af08 4203#: apt_preferences.5.xml:275
7d76ea1d 4204#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4205msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4206"Package: gnome* /kde/\n"
4207"Pin: release n=experimental\n"
4208"Pin-Priority: 500\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4209msgstr ""
4210
7d76ea1d 4211#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4212#: apt_preferences.5.xml:281
2a52e8c5 4213msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4214"The rule for those expressions is that they can occur anywhere where a "
4215"string can occur. Thus, the following pin assigns the priority 990 to all "
44477002 4216"packages from a release starting with &ubuntu-codename;."
2a52e8c5
DK
4217msgstr ""
4218
7d76ea1d 4219#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
ce34af08 4220#: apt_preferences.5.xml:287
7d76ea1d 4221#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4222msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4223"Package: *\n"
44477002 4224"Pin: release n=&ubuntu-codename;*\n"
7d76ea1d 4225"Pin-Priority: 990\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4226msgstr ""
4227
7d76ea1d 4228#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4229#: apt_preferences.5.xml:293
2a52e8c5 4230msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4231"If a regular expression occurs in a <literal>Package</literal> field, the "
4232"behavior is the same as if this regular expression were replaced with a list "
4233"of all package names it matches. It is undecided whether this will change in "
44477002 4234"the future; thus you should always list wild-card pins first, so later "
7d76ea1d 4235"specific pins override it. The pattern \"<literal>*</literal>\" in a "
44477002 4236"Package field is not considered a &glob; expression in itself."
2a52e8c5
DK
4237msgstr ""
4238
7d76ea1d 4239#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 4240#: apt_preferences.5.xml:309
7d76ea1d 4241msgid "How APT Interprets Priorities"
2a52e8c5
DK
4242msgstr ""
4243
7d76ea1d 4244#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4245#: apt_preferences.5.xml:312
2a52e8c5 4246msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4247"Priorities (P) assigned in the APT preferences file must be positive or "
4248"negative integers. They are interpreted as follows (roughly speaking):"
2a52e8c5
DK
4249msgstr ""
4250
7d76ea1d 4251#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4252#: apt_preferences.5.xml:317
5e594b30 4253msgid "P &gt;= 1000"
2a52e8c5
DK
4254msgstr ""
4255
7d76ea1d 4256#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4257#: apt_preferences.5.xml:318
2a52e8c5 4258msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4259"causes a version to be installed even if this constitutes a downgrade of the "
4260"package"
2a52e8c5
DK
4261msgstr ""
4262
7d76ea1d 4263#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4264#: apt_preferences.5.xml:322
5e594b30 4265msgid "990 &lt;= P &lt; 1000"
2a52e8c5
DK
4266msgstr ""
4267
7d76ea1d 4268#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4269#: apt_preferences.5.xml:323
2a52e8c5 4270msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4271"causes a version to be installed even if it does not come from the target "
4272"release, unless the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4273msgstr ""
4274
7d76ea1d 4275#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4276#: apt_preferences.5.xml:328
5e594b30 4277msgid "500 &lt;= P &lt; 990"
2a52e8c5
DK
4278msgstr ""
4279
7d76ea1d 4280#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4281#: apt_preferences.5.xml:329
2a52e8c5 4282msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4283"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4284"belonging to the target release or the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4285msgstr ""
4286
7d76ea1d 4287#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4288#: apt_preferences.5.xml:334
5e594b30 4289msgid "100 &lt;= P &lt; 500"
2a52e8c5
DK
4290msgstr ""
4291
7d76ea1d 4292#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4293#: apt_preferences.5.xml:335
2a52e8c5 4294msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4295"causes a version to be installed unless there is a version available "
4296"belonging to some other distribution or the installed version is more recent"
2a52e8c5
DK
4297msgstr ""
4298
7d76ea1d 4299#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4300#: apt_preferences.5.xml:340
5e594b30 4301msgid "0 &lt; P &lt; 100"
3e9c4f70
DK
4302msgstr ""
4303
7d76ea1d 4304#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4305#: apt_preferences.5.xml:341
3e9c4f70 4306msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4307"causes a version to be installed only if there is no installed version of "
4308"the package"
3e9c4f70
DK
4309msgstr ""
4310
7d76ea1d 4311#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4312#: apt_preferences.5.xml:345
7d76ea1d 4313msgid "P &lt; 0"
3e9c4f70
DK
4314msgstr ""
4315
7d76ea1d 4316#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4317#: apt_preferences.5.xml:346
7d76ea1d 4318msgid "prevents the version from being installed"
3e9c4f70
DK
4319msgstr ""
4320
7d76ea1d 4321#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4322#: apt_preferences.5.xml:351
3e9c4f70 4323msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4324"If any specific-form records match an available package version then the "
4325"first such record determines the priority of the package version. Failing "
4326"that, if any general-form records match an available package version then "
4327"the first such record determines the priority of the package version."
3e9c4f70
DK
4328msgstr ""
4329
3e9c4f70 4330#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4331#: apt_preferences.5.xml:357
5e312de7 4332msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4333"For example, suppose the APT preferences file contains the three records "
4334"presented earlier:"
3e9c4f70
DK
4335msgstr ""
4336
7d76ea1d 4337#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><programlisting>
ce34af08 4338#: apt_preferences.5.xml:361
3e9c4f70 4339#, no-wrap
5e312de7 4340msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4341"Package: perl\n"
75d9bdba 4342"Pin: version &good-perl;*\n"
7d76ea1d
DK
4343"Pin-Priority: 1001\n"
4344"\n"
4345"Package: *\n"
4346"Pin: origin \"\"\n"
4347"Pin-Priority: 999\n"
4348"\n"
4349"Package: *\n"
4350"Pin: release unstable\n"
4351"Pin-Priority: 50\n"
5e312de7
DK
4352msgstr ""
4353
3e9c4f70 4354#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4355#: apt_preferences.5.xml:374
7d76ea1d 4356msgid "Then:"
5e312de7
DK
4357msgstr ""
4358
7d76ea1d 4359#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4360#: apt_preferences.5.xml:376
5e312de7 4361msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4362"The most recent available version of the <literal>perl</literal> package "
4363"will be installed, so long as that version's version number begins with "
75d9bdba
JR
4364"\"<literal>&good-perl;</literal>\". If <emphasis>any</emphasis> "
4365"&good-perl;* version of <literal>perl</literal> is available and the "
4366"installed version is &bad-perl;*, then <literal>perl</literal> will be "
4367"downgraded."
5e312de7
DK
4368msgstr ""
4369
7d76ea1d 4370#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4371#: apt_preferences.5.xml:381
5e312de7 4372msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4373"A version of any package other than <literal>perl</literal> that is "
4374"available from the local system has priority over other versions, even "
4375"versions belonging to the target release."
2a52e8c5
DK
4376msgstr ""
4377
7d76ea1d 4378#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><itemizedlist><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4379#: apt_preferences.5.xml:385
2a52e8c5 4380msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4381"A version of a package whose origin is not the local system but some other "
4382"site listed in &sources-list; and which belongs to an "
4383"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution is only installed if it is selected "
4384"for installation and no version of the package is already installed."
2a52e8c5
DK
4385msgstr ""
4386
7d76ea1d 4387#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 4388#: apt_preferences.5.xml:395
7d76ea1d 4389msgid "Determination of Package Version and Distribution Properties"
2a52e8c5
DK
4390msgstr ""
4391
7d76ea1d 4392#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4393#: apt_preferences.5.xml:397
2a52e8c5 4394msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4395"The locations listed in the &sources-list; file should provide "
4396"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> files to "
4397"describe the packages available at that location."
2a52e8c5
DK
4398msgstr ""
4399
7d76ea1d 4400#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4401#: apt_preferences.5.xml:401
2a52e8c5 4402msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4403"The <filename>Packages</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
4404"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable>/<replaceable>component</replaceable>/<replaceable>arch</replaceable></filename>: "
4405"for example, "
4406"<filename>.../dists/stable/main/binary-i386/Packages</filename>. It "
4407"consists of a series of multi-line records, one for each package available "
4408"in that directory. Only two lines in each record are relevant for setting "
4409"APT priorities:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4410msgstr ""
4411
7d76ea1d 4412#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4413#: apt_preferences.5.xml:409
7d76ea1d 4414msgid "the <literal>Package:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4415msgstr ""
4416
7d76ea1d 4417#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4418#: apt_preferences.5.xml:410
7d76ea1d 4419msgid "gives the package name"
2a52e8c5
DK
4420msgstr ""
4421
7d76ea1d 4422#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4423#: apt_preferences.5.xml:413 apt_preferences.5.xml:463
7d76ea1d 4424msgid "the <literal>Version:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4425msgstr ""
4426
7d76ea1d 4427#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4428#: apt_preferences.5.xml:414
7d76ea1d 4429msgid "gives the version number for the named package"
2a52e8c5
DK
4430msgstr ""
4431
7d76ea1d 4432#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4433#: apt_preferences.5.xml:419
5e312de7 4434msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4435"The <filename>Release</filename> file is normally found in the directory "
4436"<filename>.../dists/<replaceable>dist-name</replaceable></filename>: for "
4437"example, <filename>.../dists/stable/Release</filename>, or "
4438"<filename>.../dists/&stable-codename;/Release</filename>. It consists of a "
4439"single multi-line record which applies to <emphasis>all</emphasis> of the "
4440"packages in the directory tree below its parent. Unlike the "
4441"<filename>Packages</filename> file, nearly all of the lines in a "
4442"<filename>Release</filename> file are relevant for setting APT priorities:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4443msgstr ""
4444
7d76ea1d 4445#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4446#: apt_preferences.5.xml:430
7d76ea1d 4447msgid "the <literal>Archive:</literal> or <literal>Suite:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4448msgstr ""
4449
7d76ea1d 4450#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4451#: apt_preferences.5.xml:431
2a52e8c5 4452msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4453"names the archive to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
4454"For example, the line \"Archive: stable\" or \"Suite: stable\" specifies "
4455"that all of the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
4456"<filename>Release</filename> file are in a <literal>stable</literal> "
4457"archive. Specifying this value in the APT preferences file would require "
4458"the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4459msgstr ""
4460
7d76ea1d 4461#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
ce34af08 4462#: apt_preferences.5.xml:441
7d76ea1d
DK
4463#, no-wrap
4464msgid "Pin: release a=stable\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4465msgstr ""
4466
7d76ea1d 4467#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4468#: apt_preferences.5.xml:447
7d76ea1d 4469msgid "the <literal>Codename:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4470msgstr ""
4471
7d76ea1d 4472#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4473#: apt_preferences.5.xml:448
2a52e8c5 4474msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4475"names the codename to which all the packages in the directory tree belong. "
4476"For example, the line \"Codename: &testing-codename;\" specifies that all of "
4477"the packages in the directory tree below the parent of the "
4478"<filename>Release</filename> file belong to a version named "
4479"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal>. Specifying this value in the APT "
4480"preferences file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4481msgstr ""
4482
7d76ea1d 4483#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
ce34af08 4484#: apt_preferences.5.xml:457
7d76ea1d
DK
4485#, no-wrap
4486msgid "Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4487msgstr ""
4488
7d76ea1d 4489#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4490#: apt_preferences.5.xml:464
2a52e8c5 4491msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4492"names the release version. For example, the packages in the tree might "
44477002
JR
4493"belong to Debian release version &stable-version;. Note that there is "
4494"normally no version number for the <literal>testing</literal> and "
7d76ea1d
DK
4495"<literal>unstable</literal> distributions because they have not been "
4496"released yet. Specifying this in the APT preferences file would require one "
4497"of the following lines."
2a52e8c5
DK
4498msgstr ""
4499
7d76ea1d 4500#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
ce34af08 4501#: apt_preferences.5.xml:473
7d76ea1d 4502#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4503msgid ""
44477002
JR
4504"Pin: release v=&stable-version;\n"
4505"Pin: release a=stable, v=&stable-version;\n"
4506"Pin: release &stable-version;\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4507msgstr ""
4508
7d76ea1d 4509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4510#: apt_preferences.5.xml:482
7d76ea1d 4511msgid "the <literal>Component:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4512msgstr ""
4513
7d76ea1d 4514#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4515#: apt_preferences.5.xml:483
2a52e8c5 4516msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4517"names the licensing component associated with the packages in the directory "
4518"tree of the <filename>Release</filename> file. For example, the line "
4519"\"Component: main\" specifies that all the packages in the directory tree "
4520"are from the <literal>main</literal> component, which entails that they are "
4521"licensed under terms listed in the Debian Free Software Guidelines. "
4522"Specifying this component in the APT preferences file would require the "
4523"line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4524msgstr ""
4525
7d76ea1d 4526#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
ce34af08 4527#: apt_preferences.5.xml:492
7d76ea1d
DK
4528#, no-wrap
4529msgid "Pin: release c=main\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4530msgstr ""
4531
7d76ea1d 4532#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4533#: apt_preferences.5.xml:498
7d76ea1d 4534msgid "the <literal>Origin:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4535msgstr ""
4536
7d76ea1d 4537#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4538#: apt_preferences.5.xml:499
2a52e8c5 4539msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4540"names the originator of the packages in the directory tree of the "
4541"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
4542"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this origin in the APT preferences "
4543"file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4544msgstr ""
4545
7d76ea1d 4546#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
ce34af08 4547#: apt_preferences.5.xml:505
7d76ea1d
DK
4548#, no-wrap
4549msgid "Pin: release o=Debian\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4550msgstr ""
4551
7d76ea1d 4552#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
ce34af08 4553#: apt_preferences.5.xml:511
7d76ea1d 4554msgid "the <literal>Label:</literal> line"
2a52e8c5
DK
4555msgstr ""
4556
7d76ea1d 4557#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><simpara>
ce34af08 4558#: apt_preferences.5.xml:512
2a52e8c5 4559msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4560"names the label of the packages in the directory tree of the "
4561"<filename>Release</filename> file. Most commonly, this is "
4562"<literal>Debian</literal>. Specifying this label in the APT preferences "
4563"file would require the line:"
2a52e8c5
DK
4564msgstr ""
4565
7d76ea1d 4566#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><programlisting>
ce34af08 4567#: apt_preferences.5.xml:518
7d76ea1d
DK
4568#, no-wrap
4569msgid "Pin: release l=Debian\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4570msgstr ""
4571
7d76ea1d 4572#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4573#: apt_preferences.5.xml:525
2a52e8c5 4574msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4575"All of the <filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Release</filename> "
4576"files retrieved from locations listed in the &sources-list; file are stored "
4577"in the directory <filename>/var/lib/apt/lists</filename>, or in the file "
4578"named by the variable <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> in the "
4579"<filename>apt.conf</filename> file. For example, the file "
4580"<filename>debian.lcs.mit.edu_debian_dists_unstable_contrib_binary-i386_Release</filename> "
4581"contains the <filename>Release</filename> file retrieved from the site "
4582"<literal>debian.lcs.mit.edu</literal> for <literal>binary-i386</literal> "
4583"architecture files from the <literal>contrib</literal> component of the "
4584"<literal>unstable</literal> distribution."
