doc/examples/configure-index: make "Dpkg::Max{Arg,ArgBytes} match reality

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diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index cc4e822..80b3be6 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
   "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
-
-<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
-%aptent;
-
-<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent">
-%aptverbatiment;
-
+<!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent"> %aptent;
+<!ENTITY % aptverbatiment SYSTEM "apt-verbatim.ent"> %aptverbatiment;
+<!ENTITY % aptvendor SYSTEM "apt-vendor.ent"> %aptvendor;
 ]>
 
 <refentry>
@@ -38,7 +34,7 @@
  <refsect1><title>Description</title>
    <para><command>apt-get</command> is the command-line tool for handling packages, and may be 
    considered the user's "back-end" to other tools using the APT
-   library.  Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as &dselect;,
+   library.  Several "front-end" interfaces exist, such as
    &aptitude;, &synaptic; and &wajig;.</para>
 
    <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the
@@ -215,10 +211,7 @@
      <listitem><para><literal>clean</literal> clears out the local repository of retrieved package 
      files. It removes everything but the lock file from 
      <filename>&cachedir;/archives/</filename> and 
-     <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>. When APT is used as a 
-     &dselect; method, <literal>clean</literal> is run automatically.
-     Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run <literal>apt-get clean</literal>
-     from time to time to free up disk space.</para></listitem>
+     <filename>&cachedir;/archives/partial/</filename>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
      <varlistentry><term><option>autoclean</option></term>
@@ -282,7 +275,7 @@
      running APT for the first time; APT itself does not allow broken package 
      dependencies to exist on a system. It is possible that a system's 
      dependency structure can be so corrupt as to require manual intervention 
-     (which usually means using &dselect; or <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of 
+     (which usually means using <command>dpkg --remove</command> to eliminate some of
      the offending packages). Use of this option together with <option>-m</option> may produce an
      error in some situations. 
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Fix-Broken</literal>.</para></listitem>
@@ -372,7 +365,18 @@
      by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and how cross-builddependencies
      are satisfied. By default is it not set which means that the host architecture
      is the same as the build architecture (which is defined by <literal>APT::Architecture</literal>).
-     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>
+     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Host-Architecture</literal>.
+     </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
+     <varlistentry><term><option>-P</option></term>
+                   <term><option>--build-profiles</option></term>
+     <listitem><para>This option controls the activated build profiles for which
+     a source package is built by <command>apt-get source --compile</command> and
+     how build dependencies are satisfied. By default no build profile is active.
+     More than one build profile can be activated at a time by concatenating them
+     with a comma.
+     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Build-Profiles</literal>.
      </para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
@@ -389,6 +393,18 @@
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Ignore-Hold</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+     <varlistentry><term><option>--with-new-pkgs</option></term>
+     <listitem><para>Allow installing new packages when used in
+     conjunction with <literal>upgrade</literal>.  This is useful if
+     the update of a installed package requires new dependencies to be
+     installed. Instead of holding the package back <literal>upgrade</literal>
+     will upgrade the package and install the new dependencies. Note that
+     <literal>upgrade</literal> with this option will never remove packages,
+     only allow adding new ones.
+     Configuration Item:  <literal>APT::Get::Upgrade-Allow-New</literal>.
+     </para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+
      <varlistentry><term><option>--no-upgrade</option></term>
      <listitem><para>Do not upgrade packages; when used in conjunction with <literal>install</literal>,
      <literal>no-upgrade</literal> will prevent packages on the command line
@@ -508,7 +524,15 @@
      This is useful for tools like pbuilder.
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::AllowUnauthenticated</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
-     
+
+     <varlistentry><term><option>--show-progress</option></term>
+     <listitem><para>Show user friendly progress information in the
+     terminal window when packages are installed, upgraded or
+     removed. For a machine parsable version of this data see
+     README.progress-reporting in the apt doc directory.
+     Configuration Item: <literal>Dpkg::Progress</literal> and <literal>Dpkg::Progress-Fancy</literal>.</para></listitem>
+     </varlistentry>
+    
 
      &apt-commonoptions;
      
@@ -526,7 +550,7 @@
  </refsect1>
 
  <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
-   <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &dselect;, &sources-list;,
+   <para>&apt-cache;, &apt-cdrom;, &dpkg;, &sources-list;,
    &apt-conf;, &apt-config;, &apt-secure;, 
    The APT User's guide in &guidesdir;, &apt-preferences;, the APT Howto.</para>
  </refsect1>