* Replace SGML manpages with XML man pages from richard...

Author: mdz Date: 2004-02-07 21:48:14 GMT * Replace SGML manpages with XML man pages from richard.bos@xs4all.nl (Closes: #230687)
16 years ago · 24f6490f4b
--- a/buildlib/defaults.mak
+++ b/buildlib/defaults.mak
@@ -83,6 +83,7 @@ PYTHON_H = $(BASE)/buildlib/python.mak
 COPY_H = $(BASE)/buildlib/copy.mak
 YODL_MANPAGE_H = $(BASE)/buildlib/yodl_manpage.mak
 SGML_MANPAGE_H = $(BASE)/buildlib/sgml_manpage.mak
 XML_MANPAGE_H = $(BASE)/buildlib/xml_manpage.mak
 FAIL_H = $(BASE)/buildlib/fail.mak
 PODOMAIN_H = $(BASE)/buildlib/podomain.mak

--- a/buildlib/environment.mak.in
+++ b/buildlib/environment.mak.in
@@ -31,6 +31,9 @@ DEBIANDOC_TEXT = @DEBIANDOC_TEXT@
 # SGML for the man pages
 DOCBOOK2MAN := @DOCBOOK2MAN@

 # XML for the man pages
 XMLTO := @XMLTO@

 # Gettext settings
 GMSGFMT = @GMSGFMT@
 XGETTEXT = @XGETTEXT@
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ AC_PATH_PROG(DEBIANDOC_TEXT,debiandoc2text)
 dnl Check for the SGML tools needed to build man pages
 AC_PATH_PROG(DOCBOOK2MAN,docbook2man)

 dnl Check for the XML tools needed to build man pages
 AC_PATH_PROG(XMLTO,xmlto)

 dnl Check for YODL
 dnl AC_CHECK_PROG(YODL_MAN,yodl2man,"yes","")

--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@ apt (0.5.22) unstable; urgency=low
    (Closes: #230102)
  * Simplified Chinese translation of message catalog from "Carlos
    Z.F. Liu" <carlos_liu@yahoo.com> (Closes: #230960)
  * Replace SGML manpages with XML man pages from richard.bos@xs4all.nl
    (Closes: #230687)

 --

--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.sgml
@@ -1,412 +0,0 @@
 <!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- -->
 <!doctype refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN" [

 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
 %aptent;

 ]>

 <refentry>
 &apt-docinfo;
 
 <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle>apt-cache</>
   <manvolnum>8</>
 </refmeta>
 
 <!-- Man page title -->
 <refnamediv>
    <refname>apt-cache</>
    <refpurpose>APT package handling utility -- cache manipulator</>
 </refnamediv>

 <!-- Arguments -->
 <refsynopsisdiv>
   <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>apt-cache</>
      <arg><option>-hvsn</></arg>
      <arg><option>-o=<replaceable/config string/</></arg>
      <arg><option>-c=<replaceable/file/</></arg>
      <group choice=req>
         <arg>add <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>gencaches</>
         <arg>showpkg <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>showsrc <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>stats</>
         <arg>dump</>
         <arg>dumpavail</>
         <arg>unmet</>
         <arg>search <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>regex</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>show <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>depends <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>rdepends <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>pkgnames <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>prefix</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>dotty <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>policy <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkgs</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>madison <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkgs</replaceable></arg></arg>
      </group>   
   </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
 
 <RefSect1><Title>Description</>
   <para>
   <command/apt-cache/ performs a variety of operations on APT's package 
   cache. <command/apt-cache/ does not manipulate the state of the system 
   but does provide operations to search and generate interesting output 
   from the package metadata.

   <para>
   Unless the <option/-h/, or <option/--help/ option is given, one of the
   commands below must be present.

   <VariableList>
     <VarListEntry><Term>add <replaceable/file(s)/</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/add/ adds the named package index files to the package cache.
     This is for debugging only.
     </VarListEntry>
     
     <VarListEntry><Term>gencaches</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/gencaches/ performs the same operation as 
     <command/apt-get check/. It builds the source and package caches from 
     the sources in &sources-list; and from <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</>.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><Term>showpkg <replaceable/pkg(s)/</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/showpkg/ displays information about the packages listed on the 
     command line. Remaining arguments are package names. The available 
     versions and reverse dependencies of each package listed are listed, as 
     well as forward dependencies for each version. Forward (normal) 
     dependencies are those packages upon which the package in question 
     depends; reverse dependencies are those packages that depend upon the 
     package in question. Thus, forward dependencies must be satisfied for a 
     package, but reverse dependencies need not be.
     For instance, <command>apt-cache showpkg libreadline2</> would produce 
     output similar to the following:
     
 <informalexample><programlisting>
 Package: libreadline2
 Versions: 2.1-12(/var/state/apt/lists/foo_Packages),
 Reverse Depends: 
  libreadlineg2,libreadline2
  libreadline2-altdev,libreadline2
 Dependencies:
 2.1-12 - libc5 (2 5.4.0-0) ncurses3.0 (0 (null))
 Provides:
 2.1-12 - 
 Reverse Provides: 
 </programlisting></informalexample>
 			    