2a52e8c5
DK
4585msgstr ""
4586
7d76ea1d 4587#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 4588#: apt_preferences.5.xml:538
7d76ea1d 4589msgid "Optional Lines in an APT Preferences Record"
2a52e8c5
DK
4590msgstr ""
4591
7d76ea1d 4592#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4593#: apt_preferences.5.xml:540
2a52e8c5 4594msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4595"Each record in the APT preferences file can optionally begin with one or "
4596"more lines beginning with the word <literal>Explanation:</literal>. This "
4597"provides a place for comments."
2a52e8c5
DK
4598msgstr ""
4599
7d76ea1d 4600#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 4601#: apt_preferences.5.xml:549
7d76ea1d 4602msgid "Tracking Stable"
2a52e8c5
DK
4603msgstr ""
4604
7d76ea1d 4605#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
ce34af08 4606#: apt_preferences.5.xml:557
7d76ea1d 4607#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4608msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4609"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated\n"
4610"Explanation: package versions other than those in the stable distro\n"
4611"Package: *\n"
4612"Pin: release a=stable\n"
4613"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
4614"\n"
4615"Package: *\n"
4616"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
4617"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4618msgstr ""
4619
7d76ea1d 4620#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4621#: apt_preferences.5.xml:551
2a52e8c5 4622msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4623"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
4624"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
4625"<literal>stable</literal> distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
4626"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> "
4627"distributions. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4628msgstr ""
4629
7d76ea1d 4630#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
ce34af08 4631#: apt_preferences.5.xml:574 apt_preferences.5.xml:620 apt_preferences.5.xml:678
7d76ea1d 4632#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4633msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4634"apt-get install <replaceable>package-name</replaceable>\n"
4635"apt-get upgrade\n"
4636"apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4637msgstr ""
4638
7d76ea1d 4639#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4640#: apt_preferences.5.xml:569
2a52e8c5 4641msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4642"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
4643"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
4644"<literal>stable</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
4645"id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4646msgstr ""
4647
7d76ea1d 4648#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
ce34af08 4649#: apt_preferences.5.xml:586
7d76ea1d
DK
4650#, no-wrap
4651msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/testing\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4652msgstr ""
4653
7d76ea1d 4654#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4655#: apt_preferences.5.xml:580
2a52e8c5 4656msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4657"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
4658"latest version from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution; the package "
4659"will not be upgraded again unless this command is given again. <placeholder "
4660"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4661msgstr ""
4662
7d76ea1d 4663#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 4664#: apt_preferences.5.xml:592
7d76ea1d 4665msgid "Tracking Testing or Unstable"
2a52e8c5
DK
4666msgstr ""
4667
7d76ea1d 4668#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
ce34af08 4669#: apt_preferences.5.xml:601
7d76ea1d 4670#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4671msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4672"Package: *\n"
4673"Pin: release a=testing\n"
4674"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
4675"\n"
4676"Package: *\n"
4677"Pin: release a=unstable\n"
4678"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
4679"\n"
4680"Package: *\n"
4681"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
4682"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4683msgstr ""
4684
7d76ea1d 4685#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4686#: apt_preferences.5.xml:594
2a52e8c5 4687msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4688"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a high priority "
4689"to package versions from the <literal>testing</literal> distribution, a "
4690"lower priority to package versions from the <literal>unstable</literal> "
4691"distribution, and a prohibitively low priority to package versions from "
4692"other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions. <placeholder "
4693"type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4694msgstr ""
4695
7d76ea1d 4696#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4697#: apt_preferences.5.xml:615
2a52e8c5 4698msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4699"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
4700"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest "
4701"<literal>testing</literal> version(s). <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" "
4702"id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4703msgstr ""
4704
7d76ea1d 4705#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
ce34af08 4706#: apt_preferences.5.xml:635
7d76ea1d
DK
4707#, no-wrap
4708msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/unstable\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4709msgstr ""
4710
7d76ea1d 4711#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4712#: apt_preferences.5.xml:626
7d76ea1d
DK
4713msgid ""
4714"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
4715"latest version from the <literal>unstable</literal> distribution. "
4716"Thereafter, <command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to "
4717"the most recent <literal>testing</literal> version if that is more recent "
4718"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
4719"<literal>unstable</literal> version if that is more recent than the "
4720"installed version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4721msgstr ""
4722
7d76ea1d 4723#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 4724#: apt_preferences.5.xml:642
7d76ea1d 4725msgid "Tracking the evolution of a codename release"
2a52e8c5
DK
4726msgstr ""
4727
7d76ea1d 4728#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
ce34af08 4729#: apt_preferences.5.xml:656
7d76ea1d 4730#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 4731msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4732"Explanation: Uninstall or do not install any Debian-originated package "
4733"versions\n"
4734"Explanation: other than those in the distribution codenamed with "
4735"&testing-codename; or sid\n"
4736"Package: *\n"
4737"Pin: release n=&testing-codename;\n"
4738"Pin-Priority: 900\n"
4739"\n"
4740"Explanation: Debian unstable is always codenamed with sid\n"
4741"Package: *\n"
4742"Pin: release n=sid\n"
4743"Pin-Priority: 800\n"
4744"\n"
4745"Package: *\n"
4746"Pin: release o=Debian\n"
4747"Pin-Priority: -10\n"
2a52e8c5
DK
4748msgstr ""
4749
7d76ea1d 4750#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4751#: apt_preferences.5.xml:644
2a52e8c5 4752msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4753"The following APT preferences file will cause APT to assign a priority "
4754"higher than the default (500) to all package versions belonging to a "
4755"specified codename of a distribution and a prohibitively low priority to "
4756"package versions belonging to other <literal>Debian</literal> distributions, "
4757"codenames and archives. Note that with this APT preference APT will follow "
4758"the migration of a release from the archive <literal>testing</literal> to "
4759"<literal>stable</literal> and later <literal>oldstable</literal>. If you "
4760"want to follow for example the progress in <literal>testing</literal> "
4761"notwithstanding the codename changes you should use the example "
4762"configurations above. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
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4763msgstr ""
4764
7d76ea1d 4765#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4766#: apt_preferences.5.xml:673
2a52e8c5 4767msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4768"With a suitable &sources-list; file and the above preferences file, any of "
4769"the following commands will cause APT to upgrade to the latest version(s) in "
4770"the release codenamed with <literal>&testing-codename;</literal>. "
4771"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4772msgstr ""
4773
7d76ea1d 4774#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
ce34af08 4775#: apt_preferences.5.xml:693
7d76ea1d
DK
4776#, no-wrap
4777msgid "apt-get install <replaceable>package</replaceable>/sid\n"
4778msgstr ""
4779
4780#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 4781#: apt_preferences.5.xml:684
7d76ea1d
DK
4782msgid ""
4783"The following command will cause APT to upgrade the specified package to the "
4784"latest version from the <literal>sid</literal> distribution. Thereafter, "
4785"<command>apt-get upgrade</command> will upgrade the package to the most "
4786"recent <literal>&testing-codename;</literal> version if that is more recent "
4787"than the installed version, otherwise, to the most recent "
4788"<literal>sid</literal> version if that is more recent than the installed "
4789"version. <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
4790msgstr ""
4791
b39c1859 4792#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 4793#: apt_preferences.5.xml:708
7d76ea1d 4794msgid "&apt-get; &apt-cache; &apt-conf; &sources-list;"
2a52e8c5
DK
4795msgstr ""
4796
7d76ea1d 4797#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
ce34af08 4798#: sources.list.5.xml:35
dabb215c 4799msgid "List of configured APT data sources"
2a52e8c5
DK
4800msgstr ""
4801
4802#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 4803#: sources.list.5.xml:40
b39c1859 4804msgid ""
5723791e
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4805"The source list <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename> is designed to "
4806"support any number of active sources and a variety of source media. The file "
4807"lists one source per line, with the most preferred source listed first. The "
4808"information available from the configured sources is acquired by "
4809"<command>apt-get update</command> (or by an equivalent command from another "
4810"APT front-end)."
0fd68707
MV
4811msgstr ""
4812
4813#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 4814#: sources.list.5.xml:47
0fd68707 4815msgid ""
5723791e
JR
4816"Each line specifying a source starts with type "
4817"(e.g. <literal>deb-src</literal>) followed by options and arguments for "
4818"this type. Individual entries cannot be continued onto a following "
4819"line. Empty lines are ignored, and a <literal>#</literal> character anywhere "
4820"on a line marks the remainder of that line as a comment."
b39c1859
MV
4821msgstr ""
4822
7d76ea1d 4823#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 4824#: sources.list.5.xml:55
7d76ea1d 4825msgid "sources.list.d"
2a52e8c5
DK
4826msgstr ""
4827
0fd68707 4828#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 4829#: sources.list.5.xml:56
2a52e8c5 4830msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4831"The <filename>/etc/apt/sources.list.d</filename> directory provides a way to "
4832"add sources.list entries in separate files. The format is the same as for "
4833"the regular <filename>sources.list</filename> file. File names need to end "
4834"with <filename>.list</filename> and may only contain letters (a-z and A-Z), "
4835"digits (0-9), underscore (_), hyphen (-) and period (.) characters. "
44477002
JR
4836"Otherwise APT will print a notice that it has ignored a file, unless that "
4837"file matches a pattern in the <literal>Dir::Ignore-Files-Silently</literal> "
5723791e 4838"configuration list - in which case it will be silently ignored."
2a52e8c5
DK
4839msgstr ""
4840
7d76ea1d 4841#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 4842#: sources.list.5.xml:67
7d76ea1d 4843msgid "The deb and deb-src types"
2a52e8c5
DK
4844msgstr ""
4845
7d76ea1d 4846#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 4847#: sources.list.5.xml:68
2a52e8c5 4848msgid ""
5723791e
JR
4849"The <literal>deb</literal> type references a typical two-level Debian "
4850"archive, <filename>distribution/component</filename>. The "
4851"<literal>distribution</literal> is generally an archive name like "
7d76ea1d
DK
4852"<literal>stable</literal> or <literal>testing</literal> or a codename like "
4853"<literal>&stable-codename;</literal> or "
4854"<literal>&testing-codename;</literal> while component is one of "
5723791e
JR
4855"<literal>main</literal>, <literal>contrib</literal> or "
4856"<literal>non-free</literal>. The <literal>deb-src</literal> type references "
4857"a Debian distribution's source code in the same form as the "
7d76ea1d
DK
4858"<literal>deb</literal> type. A <literal>deb-src</literal> line is required "
4859"to fetch source indexes."
2a52e8c5
DK
4860msgstr ""
4861
7d76ea1d 4862#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
609bb2ea 4863#: sources.list.5.xml:79
aec22160 4864msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4865"The format for a <filename>sources.list</filename> entry using the "
4866"<literal>deb</literal> and <literal>deb-src</literal> types is:"
aec22160
DK
4867msgstr ""
4868
7d76ea1d 4869#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
609bb2ea 4870#: sources.list.5.xml:82
2a52e8c5 4871#, no-wrap
609bb2ea
MV
4872msgid "deb [ options ] uri suite [component1] [component2] [...]"
