* huge merge to bring the apt debian-sid and ubuntu branches as close

[ntk/apt.git] / doc / apt-get.8.xml

diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 17f663a..1bd21a5 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -42,11 +42,13 @@
          <arg>dselect-upgrade</arg>
          <arg>install <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
          <arg>remove <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
+         <arg>purge <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
          <arg>source <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
          <arg>build-dep <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
          <arg>check</arg>
          <arg>clean</arg>
          <arg>autoclean</arg>
+         <arg>autoremove</arg>
       </group>   
    </cmdsynopsis>
  </refsynopsisdiv>
@@ -151,6 +153,11 @@
      installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry><term>purge</term>
+     <listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are 
+     removed and purged.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry><term>source</term>
      <listitem><para><literal>source</literal> causes <command>apt-get</command> to fetch source packages. APT 
      will examine the available packages to decide which source package to 
@@ -203,6 +210,11 @@
      <literal>APT::Clean-Installed</literal> will prevent installed packages from being
      erased if it is set to off.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term>autoremove</term>
+     <listitem><para><literal>autoremove</literal> is used to remove packages that were automatically
+     installed to satisfy dependencies for some package and that are no more needed.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>
  
@@ -382,6 +394,13 @@
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Remove</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry><term><option>--auto-remove</option></term>
+     <listitem><para>If the command is either <literal>install</literal> or <literal>remove</literal>,
+     then this option acts like running <literal>autoremove</literal> command, removing the unused
+     dependency packages. Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AutomaticRemove</literal>.
+     </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry><term><option>--only-source</option></term>
      <listitem><para>Only has meaning for the
      <literal>source</literal> and <literal>build-dep</literal>
@@ -393,9 +412,9 @@
      Item: <literal>APT::Get::Only-Source</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
-     <varlistentry><term><option>--diff-only</option></term><term><option>--tar-only</option></term>
-     <listitem><para>Download only the diff or tar file of a source archive. 
-     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal> and 
+     <varlistentry><term><option>--diff-only</option></term><term><option>--dsc-only</option></term><term><option>--tar-only</option></term>
+     <listitem><para>Download only the diff, dsc, or tar file of a source archive. 
+     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Diff-Only</literal>, <literal>APT::Get::Dsc-Only</literal>, and 
      <literal>APT::Get::Tar-Only</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>