     <para>
     Thus it may be seen that libreadline2, version 2.1-12, depends on libc5 and
     ncurses3.0 which must be installed for libreadline2 to work. 
     In turn, libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev depend on libreadline2. If
     libreadline2 is installed, libc5 and ncurses3.0 (and ldso) must also be
     installed; libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev do not have to be
     installed. For the specific meaning of the remainder of the output it
     is best to consult the apt source code.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><Term>stats</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/stats/ displays some statistics about the cache.
     No further arguments are expected. Statistics reported are:
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem><para>
       <literal/Total package names/ is the number of package names found 
       in the cache.
       </listitem>
       
       <listitem><para>
       <literal/Normal packages/ is the number of regular, ordinary package 
       names; these are packages that bear a one-to-one correspondence between 
       their names and the names used by other packages for them in 
       dependencies. The majority of packages fall into this category.
       </listitem>

       <listitem><para>
       <literal/Pure virtual packages/ is the number of packages that exist 
       only as a virtual package name; that is, packages only "provide" the 
       virtual package name, and no package actually uses the name. For 
       instance, "mail-transport-agent" in the Debian GNU/Linux system is a 
       pure virtual package; several packages provide "mail-transport-agent", 
       but there is no package named "mail-transport-agent".
       </listitem>
   
       <listitem><para>
       <literal/Single virtual packages/ is the number of packages with only 
       one package providing a particular virtual package. For example, in the
       Debian GNU/Linux system, "X11-text-viewer" is a virtual package, but 
       only one package, xless, provides "X11-text-viewer".
       </listitem>

       <listitem><para>
       <literal/Mixed virtual packages/ is the number of packages that either 
       provide a particular virtual package or have the virtual package name 
       as the package name. For instance, in the Debian GNU/Linux system, 
       "debconf" is both an actual package, and provided by the debconf-tiny
       package.
       </listitem>
   
       <listitem><para>
       <literal/Missing/ is the number of package names that were referenced in
       a dependency but were not provided by any package. Missing packages may 
       be in evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a package
       (real or virtual) has been dropped from the distribution. Usually they
       are referenced from Conflicts statements.
       </listitem>

       <listitem><para>
       <literal/Total distinct/ versions is the number of package versions 
       found in the cache; this value is therefore at least equal to the 
       number of total package names. If more than one distribution (both 
       "stable" and "unstable", for instance), is being accessed, this value 
       can be considerably larger than the number of total package names.
       </listitem>

       <listitem><para>
       <literal/Total dependencies/ is the number of dependency relationships 
       claimed by all of the packages in the cache.
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
     </VarListEntry>
     
     <VarListEntry><Term>showsrc <replaceable/pkg(s)/</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/showsrc/ displays all the source package records that match
     the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all 
     records that declare the name to be a Binary.
     </VarListEntry>
     
     <VarListEntry><Term>dump</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/dump/ shows a short listing of every package in the cache. It is 
     primarily for debugging.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><Term>dumpavail</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/dumpavail/ prints out an available list to stdout. This is 
     suitable for use with &dpkg; and is used by the &dselect; method.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><Term>unmet</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/unmet/ displays a summary of all unmet dependencies in the 
     package cache.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><Term>show <replaceable/pkg(s)/</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/show/ performs a function similar to 
     <command>dpkg --print-avail</>i; it displays the package records for the 
     named packages.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><Term>search <replaceable/regex [ regex ... ]/</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/search/ performs a full text search on all available package
     lists for the regex pattern given. It searches the package names and the
     descriptions for an occurrence of the regular expression and prints out
     the package name and the short description. If <option/--full/ is given
     then output identical to <literal/show/ is produced for each matched
     package, and if <option/--names-only/ is given then the long description
     is not searched, only the package name is.
     <para>
     Separate arguments can be used to specify multiple search patterns that 
     are and'ed together.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><Term>depends <replaceable/pkg(s)/</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/depends/ shows a listing of each dependency a package has 
     and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><Term>rdepends <replaceable/pkg(s)/</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/rdepends/ shows a listing of each reverse dependency a package
     has.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><Term>pkgnames <replaceable/[ prefix ]/</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     This command prints the name of each package in the system. The optional
     argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable
     for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated 
     extremely quickly. This command is best used with the 
     <option/--generate/ option.
     </VarListEntry>
     
     <VarListEntry><Term>dotty <replaceable/pkg(s)/</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/dotty/ takes a list of packages on the command line and 
     generates output suitable for use by dotty from the 
     <ulink url="http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/">GraphViz</>
     package. The result will be a set of nodes and edges representing the 
     relationships between the packages. By default the given packages will 
     trace out all dependent packages; this can produce a very large graph. 
     To limit the output to only the packages listed on the command line,
     set the <literal>APT::Cache::GivenOnly</> option.