4873msgstr ""
4874
4875#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
4876#: sources.list.5.xml:86
4877#, no-wrap
4878msgid ""
b18dd45f
MV
4879" Types: deb deb-src\n"
4880" URIs: http://example.com\n"
4881" Suites: stable testing\n"
609bb2ea 4882" Sections: component1 component2\n"
b18dd45f
MV
4883" Description: short\n"
4884" long long long\n"
609bb2ea
MV
4885" [option1]: [option1-value]\n"
4886"\n"
b18dd45f
MV
4887" Types: deb\n"
4888" URIs: http://another.example.com\n"
4889" Suites: experimental\n"
609bb2ea 4890" Sections: component1 component2\n"
b18dd45f
MV
4891" Enabled: no\n"
4892" Description: short\n"
4893" long long long\n"
609bb2ea
MV
4894" [option1]: [option1-value]\n"
4895" "
2a52e8c5
DK
4896msgstr ""
4897
7d76ea1d 4898#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
609bb2ea
MV
4899#: sources.list.5.xml:84
4900msgid ""
4901"Alternatively a rfc822 style format is also supported: <placeholder "
4902"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
4903msgstr ""
4904
4905#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 4906#: sources.list.5.xml:105
b6c6b52f 4907msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4908"The URI for the <literal>deb</literal> type must specify the base of the "
4909"Debian distribution, from which APT will find the information it needs. "
609bb2ea
MV
4910"<literal>suite</literal> can specify an exact path, in which case the "
4911"components must be omitted and <literal>suite</literal> must end with a "
4912"slash (<literal>/</literal>). This is useful for the case when only a "
5723791e 4913"particular sub-section of the archive denoted by the URI is of interest. If "
609bb2ea 4914"<literal>suite</literal> does not specify an exact path, at least one "
7d76ea1d 4915"<literal>component</literal> must be present."
b6c6b52f
MV
4916msgstr ""
4917
7d76ea1d 4918#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 4919#: sources.list.5.xml:114
aec22160 4920msgid ""
609bb2ea 4921"<literal>suite</literal> may also contain a variable, "
5723791e
JR
4922"<literal>$(ARCH)</literal> which expands to the Debian architecture (such as "
4923"<literal>amd64</literal> or <literal>armel</literal>) used on the "
4924"system. This permits architecture-independent "
4925"<filename>sources.list</filename> files to be used. In general this is only "
4926"of interest when specifying an exact path, <literal>APT</literal> will "
4927"automatically generate a URI with the current architecture otherwise."
b6c6b52f
MV
4928msgstr ""
4929
7d76ea1d 4930#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 4931#: sources.list.5.xml:122
782486e8 4932msgid ""
609bb2ea
MV
4933"In the traditional style sources.list format since only one distribution can "
4934"be specified per line it may be necessary to have multiple lines for the "
4935"same URI, if a subset of all available distributions or components at that "
4936"location is desired. APT will sort the URI list after it has generated a "
4937"complete set internally, and will collapse multiple references to the same "
4938"Internet host, for instance, into a single connection, so that it does not "
4939"inefficiently establish an FTP connection, close it, do something else, and "
4940"then re-establish a connection to that same host. This feature is useful for "
4941"accessing busy FTP sites with limits on the number of simultaneous anonymous "
4942"users. APT also parallelizes connections to different hosts to more "
4943"effectively deal with sites with low bandwidth."
2a52e8c5
DK
4944msgstr ""
4945
7d76ea1d 4946#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 4947#: sources.list.5.xml:136
b6c6b52f 4948msgid ""
5723791e 4949"<literal>options</literal> is always optional and needs to be surrounded by "
7d76ea1d
DK
4950"square brackets. It can consist of multiple settings in the form "
4951"<literal><replaceable>setting</replaceable>=<replaceable>value</replaceable></literal>. "
4952"Multiple settings are separated by spaces. The following settings are "
5723791e
JR
4953"supported by APT (note however that unsupported settings will be ignored "
4954"silently):"
2a52e8c5
DK
4955msgstr ""
4956
7d76ea1d 4957#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
b18dd45f 4958#: sources.list.5.xml:142
2a52e8c5 4959msgid ""
7d76ea1d 4960"<literal>arch=<replaceable>arch1</replaceable>,<replaceable>arch2</replaceable>,…</literal> "
5723791e
JR
4961"can be used to specify for which architectures information should be "
4962"downloaded. If this option is not set all architectures defined by the "
7d76ea1d 4963"<literal>APT::Architectures</literal> option will be downloaded."
2a52e8c5
DK
4964msgstr ""
4965
7d76ea1d 4966#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
b18dd45f 4967#: sources.list.5.xml:146
ce34af08
MV
4968msgid ""
4969"<literal>arch+=<replaceable>arch1</replaceable>,<replaceable>arch2</replaceable>,…</literal> "
4970"and "
4971"<literal>arch-=<replaceable>arch1</replaceable>,<replaceable>arch2</replaceable>,…</literal> "
4972"which can be used to add/remove architectures from the set which will be "
4973"downloaded."
4974msgstr ""
4975
4976#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><itemizedlist><listitem><para>
b18dd45f 4977#: sources.list.5.xml:149
782486e8 4978msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
4979"<literal>trusted=yes</literal> can be set to indicate that packages from "
4980"this source are always authenticated even if the "
4981"<filename>Release</filename> file is not signed or the signature can't be "
4982"checked. This disables parts of &apt-secure; and should therefore only be "
4983"used in a local and trusted context. <literal>trusted=no</literal> is the "
4984"opposite which handles even correctly authenticated sources as not "
4985"authenticated."
2a52e8c5
DK
4986msgstr ""
4987
7d76ea1d 4988#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 4989#: sources.list.5.xml:156
7d76ea1d
DK
4990msgid ""
4991"It is important to list sources in order of preference, with the most "
4992"preferred source listed first. Typically this will result in sorting by "
4993"speed from fastest to slowest (CD-ROM followed by hosts on a local network, "
4994"followed by distant Internet hosts, for example)."
2a52e8c5
DK
4995msgstr ""
4996
7d76ea1d 4997#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 4998#: sources.list.5.xml:161
7d76ea1d 4999msgid "Some examples:"
2a52e8c5
DK
5000msgstr ""
5001
7d76ea1d 5002#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
b18dd45f 5003#: sources.list.5.xml:163
7d76ea1d 5004#, no-wrap
2a52e8c5 5005msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5006"deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main contrib non-free\n"
5007"deb http://security.debian.org/ &stable-codename;/updates main contrib "
5008"non-free\n"
5009" "
2a52e8c5
DK
5010msgstr ""
5011
7d76ea1d 5012#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
b18dd45f 5013#: sources.list.5.xml:169
7d76ea1d 5014msgid "URI specification"
2a52e8c5
DK
5015msgstr ""
5016
7d76ea1d 5017#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 5018#: sources.list.5.xml:171
7d76ea1d 5019msgid "The currently recognized URI types are:"
2a52e8c5
DK
5020msgstr ""
5021
7d76ea1d 5022#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
b18dd45f 5023#: sources.list.5.xml:175
2a52e8c5 5024msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5025"The file scheme allows an arbitrary directory in the file system to be "
5026"considered an archive. This is useful for NFS mounts and local mirrors or "
5027"archives."
2a52e8c5
DK
5028msgstr ""
5029
7d76ea1d 5030#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
b18dd45f 5031#: sources.list.5.xml:182
2a52e8c5 5032msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5033"The cdrom scheme allows APT to use a local CD-ROM drive with media "
5034"swapping. Use the &apt-cdrom; program to create cdrom entries in the source "
5035"list."
2a52e8c5
DK
5036msgstr ""
5037
7d76ea1d 5038#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
b18dd45f 5039#: sources.list.5.xml:189
2a52e8c5 5040msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5041"The http scheme specifies an HTTP server for the archive. If an environment "
5042"variable <envar>http_proxy</envar> is set with the format "
5043"http://server:port/, the proxy server specified in <envar>http_proxy</envar> "
5044"will be used. Users of authenticated HTTP/1.1 proxies may use a string of "
5045"the format http://user:pass@server:port/. Note that this is an insecure "
5046"method of authentication."
2a52e8c5
DK
5047msgstr ""
5048
7d76ea1d 5049#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
b18dd45f 5050#: sources.list.5.xml:200
2a52e8c5 5051msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5052"The ftp scheme specifies an FTP server for the archive. APT's FTP behavior "
5053"is highly configurable; for more information see the &apt-conf; manual "
5723791e
JR
5054"page. Please note that an FTP proxy can be specified by using the "
5055"<envar>ftp_proxy</envar> environment variable. It is possible to specify an "
5056"HTTP proxy (HTTP proxy servers often understand FTP URLs) using this "
dabb215c 5057"environment variable and <emphasis>only</emphasis> this environment "
5723791e
JR
5058"variable. Proxies using HTTP specified in the configuration file will be "
5059"ignored."
2a52e8c5
DK
5060msgstr ""
5061
7d76ea1d 5062#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
b18dd45f 5063#: sources.list.5.xml:212
2a52e8c5 5064msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5065"The copy scheme is identical to the file scheme except that packages are "
5066"copied into the cache directory instead of used directly at their location. "
5723791e
JR
5067"This is useful for people using removable media to copy files around with "
5068"APT."
2a52e8c5
DK
5069msgstr ""
5070
7d76ea1d 5071#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
b18dd45f 5072#: sources.list.5.xml:219
2a52e8c5 5073msgid ""
5723791e
JR
5074"The rsh/ssh method invokes RSH/SSH to connect to a remote host and access "
5075"the files as a given user. Prior configuration of rhosts or RSA keys is "
5076"recommended. The standard <command>find</command> and <command>dd</command> "
5077"commands are used to perform the file transfers from the remote host."
2a52e8c5
DK
5078msgstr ""
5079
7d76ea1d 5080#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><term>
b18dd45f 5081#: sources.list.5.xml:226
7d76ea1d 5082msgid "adding more recognizable URI types"
2a52e8c5
DK
5083msgstr ""
5084
7d76ea1d 5085#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
b18dd45f 5086#: sources.list.5.xml:228
2a52e8c5 5087msgid ""
5723791e
JR
5088"APT can be extended with more methods shipped in other optional packages, "
5089"which should follow the naming scheme "
5090"<package>apt-transport-<replaceable>method</replaceable></package>. For "
5091"instance, the APT team also maintains the package "
5092"<package>apt-transport-https</package>, which provides access methods for "
5093"HTTPS URIs with features similar to the http method. Methods for using "
5094"e.g. debtorrent are also available - see &apt-transport-debtorrent;."
2a52e8c5
DK
5095msgstr ""
5096
7d76ea1d 5097#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 5098#: sources.list.5.xml:240
2a52e8c5 5099msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5100"Uses the archive stored locally (or NFS mounted) at /home/jason/debian for "
5101"stable/main, stable/contrib, and stable/non-free."
2a52e8c5
DK
5102msgstr ""
5103
7d76ea1d 5104#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
b18dd45f 5105#: sources.list.5.xml:242
7d76ea1d
DK
5106#, no-wrap
5107msgid "deb file:/home/jason/debian stable main contrib non-free"
2a52e8c5
DK
5108msgstr ""
5109
7d76ea1d 5110#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 5111#: sources.list.5.xml:244
7d76ea1d 5112msgid "As above, except this uses the unstable (development) distribution."
2a52e8c5
DK
5113msgstr ""
5114
7d76ea1d 5115#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
b18dd45f 5116#: sources.list.5.xml:245
2a52e8c5 5117#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5118msgid "deb file:/home/jason/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
2a52e8c5
DK
5119msgstr ""
5120
7d76ea1d 5121#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 5122#: sources.list.5.xml:247
7d76ea1d 5123msgid "Source line for the above"
2a52e8c5
DK
5124msgstr ""
5125
7d76ea1d 5126#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
b18dd45f 5127#: sources.list.5.xml:248
2a52e8c5 5128#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5129msgid "deb-src file:/home/jason/debian unstable main contrib non-free"
b81dbe40
DK
5130msgstr ""
5131
7d76ea1d 5132#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 5133#: sources.list.5.xml:250
b81dbe40 5134msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5135"The first line gets package information for the architectures in "
5136"<literal>APT::Architectures</literal> while the second always retrieves "
5137"<literal>amd64</literal> and <literal>armel</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5138msgstr ""
5139
7d76ea1d 5140#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
b18dd45f 5141#: sources.list.5.xml:252
7d76ea1d 5142#, no-wrap
b81dbe40 5143msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5144"deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main\n"
5145"deb [ arch=amd64,armel ] http://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; main"
b81dbe40
DK
5146msgstr ""
5147
7d76ea1d 5148#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 5149#: sources.list.5.xml:255
2a52e8c5 5150msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5151"Uses HTTP to access the archive at archive.debian.org, and uses only the "
5152"hamm/main area."
2a52e8c5
DK
5153msgstr ""
5154
7d76ea1d 5155#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
b18dd45f 5156#: sources.list.5.xml:257
2a52e8c5 5157#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5158msgid "deb http://archive.debian.org/debian-archive hamm main"
2a52e8c5
DK
5159msgstr ""
5160
7d76ea1d 5161#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 5162#: sources.list.5.xml:259
2a52e8c5 5163msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5164"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
5165"directory, and uses only the &stable-codename;/contrib area."
2a52e8c5
DK
5166msgstr ""
5167
7d76ea1d 5168#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
b18dd45f 5169#: sources.list.5.xml:261
2a52e8c5 5170#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5171msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian &stable-codename; contrib"
2a52e8c5
DK
5172msgstr ""
5173
7d76ea1d 5174#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 5175#: sources.list.5.xml:263
2a52e8c5 5176msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5177"Uses FTP to access the archive at ftp.debian.org, under the debian "
5178"directory, and uses only the unstable/contrib area. If this line appears as "
5179"well as the one in the previous example in <filename>sources.list</filename> "
5180"a single FTP session will be used for both resource lines."
2a52e8c5
DK
5181msgstr ""
5182
7d76ea1d 5183#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><literallayout>
b18dd45f 5184#: sources.list.5.xml:267
2a52e8c5 5185#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5186msgid "deb ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian unstable contrib"
2a52e8c5
DK
5187msgstr ""
5188
7d76ea1d 5189#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
b18dd45f 5190#: sources.list.5.xml:276
2a52e8c5 5191#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5192msgid "deb http://ftp.tlh.debian.org/universe unstable/binary-$(ARCH)/"
782486e8
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5193msgstr ""
5194
7d76ea1d 5195#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 5196#: sources.list.5.xml:269
782486e8 5197msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5198"Uses HTTP to access the archive at ftp.tlh.debian.org, under the universe "
5199"directory, and uses only files found under "
5200"<filename>unstable/binary-i386</filename> on i386 machines, "
5201"<filename>unstable/binary-amd64</filename> on amd64, and so forth for other "
5202"supported architectures. [Note this example only illustrates how to use the "
5203"substitution variable; official debian archives are not structured like "
5204"this] <placeholder type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/>"
782486e8
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5205msgstr ""
5206
7d76ea1d 5207#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
b18dd45f 5208#: sources.list.5.xml:281
7d76ea1d 5209msgid "&apt-cache; &apt-conf;"
782486e8
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5210msgstr ""
5211
7d76ea1d 5212#. type: Content of: <refentry><refmeta><manvolnum>
ce34af08 5213#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:28 apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:28 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:28
7d76ea1d 5214msgid "1"
782486e8
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5215msgstr ""
5216
7d76ea1d 5217#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
ce34af08 5218#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:35
782486e8 5219msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5220"Utility to extract <command>debconf</command> config and templates from "
5221"Debian packages"
782486e8
MV
5222msgstr ""
5223
7d76ea1d 5224#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5225#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:41
2b9b27c3 5226msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5227"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> will take one or more Debian package "
5228"files as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated "
5229"config scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains "
5230"config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated in the "
5231"format:"
782486e8
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5232msgstr ""
5233
7d76ea1d 5234#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5235#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:46
7d76ea1d 5236msgid "package version template-file config-script"
2a52e8c5
DK
5237msgstr ""
5238
7d76ea1d 5239#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5240#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:47
aec22160 5241msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5242"template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory "
5243"specified by the <option>-t</option> or <option>--tempdir</option> "
5244"(<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>) directory, with "
93ae7f7f
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5245"filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXXXX</filename> and "
5246"<filename>package.config.XXXXXX</filename>"
aec22160
DK
5247msgstr ""
5248
7d76ea1d 5249#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5250#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:60
782486e8 5251msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5252"Temporary directory in which to write extracted <command>debconf</command> "
5253"template files and config scripts. Configuration Item: "
5254"<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5255msgstr ""
5256
7d76ea1d 5257#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5258#: apt-extracttemplates.1.xml:77
2a52e8c5 5259msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5260"<command>apt-extracttemplates</command> returns zero on normal operation, "
5261"decimal 100 on error."
