AJs bug fix and doc updates
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1 <!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- -->
2
3 <!-- Some common paths.. -->
4 <!ENTITY docdir "/usr/share/doc/apt/">
5 <!ENTITY configureindex "<filename>&docdir;examples/configure-index.gz</>">
6 <!ENTITY aptconfdir "<filename>/etc/apt.conf</>">
7 <!ENTITY statedir "/var/lib/apt">
8 <!ENTITY cachedir "/var/cache/apt">
9
10 <!-- Cross references to other man pages -->
11 <!ENTITY apt-conf "<CiteRefEntry>
12 <RefEntryTitle><filename/apt.conf/</RefEntryTitle>
13 <ManVolNum/5/
14 </CiteRefEntry>">
15
16 <!ENTITY apt-get "<CiteRefEntry>
17 <RefEntryTitle><command/apt-get/</RefEntryTitle>
18 <ManVolNum/8/
19 </CiteRefEntry>">
20
21 <!ENTITY apt-cdrom "<CiteRefEntry>
22 <RefEntryTitle><command/apt-cdrom/</RefEntryTitle>
23 <ManVolNum/8/
24 </CiteRefEntry>">
25
26 <!ENTITY apt-cache "<CiteRefEntry>
27 <RefEntryTitle><command/apt-cache/</RefEntryTitle>
28 <ManVolNum/8/
29 </CiteRefEntry>">
30
31 <!ENTITY apt-preferences "<CiteRefEntry>
32 <RefEntryTitle><command/apt_preferences/</RefEntryTitle>
33 <ManVolNum/5/
34 </CiteRefEntry>">
35
36 <!ENTITY sources-list "<CiteRefEntry>
37 <RefEntryTitle><filename/sources.list/</RefEntryTitle>
38 <ManVolNum/5/
39 </CiteRefEntry>">
40
41 <!ENTITY bug "<CiteRefEntry>
42 <RefEntryTitle><command/bug/</RefEntryTitle>
43 <ManVolNum/1/
44 </CiteRefEntry>">
45
46 <!ENTITY dpkg "<CiteRefEntry>
47 <RefEntryTitle><command/dpkg/</RefEntryTitle>
48 <ManVolNum/8/
49 </CiteRefEntry>">
50
51 <!ENTITY dpkg-buildpackage "<CiteRefEntry>
52 <RefEntryTitle><command/dpkg-buildpackage/</RefEntryTitle>
53 <ManVolNum/1/
54 </CiteRefEntry>">
55
56 <!ENTITY gzip "<CiteRefEntry>
57 <RefEntryTitle><command/gzip/</RefEntryTitle>
58 <ManVolNum/1/
59 </CiteRefEntry>">
60
61 <!ENTITY dpkg-scanpackages "<CiteRefEntry>
62 <RefEntryTitle><command/dpkg-scanpackages/</RefEntryTitle>
63 <ManVolNum/8/
64 </CiteRefEntry>">
65
66 <!ENTITY dpkg-scansources "<CiteRefEntry>
67 <RefEntryTitle><command/dpkg-scansources/</RefEntryTitle>
68 <ManVolNum/8/
69 </CiteRefEntry>">
70
71 <!ENTITY dselect "<CiteRefEntry>
72 <RefEntryTitle><command/dselect/</RefEntryTitle>
73 <ManVolNum/8/
74 </CiteRefEntry>">
75
76 <!-- Boiler plate docinfo section -->
77 <!ENTITY apt-docinfo "
78 <docinfo>
79 <address><email>apt@packages.debian.org</></address>
80 <author><firstname>Jason</> <surname>Gunthorpe</></>
81 <copyright><year>1998-2001</> <holder>Jason Gunthorpe</></>
82 <date>12 March 2001</>
83 </docinfo>
84 ">
85
86 <!-- Boiler plate Bug reporting section -->
87 <!ENTITY manbugs "
88 <RefSect1><Title>Bugs</>
89 <para>
90 See the <ulink url='http://bugs.debian.org/apt'>APT bug page</>.
91 If you wish to report a bug in APT, please see
92 <filename>/usr/share/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt</> or the &bug; command.
93 </RefSect1>
94 ">
95
96 <!-- Boiler plate Author section -->
97 <!ENTITY manauthor "
98 <RefSect1><Title>Author</>
99 <para>
100 APT was written by the APT team <email>apt@packages.debian.org</>.
101 </RefSect1>
102 ">
103
104 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
105 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
106 <!ENTITY apt-commonoptions "
107 <VarListEntry><term><option/-h/</><term><option/--help/</>
108 <ListItem><Para>
109 Show a short usage summary.
110 </VarListEntry>
111
112 <VarListEntry><term><option/-v/</><term><option/--version/</>
113 <ListItem><Para>
114 Show the program verison.
115 </VarListEntry>
116
117 <VarListEntry><term><option/-c/</><term><option/--config-file/</>
118 <ListItem><Para>
119 Configuration File; Specify a configuration file to use.
120 The program will read the default configuration file and then this
121 configuration file. See &apt-conf; for syntax information.
122 </VarListEntry>
123
124 <VarListEntry><term><option/-o/</><term><option/--option/</>
125 <ListItem><Para>
126 Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary configuration
127 option. The syntax is <option>-o Foo::Bar=bar</>.
128 </VarListEntry>
129 ">
130
131 <!-- Should be used within the option section of the text to
132 put in the blurb about -h, -v, -c and -o -->
133 <!ENTITY apt-cmdblurb "
134 <para>
135 All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
136 descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
137 options you can override the config file by using something like
138 <option/-f-/,<option/--no-f/, <option/-f=no/ or several other variations.
139 </para>
140 ">