     <para>
     The resulting nodes will have several shapes; normal packages are boxes,
     pure provides are triangles, mixed provides are diamonds, 
     missing packages are hexagons. Orange boxes mean recursion was stopped 
     [leaf packages], blue lines are pre-depends, green lines are conflicts.

     <para>
     Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages.
     
     <VarListEntry><Term>policy <replaceable/[ pkg(s) ]/</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/policy/ is ment to help debug issues relating to the 
     preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the 
     priorities of each source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information
     about the priority selection of the named package.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><Term>madison <replaceable/[ pkg(s) ]/</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>

     <literal/apt-cache/'s <literal/madison/ command attempts to mimic
     the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian
     archive management tool, <literal/madison/.  It displays
     available versions of a package in a tabular format.  Unlike the
     original <literal/madison/, it can only display information for
     the architecture for which APT has retrieved package lists
     (<literal/APT::Architecture/).

     </VarListEntry>
   </VariableList>
 </RefSect1>
 
 <RefSect1><Title>Options</>
   &apt-cmdblurb;
   
   <VariableList>
     <VarListEntry><term><option/-p/</><term><option/--pkg-cache/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Select the file to store the package cache. The package cache is the 
     primary cache used by all operations.
     Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::Cache::pkgcache/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/-s/</><term><option/--src-cache/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Select the file to store the source cache. The source is used only by
     <literal/gencaches/ and it stores a parsed version of the package 
     information from remote sources. When building the package cache the 
     source cache is used to advoid reparsing all of the package files.
     Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/-q/</><term><option/--quiet/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators.
     More q's will produce more quietness up to a maximum of 2. You can also use
     <option/-q=#/ to set the quietness level, overriding the configuration file.
     Configuration Item: <literal/quiet/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/-i/</><term><option/--important/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Print only important dependencies; for use with unmet. Causes only Depends and 
     Pre-Depends relations to be printed.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::Important/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/-f/</><term><option/--full/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Print full package records when searching. 
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::ShowFull/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/-a/</><term><option/--all-versions/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Print full records for all available versions. This is the
     default; to turn it off, use <option/--no-all-versions/.
     If <option/--no-all-versions/ is specified, only the candidate version
     will displayed (the one which would be selected for installation).
     This option is only applicable to  the <literal/show/ command.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::AllVersions/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/-g/</><term><option/--generate/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Perform automatic package cache regeneration, rather than use the cache 
     as it is. This is the default; to turn it off, use <option/--no-generate/.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::Generate/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/--names-only/</><term><option/-n/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Only search on the package names, not the long descriptions. 
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::NamesOnly/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/--all-names/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Make <literal/pkgnames/ print all names, including virtual packages 
     and missing dependencies. 
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::AllNames/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/--recurse/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Make <literal/depends/ and <literal/rdepends/ recursive so that
     all packages mentioned are printed once.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::RecurseDepends/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/--installed/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Limit the output of <literal/depends/ and <literal/rdepends/ to
     packages which are currently installed.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::Installed/.
     </VarListEntry>

     &apt-commonoptions;
     
   </VariableList>
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>Files</>
   <variablelist>
     <VarListEntry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</></term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Locations to fetch packages from.
     Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::Etc::SourceList/.
     </VarListEntry>
     
     <VarListEntry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</></term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
     &sources-list;
     Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::State::Lists/.
     </VarListEntry>
  
     <VarListEntry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</></term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Storage area for state information in transit.
     Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::State::Lists/ (implicit partial).
     </VarListEntry>     
   </variablelist>
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>See Also</>
   <para>
   &apt-conf;, &sources-list;, &apt-get;
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>Diagnostics</>
   <para>
   <command/apt-cache/ returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
 </RefSect1>

 &manbugs;
 &manauthor;
 
 </refentry>
--- a/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-cache.8.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,371 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [

 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
 %aptent;

 ]>

 <refentry>
 &apt-docinfo;
 
 <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle>apt-cache</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
 </refmeta>
 
 <!-- Man page title -->
 <refnamediv>
    <refname>apt-cache</refname>
    <refpurpose>APT package handling utility -- cache manipulator</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <!-- Arguments -->
 <refsynopsisdiv>
   <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>apt-cache</command>
      <arg><option>-hvsn</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-o=<replaceable>config string</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
      <group choice="req">
         <arg>add <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>gencaches</arg>
         <arg>showpkg <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>showsrc <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>stats</arg>
         <arg>dump</arg>
         <arg>dumpavail</arg>
         <arg>unmet</arg>
         <arg>search <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>regex</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>show <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>depends <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>rdepends <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>pkgnames <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>prefix</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>dotty <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkg</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>policy <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkgs</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>madison <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>pkgs</replaceable></arg></arg>
      </group>   
   </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
 
 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
   <para><command>apt-cache</command> performs a variety of operations on APT's package 
   cache. <command>apt-cache</command> does not manipulate the state of the system 
   but does provide operations to search and generate interesting output 
   from the package metadata.</para>