2a52e8c5
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5262msgstr ""
5263
7d76ea1d 5264#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
ce34af08 5265#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:35
7d76ea1d 5266msgid "Utility to sort package index files"
2a52e8c5
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5267msgstr ""
5268
7d76ea1d 5269#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5270#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:41
2a52e8c5 5271msgid ""
14301cf3
JR
5272"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> will take an index file (source index or "
5273"package index) and sort the records so that they are ordered by the package "
7d76ea1d
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5274"name. It will also sort the internal fields of each record according to the "
5275"internal sorting rules."
2a52e8c5
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5276msgstr ""
5277
7d76ea1d 5278#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5279#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:47
5723791e 5280msgid "All output is sent to standard output; the input must be a seekable file."
2a52e8c5
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5281msgstr ""
5282
7d76ea1d 5283#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5284#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:56
2a52e8c5 5285msgid ""
14301cf3 5286"Use source index field ordering. Configuration Item: "
7d76ea1d 5287"<literal>APT::SortPkgs::Source</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5288msgstr ""
5289
7d76ea1d 5290#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5291#: apt-sortpkgs.1.xml:70
2a52e8c5 5292msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5293"<command>apt-sortpkgs</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
5294"100 on error."
2a52e8c5
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5295msgstr ""
5296
7d76ea1d 5297#. type: Content of: <refentry><refnamediv><refpurpose>
ce34af08 5298#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:35
7d76ea1d 5299msgid "Utility to generate index files"
2a52e8c5
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5300msgstr ""
5301
7d76ea1d 5302#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5303#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:41
2a52e8c5 5304msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5305"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is the command line tool that generates "
5306"the index files that APT uses to access a distribution source. The index "
5307"files should be generated on the origin site based on the content of that "
5308"site."
2a52e8c5
DK
5309msgstr ""
5310
7d76ea1d 5311#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5312#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:45
2a52e8c5 5313msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5314"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> is a superset of the &dpkg-scanpackages; "
5315"program, incorporating its entire functionality via the "
5316"<literal>packages</literal> command. It also contains a contents file "
5317"generator, <literal>contents</literal>, and an elaborate means to 'script' "
5318"the generation process for a complete archive."
2a52e8c5
DK
5319msgstr ""
5320
7d76ea1d 5321#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5322#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:51
2a52e8c5 5323msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5324"Internally <command>apt-ftparchive</command> can make use of binary "
5325"databases to cache the contents of a .deb file and it does not rely on any "
5326"external programs aside from &gzip;. When doing a full generate it "
5327"automatically performs file-change checks and builds the desired compressed "
5328"output files."
2a52e8c5
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5329msgstr ""
5330
7d76ea1d 5331#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5332#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:62
2a52e8c5 5333msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5334"The packages command generates a package file from a directory tree. It "
5335"takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .deb files, "
5336"emitting a package record to stdout for each. This command is approximately "
5337"equivalent to &dpkg-scanpackages;."
2a52e8c5
DK
5338msgstr ""
5339
7d76ea1d 5340#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5341#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:67 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:91
7d76ea1d 5342msgid "The option <option>--db</option> can be used to specify a binary caching DB."
2a52e8c5
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5343msgstr ""
5344
7d76ea1d 5345#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5346#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:72
2a52e8c5 5347msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5348"The <literal>sources</literal> command generates a source index file from a "
5349"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it "
5350"for .dsc files, emitting a source record to stdout for each. This command is "
5351"approximately equivalent to &dpkg-scansources;."
2a52e8c5
DK
5352msgstr ""
5353
7d76ea1d 5354#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5355#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:77
2a52e8c5 5356msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5357"If an override file is specified then a source override file will be looked "
5358"for with an extension of .src. The --source-override option can be used to "
5359"change the source override file that will be used."
2a52e8c5
DK
5360msgstr ""
5361
7d76ea1d 5362#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5363#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:84
2a52e8c5 5364msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5365"The <literal>contents</literal> command generates a contents file from a "
5366"directory tree. It takes the given directory and recursively searches it for "
5367".deb files, and reads the file list from each file. It then sorts and writes "
5368"to stdout the list of files matched to packages. Directories are not written "
5369"to the output. If multiple packages own the same file then each package is "
5370"separated by a comma in the output."
2a52e8c5
DK
5371msgstr ""
5372
7d76ea1d 5373#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5374#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:96
2a52e8c5 5375msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5376"The <literal>release</literal> command generates a Release file from a "
5377"directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for uncompressed "
5378"<filename>Packages</filename> and <filename>Sources</filename> files and "
5379"ones compressed with <command>gzip</command>, <command>bzip2</command> or "
5380"<command>lzma</command> as well as <filename>Release</filename> and "
5381"<filename>md5sum.txt</filename> files by default "
5382"(<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Default-Patterns</literal>). Additional "
5383"filename patterns can be added by listing them in "
5384"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Patterns</literal>. It then writes to "
5385"stdout a <filename>Release</filename> file containing an MD5, SHA1 and "
5386"SHA256 digest for each file."
2a52e8c5
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5387msgstr ""
5388
7d76ea1d 5389#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5390#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:106
2a52e8c5 5391msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5392"Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are taken from "
5393"the corresponding variables under "
5394"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release</literal>, "
5395"e.g. <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin</literal>. The supported "
5396"fields are: <literal>Origin</literal>, <literal>Label</literal>, "
5397"<literal>Suite</literal>, <literal>Version</literal>, "
5398"<literal>Codename</literal>, <literal>Date</literal>, "
5399"<literal>Valid-Until</literal>, <literal>Architectures</literal>, "
5400"<literal>Components</literal>, <literal>Description</literal>."
2a52e8c5
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5401msgstr ""
5402
7d76ea1d 5403#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5404#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:119
2a52e8c5 5405msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5406"The <literal>generate</literal> command is designed to be runnable from a "
5407"cron script and builds indexes according to the given config file. The "
5408"config language provides a flexible means of specifying which index files "
5409"are built from which directories, as well as providing a simple means of "
5410"maintaining the required settings."
2a52e8c5
DK
5411msgstr ""
5412
7d76ea1d 5413#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5414#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:128
aec22160 5415msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5416"The <literal>clean</literal> command tidies the databases used by the given "
5417"configuration file by removing any records that are no longer necessary."
aec22160
DK
5418msgstr ""
5419
7d76ea1d 5420#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 5421#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:134
7d76ea1d 5422msgid "The Generate Configuration"
2a52e8c5
DK
5423msgstr ""
5424
7d76ea1d 5425#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5426#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:136
2a52e8c5 5427msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5428"The <literal>generate</literal> command uses a configuration file to "
5429"describe the archives that are going to be generated. It follows the typical "
5430"ISC configuration format as seen in ISC tools like bind 8 and dhcpd. "
5431"&apt-conf; contains a description of the syntax. Note that the generate "
5432"configuration is parsed in sectional manner, but &apt-conf; is parsed in a "
5433"tree manner. This only effects how the scope tag is handled."
2a52e8c5
DK
5434msgstr ""
5435
7d76ea1d 5436#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5437#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:144
7d76ea1d 5438msgid "The generate configuration has four separate sections, each described below."
2a52e8c5
DK
5439msgstr ""
5440
2a52e8c5 5441#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 5442#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:146
7d76ea1d 5443msgid "<literal>Dir</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
5444msgstr ""
5445
5446#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 5447#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:148
2a52e8c5 5448msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5449"The <literal>Dir</literal> section defines the standard directories needed "
5450"to locate the files required during the generation process. These "
5451"directories are prepended certain relative paths defined in later sections "
5452"to produce a complete an absolute path."
2a52e8c5
DK
5453msgstr ""
5454
7d76ea1d 5455#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5456#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:155
2a52e8c5 5457msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5458"Specifies the root of the FTP archive, in a standard Debian configuration "
5459"this is the directory that contains the <filename>ls-LR</filename> and dist "
5460"nodes."
2a52e8c5
DK
5461msgstr ""
5462
7d76ea1d 5463#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5464#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:162
7d76ea1d 5465msgid "Specifies the location of the override files."
2a52e8c5
DK
5466msgstr ""
5467
7d76ea1d 5468#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5469#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:167
7d76ea1d 5470msgid "Specifies the location of the cache files."
2a52e8c5
DK
5471msgstr ""
5472
7d76ea1d 5473#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5474#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:172
2a52e8c5 5475msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5476"Specifies the location of the file list files, if the "
5477"<literal>FileList</literal> setting is used below."
2a52e8c5
DK
5478msgstr ""
5479
7d76ea1d 5480#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 5481#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:178
7d76ea1d 5482msgid "<literal>Default</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
5483msgstr ""
5484
2a52e8c5 5485#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 5486#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:180
2a52e8c5 5487msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5488"The <literal>Default</literal> section specifies default values, and "
5489"settings that control the operation of the generator. Other sections may "
5490"override these defaults with a per-section setting."
2a52e8c5
DK
5491msgstr ""
5492
7d76ea1d 5493#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5494#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:186
2a52e8c5 5495msgid ""
14301cf3 5496"Sets the default compression schemes to use for the package index files. It "
7d76ea1d
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5497"is a string that contains a space separated list of at least one of: '.' (no "
5498"compression), 'gzip' and 'bzip2'. The default for all compression schemes is "
5499"'. gzip'."
2a52e8c5
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5500msgstr ""
5501
7d76ea1d 5502#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5503#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:194
2a52e8c5 5504msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5505"Sets the default list of file extensions that are package files. This "
5506"defaults to '.deb'."
2a52e8c5 5507msgstr ""
2a52e8c5 5508
7d76ea1d 5509#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5510#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:200
2a52e8c5 5511msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5512"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
5513"controls the compression for the Sources files."
2a52e8c5
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5514msgstr ""
5515
7d76ea1d 5516#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5517#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:206
2a52e8c5 5518msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5519"Sets the default list of file extensions that are source files. This "
5520"defaults to '.dsc'."
2a52e8c5
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5521msgstr ""
5522
7d76ea1d 5523#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5524#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:212
2a52e8c5 5525msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5526"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
5527"controls the compression for the Contents files."
2a52e8c5
DK
5528msgstr ""
5529
7d76ea1d 5530#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5531#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:218
2a52e8c5 5532msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5533"This is similar to <literal>Packages::Compress</literal> except that it "
5534"controls the compression for the Translation-en master file."
2a52e8c5
DK
5535msgstr ""
5536
7d76ea1d 5537#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5538#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:224
2a52e8c5 5539msgid ""
7d76ea1d
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5540"Specifies the number of kilobytes to delink (and replace with hard links) "
5541"per run. This is used in conjunction with the per-section "
5542"<literal>External-Links</literal> setting."
2a52e8c5
DK
5543msgstr ""
5544
7d76ea1d 5545#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5546#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:231
2a52e8c5 5547msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5548"Specifies the mode of all created index files. It defaults to 0644. All "
5549"index files are set to this mode with no regard to the umask."
2a52e8c5
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5550msgstr ""
5551
7d76ea1d 5552#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5553#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:238 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:384
2a52e8c5 5554msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5555"Specifies whether long descriptions should be included in the "
5556"<filename>Packages</filename> file or split out into a master "
5557"<filename>Translation-en</filename> file."
2a52e8c5
DK
5558msgstr ""
5559
5560#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 5561#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:244
7d76ea1d 5562msgid "<literal>TreeDefault</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
5563msgstr ""
5564
5565#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 5566#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:246
2a52e8c5 5567msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5568"Sets defaults specific to <literal>Tree</literal> sections. All of these "
5569"variables are substitution variables and have the strings $(DIST), "
5570"$(SECTION) and $(ARCH) replaced with their respective values."
2a52e8c5
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5571msgstr ""
5572
7d76ea1d 5573#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5574#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:253
7d76ea1d
DK
5575msgid ""
5576"Sets the number of kilobytes of contents files that are generated each "
5577"day. The contents files are round-robined so that over several days they "
5578"will all be rebuilt."
2a52e8c5
DK
5579msgstr ""
5580
7d76ea1d 5581#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5582#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:260
2a52e8c5 5583msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5584"Controls the number of days a contents file is allowed to be checked without "
5585"changing. If this limit is passed the mtime of the contents file is "
5586"updated. This case can occur if the package file is changed in such a way "
5587"that does not result in a new contents file [override edit for instance]. A "
5588"hold off is allowed in hopes that new .debs will be installed, requiring a "
5589"new file anyhow. The default is 10, the units are in days."