   <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is given, one of the
   commands below must be present.</para>

   <variablelist>
     <varlistentry><term>add <replaceable>file(s)</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para><literal>add</literal> adds the named package index files to the package cache.
     This is for debugging only.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <varlistentry><term>gencaches</term>
     <listitem><para><literal>gencaches</literal> performs the same operation as 
     <command>apt-get check</command>. It builds the source and package caches from 
     the sources in &sources-list; and from
     <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</filename>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term>showpkg <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para><literal>showpkg</literal> displays information about the packages listed on the 
     command line. Remaining arguments are package names. The available 
     versions and reverse dependencies of each package listed are listed, as 
     well as forward dependencies for each version. Forward (normal) 
     dependencies are those packages upon which the package in question 
     depends; reverse dependencies are those packages that depend upon the 
     package in question. Thus, forward dependencies must be satisfied for a 
     package, but reverse dependencies need not be.
     For instance, <command>apt-cache showpkg libreadline2</command> would produce 
     output similar to the following:</para>
     
 <informalexample><programlisting>
 Package: libreadline2
 Versions: 2.1-12(/var/state/apt/lists/foo_Packages),
 Reverse Depends: 
  libreadlineg2,libreadline2
  libreadline2-altdev,libreadline2
 Dependencies:
 2.1-12 - libc5 (2 5.4.0-0) ncurses3.0 (0 (null))
 Provides:
 2.1-12 - 
 Reverse Provides: 
 </programlisting></informalexample>
 			    
     <para>Thus it may be seen that libreadline2, version 2.1-12, depends on
     libc5 and ncurses3.0 which must be installed for libreadline2 to work. 
     In turn, libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev depend on libreadline2. If
     libreadline2 is installed, libc5 and ncurses3.0 (and ldso) must also be
     installed; libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev do not have to be
     installed. For the specific meaning of the remainder of the output it
     is best to consult the apt source code.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term>stats</term><listitem><para><literal>stats</literal> displays some statistics about the cache.
     No further arguments are expected. Statistics reported are:
     <itemizedlist>
       <listitem><para><literal>Total package names</literal> is the number of package names found 
       in the cache.</para>
       </listitem>
       
       <listitem><para><literal>Normal packages</literal> is the number of regular, ordinary package 
       names; these are packages that bear a one-to-one correspondence between 
       their names and the names used by other packages for them in 
       dependencies. The majority of packages fall into this category.</para>
       </listitem>

       <listitem><para><literal>Pure virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that exist 
       only as a virtual package name; that is, packages only "provide" the 
       virtual package name, and no package actually uses the name. For 
       instance, "mail-transport-agent" in the Debian GNU/Linux system is a 
       pure virtual package; several packages provide "mail-transport-agent", 
       but there is no package named "mail-transport-agent".</para>
       </listitem>
   
       <listitem><para><literal>Single virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages with only 
       one package providing a particular virtual package. For example, in the
       Debian GNU/Linux system, "X11-text-viewer" is a virtual package, but 
       only one package, xless, provides "X11-text-viewer".</para>
       </listitem>

       <listitem><para><literal>Mixed virtual packages</literal> is the number of packages that either 
       provide a particular virtual package or have the virtual package name 
       as the package name. For instance, in the Debian GNU/Linux system, 
       "debconf" is both an actual package, and provided by the debconf-tiny
       package.</para>
       </listitem>
   
       <listitem><para><literal>Missing</literal> is the number of package names that were referenced in
       a dependency but were not provided by any package. Missing packages may 
       be in evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a package
       (real or virtual) has been dropped from the distribution. Usually they
       are referenced from Conflicts statements.</para>
       </listitem>

       <listitem><para><literal>Total distinct</literal> versions is the number of package versions 
       found in the cache; this value is therefore at least equal to the 
       number of total package names. If more than one distribution (both 
       "stable" and "unstable", for instance), is being accessed, this value 
       can be considerably larger than the number of total package names.</para>
       </listitem>