2a52e8c5
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5590msgstr ""
5591
7d76ea1d 5592#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5593#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:271
2a52e8c5 5594msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5595"Sets the top of the .deb directory tree. Defaults to "
5596"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5597msgstr ""
5598
7d76ea1d 5599#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5600#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:277
2a52e8c5 5601msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5602"Sets the top of the source package directory tree. Defaults to "
5603"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5604msgstr ""
5605
7d76ea1d 5606#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5607#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:283
2a52e8c5 5608msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5609"Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to "
5610"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/Packages</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5611msgstr ""
5612
7d76ea1d 5613#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5614#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:289
2a52e8c5 5615msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5616"Sets the output Sources file. Defaults to "
5617"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/Sources</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5618msgstr ""
5619
7d76ea1d 5620#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5621#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:295
2a52e8c5 5622msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5623"Sets the output Translation-en master file with the long descriptions if "
5624"they should be not included in the Packages file. Defaults to "
5625"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/i18n/Translation-en</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5626msgstr ""
5627
7d76ea1d 5628#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5629#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:302
2a52e8c5 5630msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5631"Sets the path prefix that causes a symlink to be considered an internal link "
5632"instead of an external link. Defaults to "
5633"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/</filename>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5634msgstr ""
5635
7d76ea1d 5636#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5637#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:309
2a52e8c5 5638msgid ""
7d76ea1d 5639"Sets the output Contents file. Defaults to "
3adddfa8
DK
5640"<filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/Contents-$(ARCH)</filename>. If this setting "
5641"causes multiple Packages files to map onto a single Contents file (as is the "
7d76ea1d
DK
5642"default) then <command>apt-ftparchive</command> will integrate those "
5643"package files together automatically."
2a52e8c5
DK
5644msgstr ""
5645
7d76ea1d 5646#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5647#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:318
7d76ea1d 5648msgid "Sets header file to prepend to the contents output."
2a52e8c5
DK
5649msgstr ""
5650
7d76ea1d 5651#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5652#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:323
2a52e8c5 5653msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5654"Sets the binary cache database to use for this section. Multiple sections "
5655"can share the same database."
2a52e8c5
DK
5656msgstr ""
5657
7d76ea1d 5658#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5659#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:329
7d76ea1d
DK
5660msgid ""
5661"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
5662"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
5663"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory."
2a52e8c5
DK
5664msgstr ""
5665
7d76ea1d 5666#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5667#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:336
2a52e8c5 5668msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5669"Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, "
5670"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> should read the list of files from the "
5671"given file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory. "
5672"This is used when processing source indexes."
2a52e8c5
DK
5673msgstr ""
5674
5675#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 5676#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:344
7d76ea1d 5677msgid "<literal>Tree</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
5678msgstr ""
5679
7d76ea1d 5680#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 5681#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:346
2a52e8c5 5682msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5683"The <literal>Tree</literal> section defines a standard Debian file tree "
5684"which consists of a base directory, then multiple sections in that base "
5685"directory and finally multiple Architectures in each section. The exact "
5686"pathing used is defined by the <literal>Directory</literal> substitution "
5687"variable."
2a52e8c5
DK
5688msgstr ""
5689
5690#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 5691#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:351
2a52e8c5 5692msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5693"The <literal>Tree</literal> section takes a scope tag which sets the "
5694"<literal>$(DIST)</literal> variable and defines the root of the tree (the "
5695"path is prefixed by <literal>ArchiveDir</literal>). Typically this is a "
5696"setting such as <filename>dists/&stable-codename;</filename>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5697msgstr ""
5698
5699#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 5700#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:356
2a52e8c5 5701msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5702"All of the settings defined in the <literal>TreeDefault</literal> section "
5703"can be used in a <literal>Tree</literal> section as well as three new "
5704"variables."
2a52e8c5
DK
5705msgstr ""
5706
5707#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para><programlisting>
ce34af08 5708#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:362
2a52e8c5 5709#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d
DK
5710msgid ""
5711"for i in Sections do \n"
5712" for j in Architectures do\n"
5713" Generate for DIST=scope SECTION=i ARCH=j\n"
5714" "
2a52e8c5
DK
5715msgstr ""
5716
5717#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 5718#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:359
2a52e8c5 5719msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5720"When processing a <literal>Tree</literal> section "
5721"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> performs an operation similar to: "
5722"<placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5723msgstr ""
5724
7d76ea1d 5725#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5726#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:370
7d76ea1d
DK
5727msgid ""
5728"This is a space separated list of sections which appear under the "
5729"distribution; typically this is something like <literal>main contrib "
5730"non-free</literal>"
2a52e8c5
DK
5731msgstr ""
5732
7d76ea1d 5733#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5734#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:377
2a52e8c5 5735msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5736"This is a space separated list of all the architectures that appear under "
5737"search section. The special architecture 'source' is used to indicate that "
5738"this tree has a source archive."
2a52e8c5
DK
5739msgstr ""
5740
7d76ea1d 5741#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5742#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:390
2a52e8c5 5743msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5744"Sets the binary override file. The override file contains section, priority "
5745"and maintainer address information."
2a52e8c5
DK
5746msgstr ""
5747
7d76ea1d 5748#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5749#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:396
2a52e8c5 5750msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5751"Sets the source override file. The override file contains section "
5752"information."
2a52e8c5
DK
5753msgstr ""
5754
7d76ea1d 5755#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5756#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:402 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:448
7d76ea1d 5757msgid "Sets the binary extra override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
5758msgstr ""
5759
7d76ea1d 5760#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5761#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:407 apt-ftparchive.1.xml:453
7d76ea1d 5762msgid "Sets the source extra override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
5763msgstr ""
5764
7d76ea1d 5765#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><title>
ce34af08 5766#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:412
7d76ea1d 5767msgid "<literal>BinDirectory</literal> Section"
2a52e8c5
DK
5768msgstr ""
5769
2a52e8c5 5770#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><para>
ce34af08 5771#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:414
2a52e8c5 5772msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5773"The <literal>bindirectory</literal> section defines a binary directory tree "
5774"with no special structure. The scope tag specifies the location of the "
5775"binary directory and the settings are similar to the <literal>Tree</literal> "
5776"section with no substitution variables or "
5777"<literal>Section</literal><literal>Architecture</literal> settings."
2a52e8c5
DK
5778msgstr ""
5779
7d76ea1d 5780#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5781#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:422
7d76ea1d 5782msgid "Sets the Packages file output."
2a52e8c5
DK
5783msgstr ""
5784
7d76ea1d 5785#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5786#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:427
2a52e8c5 5787msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5788"Sets the Sources file output. At least one of <literal>Packages</literal> or "
5789"<literal>Sources</literal> is required."
2a52e8c5
DK
5790msgstr ""
5791
7d76ea1d 5792#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5793#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:433
7d76ea1d 5794msgid "Sets the Contents file output (optional)."
2a52e8c5
DK
5795msgstr ""
5796
7d76ea1d 5797#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5798#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:438
7d76ea1d 5799msgid "Sets the binary override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
5800msgstr ""
5801
7d76ea1d 5802#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5803#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:443
7d76ea1d 5804msgid "Sets the source override file."
2a52e8c5
DK
5805msgstr ""
5806
7d76ea1d 5807#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5808#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:458
7d76ea1d 5809msgid "Sets the cache DB."
2a52e8c5
DK
5810msgstr ""
5811
7d76ea1d 5812#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5813#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:463
7d76ea1d 5814msgid "Appends a path to all the output paths."
2a52e8c5
DK
5815msgstr ""
5816
7d76ea1d 5817#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><refsect2><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5818#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:468
7d76ea1d
DK
5819msgid "Specifies the file list file."
5820msgstr ""
5821
5822#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 5823#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:475
7d76ea1d 5824msgid "The Binary Override File"
2a52e8c5
DK
5825msgstr ""
5826
5827#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5828#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:476
2a52e8c5 5829msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5830"The binary override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scanpackages;. It "
5831"contains four fields separated by spaces. The first field is the package "
5832"name, the second is the priority to force that package to, the third is the "
5833"section to force that package to and the final field is the maintainer "
5834"permutation field."
2a52e8c5
DK
5835msgstr ""
5836
7d76ea1d 5837#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
ce34af08 5838#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:482
2a52e8c5 5839#, no-wrap
7d76ea1d 5840msgid "old [// oldn]* => new"
2a52e8c5
DK
5841msgstr ""
5842
7d76ea1d 5843#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><literallayout>
ce34af08 5844#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:484
7d76ea1d
DK
5845#, no-wrap
5846msgid "new"
2a52e8c5
DK
5847msgstr ""
5848
5849#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5850#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:481
2a52e8c5 5851msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5852"The general form of the maintainer field is: <placeholder "
5853"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"0\"/> or simply, <placeholder "
5854"type=\"literallayout\" id=\"1\"/> The first form allows a double-slash "
5855"separated list of old email addresses to be specified. If any of those are "
5856"found then new is substituted for the maintainer field. The second form "
5857"unconditionally substitutes the maintainer field."
c77d6597
MV
5858msgstr ""
5859
7d76ea1d 5860#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 5861#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:492
7d76ea1d 5862msgid "The Source Override File"
c77d6597
MV
5863msgstr ""
5864
2a52e8c5 5865#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5866#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:494
c77d6597 5867msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5868"The source override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scansources;. It "
5869"contains two fields separated by spaces. The first field is the source "
5870"package name, the second is the section to assign it."
c77d6597
MV
5871msgstr ""
5872
7d76ea1d 5873#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><title>
ce34af08 5874#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:499
7d76ea1d 5875msgid "The Extra Override File"
c77d6597
MV
5876msgstr ""
5877
5878#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5879#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:501
c77d6597 5880msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5881"The extra override file allows any arbitrary tag to be added or replaced in "
5882"the output. It has three columns, the first is the package, the second is "
5883"the tag and the remainder of the line is the new value."
2a52e8c5
DK
5884msgstr ""
5885
7d76ea1d 5886#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5887#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:512
7d76ea1d
DK
5888msgid ""
5889"Generate the given checksum. These options default to on, when turned off "
5890"the generated index files will not have the checksum fields where possible. "
5891"Configuration Items: "
5892"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> and "
5893"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::<replaceable>Index</replaceable>::<replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> "
5894"where <literal><replaceable>Index</replaceable></literal> can be "
5895"<literal>Packages</literal>, <literal>Sources</literal> or "
5896"<literal>Release</literal> and "
5897"<literal><replaceable>Checksum</replaceable></literal> can be "
5898"<literal>MD5</literal>, <literal>SHA1</literal> or "
5899"<literal>SHA256</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5900msgstr ""
5901
7d76ea1d 5902#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5903#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:523
2a52e8c5 5904msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5905"Use a binary caching DB. This has no effect on the generate command. "
5906"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DB</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5907msgstr ""
5908
7d76ea1d 5909#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5910#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:529
7d76ea1d
DK
5911msgid ""
5912"Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators. "
5913"More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use "
5914"<option>-q=#</option> to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration "
5915"file. Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5916msgstr ""
5917
7d76ea1d 5918#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5919#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:537
7d76ea1d
DK
5920msgid ""
5921"Perform Delinking. If the <literal>External-Links</literal> setting is used "
5922"then this option actually enables delinking of the files. It defaults to on "
5923"and can be turned off with <option>--no-delink</option>. Configuration "
5924"Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::DeLinkAct</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5925msgstr ""
5926
7d76ea1d 5927#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5928#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:545
2a52e8c5 5929msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5930"Perform contents generation. When this option is set and package indexes are "
5931"being generated with a cache DB then the file listing will also be extracted "
5932"and stored in the DB for later use. When using the generate command this "
5933"option also allows the creation of any Contents files. The default is on. "
5934"Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Contents</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5935msgstr ""
5936
7d76ea1d 5937#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5938#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:555
2a52e8c5 5939msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5940"Select the source override file to use with the <literal>sources</literal> "
5941"command. Configuration Item: "
5942"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::SourceOverride</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5943msgstr ""
5944
7d76ea1d 5945#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5946#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:561
2a52e8c5 5947msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5948"Make the caching databases read only. Configuration Item: "
5949"<literal>APT::FTPArchive::ReadOnlyDB</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5950msgstr ""
5951
7d76ea1d 5952#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5953#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:566
2a52e8c5 5954msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5955"Accept in the <literal>packages</literal> and <literal>contents</literal> "
5956"commands only package files matching <literal>*_arch.deb</literal> or "
5957"<literal>*_all.deb</literal> instead of all package files in the given "
5958"path. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::FTPArchive::Architecture</literal>."
2a52e8c5
DK
5959msgstr ""
5960
7d76ea1d 5961#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5962#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:574
2a52e8c5 5963msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5964"&apt-ftparchive; caches as much as possible of metadata in a cachedb. If "
5965"packages are recompiled and/or republished with the same version again, this "
5966"will lead to problems as the now outdated cached metadata like size and "
5967"checksums will be used. With this option enabled this will no longer happen "
5968"as it will be checked if the file was changed. Note that this option is set "
5969"to \"<literal>false</literal>\" by default as it is not recommend to upload "
5970"multiply versions/builds of a package with the same versionnumber, so in "
5971"theory nobody will have these problems and therefore all these extra checks "
5972"are useless."
2a52e8c5
DK
5973msgstr ""
5974
7d76ea1d 5975#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><variablelist><varlistentry><listitem><para>
ce34af08 5976#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:586
2a52e8c5 5977msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5978"This configuration option defaults to \"<literal>true</literal>\" and should "
5979"only be set to <literal>\"false\"</literal> if the Archive generated with "
5980"&apt-ftparchive; also provides <filename>Translation</filename> files. Note "
5981"that the <filename>Translation-en</filename> master file can only be created "
5982"in the generate command."
2a52e8c5
DK
5983msgstr ""
5984
7d76ea1d 5985#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para><programlisting>
ce34af08 5986#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:604
7d76ea1d
DK
5987#, no-wrap
5988msgid ""
5989"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> packages "
5990"<replaceable>directory</replaceable> | <command>gzip</command> > "
5991"<filename>Packages.gz</filename>\n"
43be0ac4
MV
5992msgstr ""
5993
7d76ea1d 5994#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 5995#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:600
43be0ac4 5996msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
5997"To create a compressed Packages file for a directory containing binary "
5998"packages (.deb): <placeholder type=\"programlisting\" id=\"0\"/>"
43be0ac4
MV
5999msgstr ""
6000
2a52e8c5 6001#. type: Content of: <refentry><refsect1><para>
ce34af08 6002#: apt-ftparchive.1.xml:614
2a52e8c5 6003msgid ""
7d76ea1d
DK
6004"<command>apt-ftparchive</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal "
6005"100 on error."
2a52e8c5
DK
6006msgstr ""
6007
43be0ac4
MV
6008#. type: <title></title>
6009#: guide.sgml:4
6010msgid "APT User's Guide"
6011msgstr ""
6012
6013#. type: <author></author>
6014#: guide.sgml:6 offline.sgml:6
6015msgid "<name>Jason Gunthorpe </name><email>jgg@debian.org</email>"
6016msgstr ""
6017
6018#. type: <version></version>
6019#: guide.sgml:7
6020msgid "$Id: guide.sgml,v 1.7 2003/04/26 23:26:13 doogie Exp $"
6021msgstr ""
6022
6023#. type: <abstract></abstract>
6024#: guide.sgml:11
6025msgid ""
6026"This document provides an overview of how to use the the APT package "
6027"manager."
6028msgstr ""
6029
6030#. type: <copyrightsummary></copyrightsummary>
6031#: guide.sgml:15
6032msgid "Copyright &copy; Jason Gunthorpe, 1998."
6033msgstr ""
6034
6035#. type: <p></p>
6036#: guide.sgml:21 offline.sgml:22
6037msgid ""
6038"\"APT\" and this document are free software; you can redistribute them "
6039"and/or modify them under the terms of the GNU General Public License as "
6040"published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, "
6041"or (at your option) any later version."
6042msgstr ""
6043
6044#. type: <p></p>
6045#: guide.sgml:24 offline.sgml:25
6046msgid ""
b176de3a 6047"For more details, on Debian systems, see the file "
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6048"/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full license."
6049msgstr ""
6050
6051#. type: <heading></heading>
6052#: guide.sgml:32
6053msgid "General"
6054msgstr ""
6055
6056#. type: <p></p>
6057#: guide.sgml:38
6058msgid ""
6059"The APT package currently contains two sections, the APT "
6060"<prgn>dselect</prgn> method and the <prgn>apt-get</prgn> command line user "
6061"interface. Both provide a way to install and remove packages as well as "
6062"download new packages from the Internet."
6063msgstr ""
6064
6065#. type: <heading></heading>
6066#: guide.sgml:39
6067msgid "Anatomy of the Package System"
6068msgstr ""
6069
6070#. type: <p></p>
6071#: guide.sgml:44
6072msgid ""
6073"The Debian packaging system has a large amount of information associated "
6074"with each package to help assure that it integrates cleanly and easily into "
6075"the system. The most prominent of its features is the dependency system."
6076msgstr ""
6077
6078#. type: <p></p>
6079#: guide.sgml:52
6080msgid ""
6081"The dependency system allows individual programs to make use of shared "
6082"elements in the system such as libraries. It simplifies placing infrequently "
6083"used portions of a program in separate packages to reduce the number of "
6084"things the average user is required to install. Also, it allows for choices "
6085"in mail transport agents, X servers and so on."
6086msgstr ""
6087
6088#. type: <p></p>
6089#: guide.sgml:57
6090msgid ""
6091"The first step to understanding the dependency system is to grasp the "
6092"concept of a simple dependency. The meaning of a simple dependency is that a "
6093"package requires another package to be installed at the same time to work "
6094"properly."
6095msgstr ""
6096
6097#. type: <p></p>
6098#: guide.sgml:63
6099msgid ""
6100"For instance, mailcrypt is an emacs extension that aids in encrypting email "
b39c1859 6101"with GPG. Without GPGP installed mailcrypt is useless, so mailcrypt has a "
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6102"simple dependency on GPG. Also, because it is an emacs extension it has a "
6103"simple dependency on emacs, without emacs it is completely useless."
6104msgstr ""
6105
6106#. type: <p></p>
6107#: guide.sgml:73
6108msgid ""
6109"The other important dependency to understand is a conflicting dependency. It "
6110"means that a package, when installed with another package, will not work and "
6111"may possibly be extremely harmful to the system. As an example consider a "
6112"mail transport agent such as sendmail, exim or qmail. It is not possible to "
6113"have two mail transport agents installed because both need to listen to the "
6114"network to receive mail. Attempting to install two will seriously damage the "
6115"system so all mail transport agents have a conflicting dependency with all "
6116"other mail transport agents."
6117msgstr ""
6118
6119#. type: <p></p>
6120#: guide.sgml:83
6121msgid ""
6122"As an added complication there is the possibility for a package to pretend "
6123"to be another package. Consider that exim and sendmail for many intents are "
6124"identical, they both deliver mail and understand a common interface. Hence, "
6125"the package system has a way for them to declare that they are both "
6126"mail-transport-agents. So, exim and sendmail both declare that they provide "
6127"a mail-transport-agent and other packages that need a mail transport agent "
6128"depend on mail-transport-agent. This can add a great deal of confusion when "
6129"trying to manually fix packages."
6130msgstr ""
6131
6132#. type: <p></p>
6133#: guide.sgml:88
6134msgid ""
6135"At any given time a single dependency may be met by packages that are "
6136"already installed or it may not be. APT attempts to help resolve dependency "
6137"issues by providing a number of automatic algorithms that help in selecting "
6138"packages for installation."
6139msgstr ""
6140
9aa80d52
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6141#. type: <heading></heading>
6142#: guide.sgml:96
6143msgid "apt-get"
6144msgstr ""
6145
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6146#. type: <p></p>
6147#: guide.sgml:102
6148msgid ""
6149"<prgn>apt-get</prgn> provides a simple way to install packages from the "
6150"command line. Unlike <prgn>dpkg</prgn>, <prgn>apt-get</prgn> does not "
6151"understand .deb files, it works with the package's proper name and can only "
6152"install .deb archives from a <em>Source</em>."
6153msgstr ""
6154
6155#. type: <p></p>
6156#: guide.sgml:109
6157msgid ""
6158"The first <footnote><p>If you are using an http proxy server you must set "
6159"the http_proxy environment variable first, see "
6160"sources.list(5)</p></footnote> thing that should be done before using "
6161"<prgn>apt-get</prgn> is to fetch the package lists from the <em>Sources</em> "
6162"so that it knows what packages are available. This is done with <tt>apt-get "
6163"update</tt>. For instance,"
6164msgstr ""
6165
6166#. type: <example></example>
6167#: guide.sgml:116
6168#, no-wrap
6169msgid ""
6170"# apt-get update\n"
6171"Get http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/binary-i386/ Packages\n"
6172"Get http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
6173"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
6174"Building Dependency Tree... Done"
6175msgstr ""
6176
6177#. type: <p><taglist>
6178#: guide.sgml:120
6179msgid "Once updated there are several commands that can be used:"
6180msgstr ""
6181
2b9b27c3
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6182#. type: <tag></tag>
6183#: guide.sgml:121
6184msgid "upgrade"
6185msgstr ""
6186
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6187#. type: <p></p>
6188#: guide.sgml:131
6189msgid ""
6190"Upgrade will attempt to gently upgrade the whole system. Upgrade will never "
6191"install a new package or remove an existing package, nor will it ever "
6192"upgrade a package that might cause some other package to break. This can be "
6193"used daily to relatively safely upgrade the system. Upgrade will list all of "
6194"the packages that it could not upgrade, this usually means that they depend "
6195"on new packages or conflict with some other package. <prgn>dselect</prgn> or "
6196"<tt>apt-get install</tt> can be used to force these packages to install."
6197msgstr ""
6198
2b9b27c3
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6199#. type: <tag></tag>
6200#: guide.sgml:131
6201msgid "install"
6202msgstr ""
6203
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6204#. type: <p></p>
6205#: guide.sgml:140
6206msgid ""
6207"Install is used to install packages by name. The package is automatically "
6208"fetched and installed. This can be useful if you already know the name of "
6209"the package to install and do not want to go into a GUI to select it. Any "
6210"number of packages may be passed to install, they will all be "
6211"fetched. Install automatically attempts to resolve dependency problems with "
6212"the listed packages and will print a summary and ask for confirmation if "
6213"anything other than its arguments are changed."
6214msgstr ""
6215
2b9b27c3
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6216#. type: <tag></tag>
6217#: guide.sgml:140
6218msgid "dist-upgrade"
6219msgstr ""
6220
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6221#. type: <p></p>
6222#: guide.sgml:149
6223msgid ""
6224"Dist-upgrade is a complete upgrader designed to simplify upgrading between "
6225"releases of Debian. It uses a sophisticated algorithm to determine the best "
6226"set of packages to install, upgrade and remove to get as much of the system "
6227"to the newest release. In some situations it may be desired to use "
6228"dist-upgrade rather than spend the time manually resolving dependencies in "
6229"<prgn>dselect</prgn>. Once dist-upgrade has completed then "
6230"<prgn>dselect</prgn> can be used to install any packages that may have been "
6231"left out."
6232msgstr ""
6233
6234#. type: <p></p>
6235#: guide.sgml:152
6236msgid ""
6237"It is important to closely look at what dist-upgrade is going to do, its "
6238"decisions may sometimes be quite surprising."
6239msgstr ""
6240
6241#. type: <p></p>
6242#: guide.sgml:163
6243msgid ""
6244"<prgn>apt-get</prgn> has several command line options that are detailed in "
a4a59015 6245"its man page, <manref name=\"apt-get\" section=\"8\">. The most useful "
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6246"option is <tt>-d</tt> which does not install the fetched files. If the "
6247"system has to download a large number of package it would be undesired to "
6248"start installing them in case something goes wrong. When <tt>-d</tt> is used "
6249"the downloaded archives can be installed by simply running the command that "
6250"caused them to be downloaded again without <tt>-d</tt>."
6251msgstr ""
6252
6253#. type: <heading></heading>
6254#: guide.sgml:168
6255msgid "DSelect"
6256msgstr ""
6257
6258#. type: <p></p>
6259#: guide.sgml:173
6260msgid ""
6261"The APT <prgn>dselect</prgn> method provides the complete APT system with "
6262"the <prgn>dselect</prgn> package selection GUI. <prgn>dselect</prgn> is used "
6263"to select the packages to be installed or removed and APT actually installs "
6264"them."
6265msgstr ""
6266
6267#. type: <p></p>
6268#: guide.sgml:184
6269msgid ""
b39c1859
MV
6270"To enable the APT method you need to select [A]ccess in <prgn>dselect</prgn> "
6271"and then choose the APT method. You will be prompted for a set of "
6272"<em>Sources</em> which are places to fetch archives from. These can be "
25838be6 6273"remote Internet sites, local Debian mirrors or CD-ROMs. Each source can "
b39c1859 6274"provide a fragment of the total Debian archive, APT will automatically "
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6275"combine them to form a complete set of packages. If you have a CD-ROM then "
6276"it is a good idea to specify it first and then specify a mirror so that you "
43be0ac4 6277"have access to the latest bug fixes. APT will automatically use packages on "
25838be6 6278"your CD-ROM before downloading from the Internet."
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6279msgstr ""
6280
6281#. type: <example></example>
6282#: guide.sgml:198
6283#, no-wrap
6284msgid ""
6285" Set up a list of distribution source locations\n"
6286"\t \n"
6287" Please give the base URL of the debian distribution.\n"
6288" The access schemes I know about are: http file\n"
6289"\t \n"
6290" For example:\n"
6291" file:/mnt/debian,\n"
6292" ftp://ftp.debian.org/debian,\n"
6293" http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian,\n"
6294" \n"
6295" \n"
6296" URL [http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian]:"
6297msgstr ""
6298
6299#. type: <p></p>
6300#: guide.sgml:205
6301msgid ""
6302"The <em>Sources</em> setup starts by asking for the base of the Debian "
6303"archive, defaulting to a HTTP mirror. Next it asks for the distribution to "
6304"get."
6305msgstr ""
6306
6307#. type: <example></example>
6308#: guide.sgml:212
6309#, no-wrap
6310msgid ""
6311" Please give the distribution tag to get or a path to the\n"
6312" package file ending in a /. The distribution\n"
6313" tags are typically something like: stable unstable testing non-US\n"
6314" \n"
6315" Distribution [stable]:"
6316msgstr ""
6317
6318#. type: <p></p>
6319#: guide.sgml:222
6320msgid ""
6321"The distribution refers to the Debian version in the archive, "
6322"<em>stable</em> refers to the latest released version and <em>unstable</em> "
6323"refers to the developmental version. <em>non-US</em> is only available on "
6324"some mirrors and refers to packages that contain encryption technology or "
6325"other things that cannot be exported from the United States. Importing these "
6326"packages into the US is legal however."
6327msgstr ""
6328
6329#. type: <example></example>
6330#: guide.sgml:228
6331#, no-wrap
6332msgid ""
6333" Please give the components to get\n"
6334" The components are typically something like: main contrib non-free\n"
6335" \n"
6336" Components [main contrib non-free]:"
6337msgstr ""
6338
6339#. type: <p></p>
6340#: guide.sgml:236
6341msgid ""
6342"The components list refers to the list of sub distributions to fetch. The "
6343"distribution is split up based on software licenses, main being DFSG free "
6344"packages while contrib and non-free contain things that have various "
6345"restrictions placed on their use and distribution."