       <listitem><para><literal>Total dependencies</literal> is the number of dependency relationships 
       claimed by all of the packages in the cache.</para>
       </listitem>
     </itemizedlist>
     </para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <varlistentry><term>showsrc <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para><literal>showsrc</literal> displays all the source package records that match
     the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all 
     records that declare the name to be a Binary.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <varlistentry><term>dump</term>
     <listitem><para><literal>dump</literal> shows a short listing of every package in the cache. It is 
     primarily for debugging.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term>dumpavail</term>
     <listitem><para><literal>dumpavail</literal> prints out an available list to stdout. This is 
     suitable for use with &dpkg; and is used by the &dselect; method.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term>unmet</term>
     <listitem><para><literal>unmet</literal> displays a summary of all unmet dependencies in the 
     package cache.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term>show <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para><literal>show</literal> performs a function similar to 
     <command>dpkg --print-avail</command>i; it displays the package records for the 
     named packages.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term>search <replaceable>regex [ regex ... ]</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para><literal>search</literal> performs a full text search on all available package
     lists for the regex pattern given. It searches the package names and the
     descriptions for an occurrence of the regular expression and prints out
     the package name and the short description. If <option>--full</option> is given
     then output identical to <literal>show</literal> is produced for each matched
     package, and if <option>--names-only</option> is given then the long description
     is not searched, only the package name is.</para>
     <para>
     Separate arguments can be used to specify multiple search patterns that 
     are and'ed together.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term>depends <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para><literal>depends</literal> shows a listing of each dependency a package has 
     and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term>rdepends <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para><literal>rdepends</literal>shows a listing of each reverse dependency a
      package has.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term>pkgnames <replaceable>[ prefix ]</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para>This command prints the name of each package in the system. The optional
     argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable
     for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated 
     extremely quickly. This command is best used with the 
     <option>--generate</option> option.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <varlistentry><term>dotty <replaceable>pkg(s)</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para><literal>dotty</literal> takes a list of packages on the command line and 
     generates output suitable for use by dotty from the 
     <ulink url="http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/">GraphViz</ulink>
     package. The result will be a set of nodes and edges representing the 
     relationships between the packages. By default the given packages will 
     trace out all dependent packages; this can produce a very large graph. 
     To limit the output to only the packages listed on the command line,
     set the <literal>APT::Cache::GivenOnly</literal> option.</para>

     <para>The resulting nodes will have several shapes; normal packages are boxes,
     pure provides are triangles, mixed provides are diamonds, 
     missing packages are hexagons. Orange boxes mean recursion was stopped 
     [leaf packages], blue lines are pre-depends, green lines are conflicts.</para>

     <para>Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <varlistentry><term>policy <replaceable>[ pkg(s) ]</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para><literal>policy</literal> is ment to help debug issues relating to the 
     preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the 
     priorities of each source. Otherwise it prints out detailed information
     about the priority selection of the named package.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term>madison <replaceable>/[ pkg(s) ]</replaceable></term>
     <listitem><para><literal>apt-cache</literal>'s <literal>madison</literal> command attempts to mimic
     the output format and a subset of the functionality of the Debian
     archive management tool, <literal>madison</literal>.  It displays
     available versions of a package in a tabular format.  Unlike the
     original <literal>madison</literal>, it can only display information for
     the architecture for which APT has retrieved package lists
     (<literal>APT::Architecture</literal>).</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
   </variablelist>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1><title>options</title>
   &apt-cmdblurb;
   
   <variablelist>
     <varlistentry><term><option>-p</option></term><term><option>--pkg-cache</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Select the file to store the package cache. The package cache is the 
     primary cache used by all operations.
     Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::pkgcache</literal>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term><option>-s</option></term><term><option>--src-cache</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Select the file to store the source cache. The source is used only by
     <literal>gencaches</literal> and it stores a parsed version of the package 
     information from remote sources. When building the package cache the 
     source cache is used to advoid reparsing all of the package files.
     Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache</literal>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term><option>-q</option></term><term><option>--quiet</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators.
     More q's will produce more quietness up to a maximum of 2. You can also use
     <option>-q=#</option> to set the quietness level, overriding the configuration file.
     Configuration Item: <literal>quiet</literal>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term><option>-i</option></term><term><option>--important</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Print only important dependencies; for use with unmet. Causes only Depends and 
     Pre-Depends relations to be printed.
     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Important</literal>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term><option>-f</option></term><term><option>--full</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Print full package records when searching. 
     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::ShowFull</literal>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term><term><option>--all-versions</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Print full records for all available versions. This is the
     default; to turn it off, use <option>--no-all-versions</option>.
     If <option>--no-all-versions</option> is specified, only the candidate version
     will displayed (the one which would be selected for installation).
     This option is only applicable to  the <literal>show</literal> command.
     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::AllVersions</literal>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term><option>-g</option></term><term><option>--generate</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Perform automatic package cache regeneration, rather than use the cache 
     as it is. This is the default; to turn it off, use <option>--no-generate</option>.
     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Generate</literal>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term><option>--names-only</option></term><term><option>-n</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Only search on the package names, not the long descriptions. 
     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::NamesOnly</literal>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term><option>--all-names</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Make <literal>pkgnames</literal> print all names, including virtual packages 
     and missing dependencies. 
     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::AllNames</literal>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term><option>--recurse</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Make <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> recursive so
     that all packages mentioned are printed once.
     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::RecurseDepends</literal>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry><term><option>--installed</option></term>
      <listitem><para>
      Limit the output of <literal>depends</literal> and <literal>rdepends</literal> to
      packages which are currently installed.
      Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Cache::Installed</literal>.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>

     &apt-commonoptions;
     
   </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1><title>Files</title>
   <variablelist>
     <varlistentry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</filename></term>
     <listitem><para>Locations to fetch packages from.
     Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::Etc::SourceList</literal>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</filename></term>
     <listitem><para>Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
     &sources-list;
     Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal>.</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>
  
     <varlistentry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</filename></term>
     <listitem><para>Storage area for state information in transit.
     Configuration Item: <literal>Dir::State::Lists</literal> (implicit partial).</para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>     
   </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
   <para>&apt-conf;, &sources-list;, &apt-get;
   </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
   <para><command>apt-cache</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
   </para>
 </refsect1>

 &manbugs;
 &manauthor;
 
 </refentry>
--- a/doc/apt-cdrom.8.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt-cdrom.8.sgml
@@ -1,147 +0,0 @@
 <!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- -->
 <!doctype refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN" [

 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
 %aptent;

 ]>

 <refentry>
 &apt-docinfo;
 
 <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle>apt-cdrom</>
   <manvolnum>8</>
 </refmeta>
 
 <!-- Man page title -->
 <refnamediv>
    <refname>apt-cdrom</>
    <refpurpose>APT CDROM management utility</>
 </refnamediv>

 <!-- Arguments -->
 <refsynopsisdiv>
   <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>apt-cdrom</>
      <arg><option>-hvrmfan</></arg>
      <arg><option>-d=<replaceable/cdrom mount point/</></arg>
      <arg><option>-o=<replaceable/config string/</></arg>
      <arg><option>-c=<replaceable/file/</></arg>
      <group choice=req>
         <arg>add</>
         <arg>ident</>
      </group>   
   </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <RefSect1><Title>Description</>
   <para>
   <command/apt-cdrom/ is used to add a new CDROM to APTs list of available 
   sources. <command/apt-cdrom/ takes care of determining the structure of 
   the disc as well as correcting for several possible mis-burns and 
   verifying the index files.   
   <para>
   It is necessary to use <command/apt-cdrom/ to add CDs to the APT system, 
   it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disk in a multi-cd set must be
   inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns.

   <para>
   Unless the <option/-h/, or <option/--help/ option is given one of the
   commands below must be present.
   
   <VariableList>
     <VarListEntry><Term>add</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     <literal/add/ is used to add a new disc to the source list. It will unmount the
     CDROM device, prompt for a disk to be inserted and then procceed to 
     scan it and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper
     <filename>.disk/</> directory you will be prompted for a descriptive 
     title.

     <para>
     APT uses a CDROM ID to track which disc is currently in the drive and
     maintains a database of these IDs in 
     <filename>&statedir;/cdroms.list</>
     </VarListEntry>
     
     <VarListEntry><Term>ident</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     A debugging tool to report the identity of the current disc as well
     as the stored file name
     </VarListEntry>
   </VariableList>
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>Options</>
   &apt-cmdblurb;
   
   <VariableList>
     <VarListEntry><term><option/-d/</><term><option/--cdrom/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Mount point; specify the location to mount the cdrom. This mount 
     point must be listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</> and properly configured.
     Configuration Item: <literal/Acquire::cdrom::mount/.
     </VarListEntry>
     
     <VarListEntry><term><option/-r/</><term><option/--rename/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Rename a disc; change the label of a disk or override the disks 
     given label. This option will cause <command/apt-cdrom/ to prompt for 
     a new label.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::CDROM::Rename/.
     </VarListEntry>
     
     <VarListEntry><term><option/-m/</><term><option/--no-mount/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     No mounting; prevent <command/apt-cdrom/ from mounting and unmounting 
     the mount point.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::CDROM::NoMount/.
     </VarListEntry>
     
     <VarListEntry><term><option/-f/</><term><option/--fast/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Fast Copy; Assume the package files are valid and do not check 
     every package. This option should be used only if
     <command/apt-cdrom/ has been run on this disc before and did not detect 
     any errors.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::CDROM::Fast/.
     </VarListEntry>
     
     <VarListEntry><term><option/-a/</><term><option/--thorough/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Thorough Package Scan; This option may be needed with some old 
     Debian 1.1/1.2 discs that have Package files in strange places. It 
     takes much longer to scan the CD but will pick them all up.
     </VarListEntry>
     
     <VarListEntry><term><option/-n/</>
                   <term><option/--just-print/</>
                   <term><option/--recon/</>
                   <term><option/--no-act/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     No Changes; Do not change the &sources-list; file and do not 
     write index files. Everything is still checked however.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::CDROM::NoAct/.
     </VarListEntry> 
 
     &apt-commonoptions;
     
   </VariableList>
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>See Also</>
   <para>
   &apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>Diagnostics</>
   <para>
   <command/apt-cdrom/ returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
 </RefSect1>

 &manbugs;
 &manauthor;

 </refentry>

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 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [

 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
 %aptent;

 ]>

 <refentry>

 &apt-docinfo;

 <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle>apt-cdrom</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
 </refmeta>
 