6346msgstr ""
6347
6348#. type: <p></p>
6349#: guide.sgml:240
6350msgid ""
6351"Any number of sources can be added, the setup script will continue to prompt "
6352"until you have specified all that you want."
6353msgstr ""
6354
6355#. type: <p></p>
6356#: guide.sgml:247
6357msgid ""
6358"Before starting to use <prgn>dselect</prgn> it is necessary to update the "
b39c1859 6359"available list by selecting [U]pdate from the menu. This is a superset of "
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6360"<tt>apt-get update</tt> that makes the fetched information available to "
6361"<prgn>dselect</prgn>. [U]pdate must be performed even if <tt>apt-get "
6362"update</tt> has been run before."
6363msgstr ""
6364
6365#. type: <p></p>
6366#: guide.sgml:253
6367msgid ""
6368"You can then go on and make your selections using [S]elect and then perform "
6369"the installation using [I]nstall. When using the APT method the [C]onfig and "
6370"[R]emove commands have no meaning, the [I]nstall command performs both of "
6371"them together."
6372msgstr ""
6373
6374#. type: <p></p>
6375#: guide.sgml:258
6376msgid ""
6377"By default APT will automatically remove the package (.deb) files once they "
6378"have been successfully installed. To change this behavior place "
6379"<tt>Dselect::clean \"prompt\";</tt> in /etc/apt/apt.conf."
6380msgstr ""
6381
6382#. type: <heading></heading>
6383#: guide.sgml:264
6384msgid "The Interface"
6385msgstr ""
6386
6387#. type: <p></p>
6388#: guide.sgml:278
6389msgid ""
6390"Both that APT <prgn>dselect</prgn> method and <prgn>apt-get</prgn> share the "
6391"same interface. It is a simple system that generally tells you what it will "
6392"do and then goes and does it. <footnote><p>The <prgn>dselect</prgn> method "
6393"actually is a set of wrapper scripts to <prgn>apt-get</prgn>. The method "
6394"actually provides more functionality than is present in <prgn>apt-get</prgn> "
6395"alone.</p></footnote> After printing out a summary of what will happen APT "
6396"then will print out some informative status messages so that you can "
6397"estimate how far along it is and how much is left to do."
6398msgstr ""
6399
6400#. type: <heading></heading>
6401#: guide.sgml:280
6402msgid "Startup"
6403msgstr ""
6404
6405#. type: <p></p>
6406#: guide.sgml:284
6407msgid ""
6408"Before all operations except update, APT performs a number of actions to "
6409"prepare its internal state. It also does some checks of the system's "
6410"state. At any time these operations can be performed by running <tt>apt-get "
6411"check</tt>."
6412msgstr ""
6413
6414#. type: <example></example>
6415#: guide.sgml:289
6416#, no-wrap
6417msgid ""
6418"# apt-get check\n"
6419"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
6420"Building Dependency Tree... Done"
6421msgstr ""
6422
6423#. type: <p></p>
6424#: guide.sgml:297
6425msgid ""
6426"The first thing it does is read all the package files into memory. APT uses "
6427"a caching scheme so this operation will be faster the second time it is "
6428"run. If some of the package files are not found then they will be ignored "
6429"and a warning will be printed when apt-get exits."
6430msgstr ""
6431
6432#. type: <p></p>
6433#: guide.sgml:303
6434msgid ""
6435"The final operation performs a detailed analysis of the system's "
6436"dependencies. It checks every dependency of every installed or unpacked "
6437"package and considers if it is OK. Should this find a problem then a report "
6438"will be printed out and <prgn>apt-get</prgn> will refuse to run."
6439msgstr ""
6440
6441#. type: <example></example>
6442#: guide.sgml:320
6443#, no-wrap
6444msgid ""
6445"# apt-get check\n"
6446"Reading Package Lists... Done\n"
6447"Building Dependency Tree... Done\n"
6448"You might want to run apt-get -f install' to correct these.\n"
6449"Sorry, but the following packages have unmet dependencies:\n"
6450" 9fonts: Depends: xlib6g but it is not installed\n"
6451" uucp: Depends: mailx but it is not installed\n"
6452" blast: Depends: xlib6g (>= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
6453" adduser: Depends: perl-base but it is not installed\n"
6454" aumix: Depends: libgpmg1 but it is not installed\n"
6455" debiandoc-sgml: Depends: sgml-base but it is not installed\n"
6456" bash-builtins: Depends: bash (>= 2.01) but 2.0-3 is installed\n"
6457" cthugha: Depends: svgalibg1 but it is not installed\n"
6458" Depends: xlib6g (>= 3.3-5) but it is not installed\n"
6459" libreadlineg2: Conflicts:libreadline2 (<< 2.1-2.1)"
6460msgstr ""
6461
6462#. type: <p></p>
6463#: guide.sgml:329
6464msgid ""
6465"In this example the system has many problems, including a serious problem "
6466"with libreadlineg2. For each package that has unmet dependencies a line is "
6467"printed out indicating the package with the problem and the dependencies "
6468"that are unmet. A short explanation of why the package has a dependency "
6469"problem is also included."
6470msgstr ""
6471
6472#. type: <p></p>
6473#: guide.sgml:337
6474msgid ""
6475"There are two ways a system can get into a broken state like this. The first "
6476"is caused by <prgn>dpkg</prgn> missing some subtle relationships between "
6477"packages when performing upgrades. <footnote><p>APT however considers all "
6478"known dependencies and attempts to prevent broken "
6479"packages</p></footnote>. The second is if a package installation fails "
6480"during an operation. In this situation a package may have been unpacked "
6481"without its dependents being installed."
6482msgstr ""
6483
6484#. type: <p></p>
6485#: guide.sgml:345
6486msgid ""
6487"The second situation is much less serious than the first because APT places "
6488"certain constraints on the order that packages are installed. In both cases "
6489"supplying the <tt>-f</tt> option to <prgn>apt-get</prgn> will cause APT to "
6490"deduce a possible solution to the problem and then continue on. The APT "
6491"<prgn>dselect</prgn> method always supplies the <tt>-f</tt> option to allow "
6492"for easy continuation of failed maintainer scripts."
6493msgstr ""
6494
6495#. type: <p></p>
6496#: guide.sgml:351
6497msgid ""
6498"However, if the <tt>-f</tt> option is used to correct a seriously broken "
6499"system caused by the first case then it is possible that it will either fail "
6500"immediately or the installation sequence will fail. In either case it is "
6501"necessary to manually use dpkg (possibly with forcing options) to correct "
6502"the situation enough to allow APT to proceed."
6503msgstr ""
6504
6505#. type: <heading></heading>
6506#: guide.sgml:356
6507msgid "The Status Report"
6508msgstr ""
6509
6510#. type: <p></p>
6511#: guide.sgml:363
6512msgid ""
6513"Before proceeding <prgn>apt-get</prgn> will present a report on what will "
6514"happen. Generally the report reflects the type of operation being performed "
6515"but there are several common elements. In all cases the lists reflect the "
6516"final state of things, taking into account the <tt>-f</tt> option and any "
6517"other relevant activities to the command being executed."
6518msgstr ""
6519
6520#. type: <heading></heading>
6521#: guide.sgml:364
6522msgid "The Extra Package list"
6523msgstr ""
6524
6525#. type: <example></example>
6526#: guide.sgml:372
6527#, no-wrap
6528msgid ""
6529"The following extra packages will be installed:\n"
6530" libdbd-mysql-perl xlib6 zlib1 xzx libreadline2 libdbd-msql-perl\n"
6531" mailpgp xdpkg fileutils pinepgp zlib1g xlib6g perl-base\n"
6532" bin86 libgdbm1 libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 bcc xbuffy\n"
6533" squake pgp-i python-base debmake ldso perl libreadlineg2\n"
6534" ssh"
6535msgstr ""
6536
6537#. type: <p></p>
6538#: guide.sgml:379
6539msgid ""
6540"The Extra Package list shows all of the packages that will be installed or "
6541"upgraded in excess of the ones mentioned on the command line. It is only "
6542"generated for an <tt>install</tt> command. The listed packages are often the "
6543"result of an Auto Install."
6544msgstr ""
6545
6546#. type: <heading></heading>
6547#: guide.sgml:382
6548msgid "The Packages to Remove"
6549msgstr ""
6550
6551#. type: <example></example>
6552#: guide.sgml:389
6553#, no-wrap
6554msgid ""
6555"The following packages will be REMOVED:\n"
6556" xlib6-dev xpat2 tk40-dev xkeycaps xbattle xonix\n"
6557" xdaliclock tk40 tk41 xforms0.86 ghostview xloadimage xcolorsel\n"
6558" xadmin xboard perl-debug tkined xtetris libreadline2-dev perl-suid\n"
6559" nas xpilot xfig"
6560msgstr ""
6561
6562#. type: <p></p>
6563#: guide.sgml:399
6564msgid ""
6565"The Packages to Remove list shows all of the packages that will be removed "
6566"from the system. It can be shown for any of the operations and should be "
6567"given a careful inspection to ensure nothing important is to be taken "
6568"off. The <tt>-f</tt> option is especially good at generating packages to "
6569"remove so extreme care should be used in that case. The list may contain "
6570"packages that are going to be removed because they are only partially "
6571"installed, possibly due to an aborted installation."
6572msgstr ""
6573
6574#. type: <heading></heading>
6575#: guide.sgml:402
6576msgid "The New Packages list"
6577msgstr ""
6578
6579#. type: <example></example>
6580#: guide.sgml:406
6581#, no-wrap
6582msgid ""
6583"The following NEW packages will installed:\n"
6584" zlib1g xlib6g perl-base libgdbmg1 quake-lib gmp2 pgp-i python-base"
6585msgstr ""
6586
6587#. type: <p></p>
6588#: guide.sgml:411
6589msgid ""
6590"The New Packages list is simply a reminder of what will happen. The packages "
6591"listed are not presently installed in the system but will be when APT is "
6592"done."
6593msgstr ""
6594
6595#. type: <heading></heading>
6596#: guide.sgml:414
6597msgid "The Kept Back list"
6598msgstr ""
6599
6600#. type: <example></example>
6601#: guide.sgml:419
6602#, no-wrap
6603msgid ""
6604"The following packages have been kept back\n"
6605" compface man-db tetex-base msql libpaper svgalib1\n"
6606" gs snmp arena lynx xpat2 groff xscreensaver"
6607msgstr ""
6608
6609#. type: <p></p>
6610#: guide.sgml:428
6611msgid ""
6612"Whenever the whole system is being upgraded there is the possibility that "
6613"new versions of packages cannot be installed because they require new things "
6614"or conflict with already installed things. In this case the package will "
6615"appear in the Kept Back list. The best way to convince packages listed there "
6616"to install is with <tt>apt-get install</tt> or by using <prgn>dselect</prgn> "
6617"to resolve their problems."
6618msgstr ""
6619
6620#. type: <heading></heading>
6621#: guide.sgml:431
6622msgid "Held Packages warning"
6623msgstr ""
6624
6625#. type: <example></example>
6626#: guide.sgml:435
6627#, no-wrap
6628msgid ""
6629"The following held packages will be changed:\n"
6630" cvs"
6631msgstr ""
6632
6633#. type: <p></p>
6634#: guide.sgml:441
6635msgid ""
6636"Sometimes you can ask APT to install a package that is on hold, in such a "
6637"case it prints out a warning that the held package is going to be "
6638"changed. This should only happen during dist-upgrade or install."
6639msgstr ""
6640
6641#. type: <heading></heading>
6642#: guide.sgml:444
6643msgid "Final summary"
6644msgstr ""
6645
6646#. type: <p></p>
6647#: guide.sgml:447
6648msgid "Finally, APT will print out a summary of all the changes that will occur."
6649msgstr ""
6650
6651#. type: <example></example>
6652#: guide.sgml:452
6653#, no-wrap
6654msgid ""
6655"206 packages upgraded, 8 newly installed, 23 to remove and 51 not "
6656"upgraded.\n"
6657"12 packages not fully installed or removed.\n"
6658"Need to get 65.7M/66.7M of archives. After unpacking 26.5M will be used."
6659msgstr ""
6660
6661#. type: <p></p>
6662#: guide.sgml:470
6663msgid ""
6664"The first line of the summary simply is a reduced version of all of the "
6665"lists and includes the number of upgrades - that is packages already "
6666"installed that have new versions available. The second line indicates the "
6667"number of poorly configured packages, possibly the result of an aborted "
6668"installation. The final line shows the space requirements that the "
6669"installation needs. The first pair of numbers refer to the size of the "
6670"archive files. The first number indicates the number of bytes that must be "
6671"fetched from remote locations and the second indicates the total size of all "
6672"the archives required. The next number indicates the size difference between "
6673"the presently installed packages and the newly installed packages. It is "
6674"roughly equivalent to the space required in /usr after everything is "
6675"done. If a large number of packages are being removed then the value may "
6676"indicate the amount of space that will be freed."
6677msgstr ""
6678
6679#. type: <p></p>
6680#: guide.sgml:473
6681msgid ""
6682"Some other reports can be generated by using the -u option to show packages "
6683"to upgrade, they are similar to the previous examples."
6684msgstr ""
6685
6686#. type: <heading></heading>
6687#: guide.sgml:477
6688msgid "The Status Display"
6689msgstr ""
6690
6691#. type: <p></p>
6692#: guide.sgml:481
6693msgid ""
6694"During the download of archives and package files APT prints out a series of "
6695"status messages."