 <!-- Man page title -->
 <refnamediv>
    <refname>apt-cdrom</refname>
    <refpurpose>APT CDROM management utility</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <!-- Arguments -->
 <refsynopsisdiv>
   <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>apt-cdrom</command>
      <arg><option>-hvrmfan</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-d=<replaceable>cdrom mount point</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-o=<replaceable>config string</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
      <group>
         <arg>add</arg>
         <arg>ident</arg>
      </group>   
   </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>

 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
   <para><command>apt-cdrom</command> is used to add a new CDROM to APTs list
    of available sources. <command>apt-cdrom</command> takes care of
   determining the structure of
   the disc as well as correcting for several possible mis-burns and 
   verifying the index files.   
   </para>

   <para>It is necessary to use <command>apt-cdrom</command> to add CDs to the
   APT system, 
   it cannot be done by hand. Furthermore each disk in a multi-cd set must be
   inserted and scanned separately to account for possible mis-burns.
   </para>

   <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is
    given one of the commands below must be present.
   
    <variablelist>
     <varlistentry><term>add</term>
     <listitem><para><literal>add</literal> is used to add a new disc to the
     source list. It will unmount the
     CDROM device, prompt for a disk to be inserted and then procceed to 
     scan it and copy the index files. If the disc does not have a proper
     <filename>disk</filename> directory you will be prompted for a descriptive 
     title.
     </para>

     <para>APT uses a CDROM ID to track which disc is currently in the drive and
     maintains a database of these IDs in 
     <filename>&statedir;/cdroms.list</filename>
     </para>
     </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <varlistentry><term>ident</term>
     <listitem><para>A debugging tool to report the identity of the current
      disc as well as the stored file name
     </para>
     </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
   </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1><title>Options</title>
   &apt-cmdblurb;
   
   <variablelist>
     <varlistentry><term><option>-d</option></term><term><option>--cdrom</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Mount point; specify the location to mount the cdrom. This
      mount point must be listed in <filename>/etc/fstab</filename> and
      properly configured.
      Configuration Item: <literal>Acquire::cdrom::mount</literal>.
     </para>
     </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <varlistentry><term><option>-r</option></term><term><option>--rename</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Rename a disc; change the label of a disk or override the
      disks given label. This option will cause <command>apt-cdrom</command> to
      prompt for a new label.
     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Rename</literal>.
     </para>
     </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <varlistentry><term><option>-m</option></term><term><option>--no-mount</option></term>
     <listitem><para>No mounting; prevent <command>apt-cdrom</command> from
      mounting and unmounting the mount point.
     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::NoMount</literal>.
     </para>
     </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <varlistentry><term><option>-f</option></term><term><option>--fast</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Fast Copy; Assume the package files are valid and do not
      check every package. This option should be used only if
     <command>apt-cdrom</command> has been run on this disc before and did not
     detect any errors.
     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::Fast</literal>.
     </para>
     </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term><option>-a</option></term><term><option>--thorough</option></term>
     <listitem><para>Thorough Package Scan; This option may be needed with some
      old Debian 1.1/1.2 discs that have Package files in strange places. It 
      takes much longer to scan the CD but will pick them all up.
     </para>
     </listitem>
     </varlistentry>
     
     <varlistentry><term><option>-n</option></term>
                   <term><option>--just-print</option></term>
                   <term><option>--recon</option></term>
                   <term><option>--no-act</option></term>
     <listitem><para>No Changes; Do not change the &sources-list; file and do
     not write index files. Everything is still checked however.
     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::CDROM::NoAct</literal>.
     </para>
     </listitem>
     </varlistentry> 

     &apt-commonoptions;

   </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
   <para>&apt-conf;, &apt-get;, &sources-list;
   </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
   <para><command>apt-cdrom</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
   </para>
 </refsect1>

 &manbugs;
 &manauthor;

 </refentry>

--- a/doc/apt-config.8.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt-config.8.sgml
@@ -1,105 +0,0 @@
 <!-- -*- mode: sgml; mode: fold -*- -->
 <!doctype refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook V3.1//EN" [

 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
 %aptent;

 ]>

 <refentry>
 &apt-docinfo;
 
 <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle>apt-config</>
   <manvolnum>8</>
 </refmeta>
 
 <!-- Man page title -->
 <refnamediv>
    <refname>apt-config</>
    <refpurpose>APT Configuration Query program</>
 </refnamediv>

 <!-- Arguments -->
 <refsynopsisdiv>
   <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>apt-config</>
      <arg><option>-hv</></arg>
      <arg><option>-o=<replaceable/config string/</></arg>
      <arg><option>-c=<replaceable/file/</></arg>
      <group choice=req>
         <arg>shell</>
         <arg>dump</>
      </group>   
   </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
 
 <RefSect1><Title>Description</>
   <para>
   <command/apt-config/ is an internal program used by various portions of
   the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses the main 
   configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</> in a manner that is 
   easy to use by scripted applications.
   <para>
   Unless the <option/-h/, or <option/--help/ option is given one of the
   commands below must be present.
   </para>
   
   <VariableList>
     <VarListEntry><Term>shell</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell 
     script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell 
     variable and the second the configuration value to query. As output 
     it lists a series of shell assignments commands for each present value. 
     In a shell script it should be used like:
     </para>
     
 <informalexample><programlisting>
 OPTS="-f"
 RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::Options`
 eval $RES
 </programlisting></informalexample>

     <para>
     This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value of
     MyApp::Options with a default of <option/-f/.
     