6696msgstr ""
6697
6698#. type: <example></example>
6699#: guide.sgml:490
6700#, no-wrap
6701msgid ""
6702"# apt-get update\n"
6703"Get:1 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ stable/non-US/ Packages\n"
6704"Get:2 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/contrib Packages\n"
6705"Hit http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/main Packages\n"
6706"Get:4 http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ unstable/binary-i386/ "
6707"Packages\n"
6708"Get:5 http://llug.sep.bnl.gov/debian/ testing/non-free Packages\n"
6709"11% [5 testing/non-free `Waiting for file' 0/32.1k 0%] 2203b/s 1m52s"
6710msgstr ""
6711
6712#. type: <p></p>
6713#: guide.sgml:500
6714msgid ""
6715"The lines starting with <em>Get</em> are printed out when APT begins to "
6716"fetch a file while the last line indicates the progress of the download. The "
6717"first percent value on the progress line indicates the total percent done of "
6718"all files. Unfortunately since the size of the Package files is unknown "
6719"<tt>apt-get update</tt> estimates the percent done which causes some "
6720"inaccuracies."
6721msgstr ""
6722
6723#. type: <p></p>
6724#: guide.sgml:509
6725msgid ""
6726"The next section of the status line is repeated once for each download "
6727"thread and indicates the operation being performed and some useful "
6728"information about what is happening. Sometimes this section will simply read "
6729"<em>Forking</em> which means the OS is loading the download module. The "
6730"first word after the [ is the fetch number as shown on the history "
6731"lines. The next word is the short form name of the object being "
6732"downloaded. For archives it will contain the name of the package that is "
6733"being fetched."
6734msgstr ""
6735
6736#. type: <p></p>
6737#: guide.sgml:524
6738msgid ""
6739"Inside of the single quote is an informative string indicating the progress "
6740"of the negotiation phase of the download. Typically it progresses from "
6741"<em>Connecting</em> to <em>Waiting for file</em> to <em>Downloading</em> or "
6742"<em>Resuming</em>. The final value is the number of bytes downloaded from "
6743"the remote site. Once the download begins this is represented as "
6744"<tt>102/10.2k</tt> indicating that 102 bytes have been fetched and 10.2 "
6745"kilobytes is expected. The total size is always shown in 4 figure notation "
6746"to preserve space. After the size display is a percent meter for the file "
6747"itself. The second last element is the instantaneous average speed. This "
6748"values is updated every 5 seconds and reflects the rate of data transfer for "
6749"that period. Finally is shown the estimated transfer time. This is updated "
6750"regularly and reflects the time to complete everything at the shown transfer "
6751"rate."
6752msgstr ""
6753
6754#. type: <p></p>
6755#: guide.sgml:530
6756msgid ""
6757"The status display updates every half second to provide a constant feedback "
6758"on the download progress while the Get lines scroll back whenever a new file "
6759"is started. Since the status display is constantly updated it is unsuitable "
6760"for logging to a file, use the <tt>-q</tt> option to remove the status "
6761"display."
6762msgstr ""
6763
6764#. type: <heading></heading>
6765#: guide.sgml:535
6766msgid "Dpkg"
6767msgstr ""
6768
6769#. type: <p></p>
6770#: guide.sgml:542
6771msgid ""
6772"APT uses <prgn>dpkg</prgn> for installing the archives and will switch over "
6773"to the <prgn>dpkg</prgn> interface once downloading is "
6774"completed. <prgn>dpkg</prgn> will also ask a number of questions as it "
6775"processes the packages and the packages themselves may also ask several "
6776"questions. Before each question there is usually a description of what it is "
6777"asking and the questions are too varied to discuss completely here."
6778msgstr ""
6779
6780#. type: <title></title>
6781#: offline.sgml:4
6782msgid "Using APT Offline"
6783msgstr ""
6784
6785#. type: <version></version>
6786#: offline.sgml:7
6787msgid "$Id: offline.sgml,v 1.8 2003/02/12 15:06:41 doogie Exp $"
6788msgstr ""
6789
6790#. type: <abstract></abstract>
6791#: offline.sgml:12
6792msgid ""
6793"This document describes how to use APT in a non-networked environment, "
6794"specifically a 'sneaker-net' approach for performing upgrades."
6795msgstr ""
6796
6797#. type: <copyrightsummary></copyrightsummary>
6798#: offline.sgml:16
6799msgid "Copyright &copy; Jason Gunthorpe, 1999."
6800msgstr ""
6801
6802#. type: <heading></heading>
6803#: offline.sgml:32
6804msgid "Introduction"
6805msgstr ""
6806
6807#. type: <heading></heading>
6808#: offline.sgml:34 offline.sgml:65 offline.sgml:180
6809msgid "Overview"
6810msgstr ""
6811
6812#. type: <p></p>
6813#: offline.sgml:40
6814msgid ""
6815"Normally APT requires direct access to a Debian archive, either from a local "
6816"media or through a network. Another common complaint is that a Debian "
6817"machine is on a slow link, such as a modem and another machine has a very "
6818"fast connection but they are physically distant."
6819msgstr ""
6820
6821#. type: <p></p>
6822#: offline.sgml:51
6823msgid ""
6824"The solution to this is to use large removable media such as a Zip disc or a "
6825"SuperDisk disc. These discs are not large enough to store the entire Debian "
6826"archive but can easily fit a subset large enough for most users. The idea is "
6827"to use APT to generate a list of packages that are required and then fetch "
6828"them onto the disc using another machine with good connectivity. It is even "
6829"possible to use another Debian machine with APT or to use a completely "
6830"different OS and a download tool like wget. Let <em>remote host</em> mean "
6831"the machine downloading the packages, and <em>target host</em> the one with "
6832"bad or no connection."
6833msgstr ""
6834
6835#. type: <p></p>
6836#: offline.sgml:57
6837msgid ""
6838"This is achieved by creatively manipulating the APT configuration file. The "
b39c1859 6839"essential premise to tell APT to look on a disc for it's archive files. Note "
43be0ac4
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6840"that the disc should be formated with a filesystem that can handle long file "
6841"names such as ext2, fat32 or vfat."
6842msgstr ""
6843
6844#. type: <heading></heading>
6845#: offline.sgml:63
6846msgid "Using APT on both machines"
6847msgstr ""
6848
6849#. type: <p><example>
6850#: offline.sgml:71
6851msgid ""
6852"APT being available on both machines gives the simplest configuration. The "
6853"basic idea is to place a copy of the status file on the disc and use the "
6854"remote machine to fetch the latest package files and decide which packages "
6855"to download. The disk directory structure should look like:"
6856msgstr ""
6857
6858#. type: <example></example>
6859#: offline.sgml:80
6860#, no-wrap
6861msgid ""
6862" /disc/\n"
6863" archives/\n"
6864" partial/\n"
6865" lists/\n"
6866" partial/\n"
6867" status\n"
6868" sources.list\n"
6869" apt.conf"
6870msgstr ""
6871
6872#. type: <heading></heading>
6873#: offline.sgml:88
6874msgid "The configuration file"
6875msgstr ""
6876
6877#. type: <p></p>
6878#: offline.sgml:96
6879msgid ""
6880"The configuration file should tell APT to store its files on the disc and to "
6881"use the configuration files on the disc as well. The sources.list should "
6882"contain the proper sites that you wish to use from the remote machine, and "
6883"the status file should be a copy of <em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> from the "
6884"<em>target host</em>. Please note, if you are using a local archive you must "
6885"use copy URIs, the syntax is identical to file URIs."
6886msgstr ""
6887
6888#. type: <p><example>
6889#: offline.sgml:100
6890msgid ""
6891"<em>apt.conf</em> must contain the necessary information to make APT use the "
6892"disc:"
6893msgstr ""
6894
6895#. type: <example></example>
6896#: offline.sgml:124
6897#, no-wrap
6898msgid ""
6899" APT\n"
6900" {\n"
6901" /* This is not necessary if the two machines are the same arch, it "
6902"tells\n"
6903" the remote APT what architecture the target machine is */\n"
6904" Architecture \"i386\";\n"
6905" \n"
6906" Get::Download-Only \"true\";\n"
6907" };\n"
6908" \n"
6909" Dir\n"
6910" {\n"
6911" /* Use the disc for state information and redirect the status file from\n"
6912" the /var/lib/dpkg default */\n"
6913" State \"/disc/\";\n"
6914" State::status \"status\";\n"
6915"\n"
6916" // Binary caches will be stored locally\n"
6917" Cache::archives \"/disc/archives/\";\n"
6918" Cache \"/tmp/\";\n"
6919" \n"
6920" // Location of the source list.\n"
6921" Etc \"/disc/\";\n"
6922" };"
6923msgstr ""
6924
6925#. type: </example></p>
6926#: offline.sgml:129
6927msgid ""
6928"More details can be seen by examining the apt.conf man page and the sample "
6929"configuration file in <em>/usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf</em>."
6930msgstr ""
6931
6932#. type: <p><example>
6933#: offline.sgml:136
6934msgid ""
6935"On the target machine the first thing to do is mount the disc and copy "
6936"<em>/var/lib/dpkg/status</em> to it. You will also need to create the "
6937"directories outlined in the Overview, <em>archives/partial/</em> and "
b39c1859 6938"<em>lists/partial/</em>. Then take the disc to the remote machine and "
43be0ac4
MV
6939"configure the sources.list. On the remote machine execute the following:"
6940msgstr ""
6941
6942#. type: <example></example>
6943#: offline.sgml:142
6944#, no-wrap
6945msgid ""
6946" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
6947" # apt-get update\n"
6948" [ APT fetches the package files ]\n"
6949" # apt-get dist-upgrade\n"
6950" [ APT fetches all the packages needed to upgrade the target machine ]"
6951msgstr ""
6952
6953#. type: </example></p>
6954#: offline.sgml:149
6955msgid ""
b39c1859 6956"The dist-upgrade command can be replaced with any other standard APT "
43be0ac4 6957"commands, particularly dselect-upgrade. You can even use an APT front end "
b39c1859 6958"such as <em>dselect</em>. However this presents a problem in communicating "
43be0ac4
MV
6959"your selections back to the local computer."
6960msgstr ""
6961
6962#. type: <p><example>
6963#: offline.sgml:153
6964msgid ""
6965"Now the disc contains all of the index files and archives needed to upgrade "
6966"the target machine. Take the disc back and run:"
6967msgstr ""
6968
6969#. type: <example></example>
6970#: offline.sgml:159
6971#, no-wrap
6972msgid ""
6973" # export APT_CONFIG=\"/disc/apt.conf\"\n"
6974" # apt-get check\n"
6975" [ APT generates a local copy of the cache files ]\n"
6976" # apt-get --no-d -o dir::state::status=/var/lib/dpkg/status dist-upgrade\n"
6977" [ Or any other APT command ]"
6978msgstr ""
6979
6980#. type: <p></p>
6981#: offline.sgml:165
6982msgid ""
6983"It is necessary for proper function to re-specify the status file to be the "
6984"local one. This is very important!"
6985msgstr ""
6986
6987#. type: <p></p>
6988#: offline.sgml:172
6989msgid ""
6990"If you are using dselect you can do the very risky operation of copying "
6991"disc/status to /var/lib/dpkg/status so that any selections you made on the "
6992"remote machine are updated. I highly recommend that people only make "
6993"selections on the local machine - but this may not always be possible. DO "
6994"NOT copy the status file if dpkg or APT have been run in the mean time!!"
6995msgstr ""
6996
6997#. type: <heading></heading>
6998#: offline.sgml:178
6999msgid "Using APT and wget"
7000msgstr ""
7001
7002#. type: <p></p>
7003#: offline.sgml:185
7004msgid ""
7005"<em>wget</em> is a popular and portable download tool that can run on nearly "
7006"any machine. Unlike the method above this requires that the Debian machine "
7007"already has a list of available packages."
7008msgstr ""
7009
7010#. type: <p></p>
7011#: offline.sgml:190
7012msgid ""
7013"The basic idea is to create a disc that has only the archive files "
7014"downloaded from the remote site. This is done by using the --print-uris "
7015"option to apt-get and then preparing a wget script to actually fetch the "
7016"packages."
7017msgstr ""
7018
7019#. type: <heading></heading>
7020#: offline.sgml:196
7021msgid "Operation"
7022msgstr ""
7023
7024#. type: <p><example>
7025#: offline.sgml:200
7026msgid ""
7027"Unlike the previous technique no special configuration files are "
7028"required. We merely use the standard APT commands to generate the file list."
7029msgstr ""
7030
7031#. type: <example></example>
7032#: offline.sgml:205
7033#, no-wrap
7034msgid ""
7035" # apt-get dist-upgrade \n"
7036" [ Press no when prompted, make sure you are happy with the actions ]\n"
7037" # apt-get -qq --print-uris dist-upgrade > uris\n"
7038" # awk '{print \"wget -O \" $2 \" \" $1}' < uris > /disc/wget-script"
7039msgstr ""
7040
7041#. type: </example></p>
7042#: offline.sgml:210
7043msgid ""
7044"Any command other than dist-upgrade could be used here, including "
7045"dselect-upgrade."
7046msgstr ""
7047
7048#. type: <p></p>
7049#: offline.sgml:216
7050msgid ""
7051"The /disc/wget-script file will now contain a list of wget commands to "
7052"execute in order to fetch the necessary archives. This script should be run "
7053"with the current directory as the disc's mount point so as to save the "
7054"output on the disc."
7055msgstr ""
7056
7057#. type: <p><example>
7058#: offline.sgml:219
7059msgid "The remote machine would do something like"
7060msgstr ""
7061
7062#. type: <example></example>
7063#: offline.sgml:223
7064#, no-wrap
7065msgid ""
7066" # cd /disc\n"
7067" # sh -x ./wget-script\n"
7068" [ wait.. ]"
7069msgstr ""
7070
7071#. type: </example><example>
7072#: offline.sgml:228
7073msgid ""
7074"Once the archives are downloaded and the disc returned to the Debian machine "
7075"installation can proceed using,"
7076msgstr ""
7077
7078#. type: <example></example>
7079#: offline.sgml:230
7080#, no-wrap
7081msgid " # apt-get -o dir::cache::archives=\"/disc/\" dist-upgrade"
7082msgstr ""
7083
7084#. type: </example></p>
7085#: offline.sgml:234
7086msgid "Which will use the already fetched archives on the disc."
7087msgstr ""