     <para>
     The configuration item may be postfixed with a /[fdbi]. f returns file
     names, d returns directories, b returns true or false and i returns an 
     integer. Each of the returns is normalized and verified internally.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><Term>dump</Term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Just show the contents of the configuration space.
     </VarListEntry>

   </VariableList>
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>Options</>
   &apt-cmdblurb;
   
   <VariableList>
   
     &apt-commonoptions;
     
   </VariableList>
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>See Also</>
   <para>
   &apt-conf;
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>Diagnostics</>
   <para>
   <command/apt-config/ returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
 </RefSect1>

 &manbugs;
 &manauthor;
 
 </refentry>
--- a/doc/apt-config.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-config.8.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,109 @@
 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"?>
 <!DOCTYPE refentry PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.2//EN"
  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.2/docbookx.dtd" [

 <!ENTITY % aptent SYSTEM "apt.ent">
 %aptent;

 ]>

 <refentry>
 &apt-docinfo;
 
 <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle>apt-config</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>8</manvolnum>
 </refmeta>
 
 <!-- Man page title -->
 <refnamediv>
    <refname>apt-config</refname>
    <refpurpose>APT Configuration Query program</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <!-- Arguments -->
 <refsynopsisdiv>
   <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>apt-config</command>
      <arg><option>-hv</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-o=<replaceable>config string</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg><option>-c=<replaceable>file</replaceable></option></arg>
      <group choice="req">
         <arg>shell</arg>
         <arg>dump</arg>
      </group>   
   </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
 
 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
   <para><command>apt-config</command> is an internal program used by various
   portions of the APT suite to provide consistent configurability. It accesses
   the main configuration file <filename>/etc/apt/apt.conf</filename> in a
   manner that is easy to use by scripted applications.</para>

   <para>Unless the <option>-h</option>, or <option>--help</option> option is
   given one of the commands below must be present.
   </para>
   
   <variablelist>
     <varlistentry><term>shell</term>
     <listitem><para>
     shell is used to access the configuration information from a shell 
     script. It is given pairs of arguments, the first being a shell 
     variable and the second the configuration value to query. As output 
     it lists a series of shell assignments commands for each present value. 
     In a shell script it should be used like:
     </para>
     
 <informalexample><programlisting>
 OPTS="-f"
 RES=`apt-config shell OPTS MyApp::options`
 eval $RES
 </programlisting></informalexample>

     <para>This will set the shell environment variable $OPTS to the value of
     MyApp::options with a default of <option>-f</option>.</para>

     
     <para>The configuration item may be postfixed with a /[fdbi]. f returns
     file names, d returns directories, b returns true or false and i returns
     an integer. Each of the returns is normalized and verified
     internally.</para>
     </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     <varlistentry><term>dump</term>
     <listitem><para>
     Just show the contents of the configuration space.</para>
     </listitem>
     </varlistentry>

   </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1><title>options</title>
   &apt-cmdblurb;
   
   <variablelist>
   
     &apt-commonoptions;
     
   </variablelist>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
   <para>
   &apt-conf;
   </para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
   <para><command>apt-config</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
   </para>
 </refsect1>

 &manbugs;
 &manauthor;
 
 </refentry>

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 <refentry>
 &apt-docinfo;
 
 <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle>apt-extracttemplates</>
   <manvolnum>1</>
 </refmeta>
 
 <!-- Man page title -->
 <refnamediv>
    <refname>apt-extracttemplates</>
    <refpurpose>Utility to extract DebConf config and templates from Debian packages</>
 </refnamediv>

 <!-- Arguments -->
 <refsynopsisdiv>
   <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>apt-extracttemplates</>
      <arg><option>-hv</></arg>
      <arg><option>-t=<replaceable/temporary directory/</></arg>
      <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
   </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
 
 <RefSect1><Title>Description</>
   <para>   
   <command/apt-extracttemplates/ will take one or more Debian package files
   as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config
   scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains 
   config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated
   in the format:
   <para>
   package version template-file config-script
   <para>
   template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory
   specified by the -t or --tempdir (<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</>) 
   directory, with filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXX</> and 
   <filename>package.config.XXXX</>
 </RefSect1>
 
 <RefSect1><Title>Options</>
   &apt-cmdblurb;

   <VariableList>
     <VarListEntry><term><option/-t/</><term><option/--tempdir/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Temporary directory in which to write extracted debconf template files
     and config scripts
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir/.
     </VarListEntry>

     &apt-commonoptions;
     
   </VariableList>
     
   
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>See Also</>
   <para>
   &apt-conf;
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>Diagnostics</>
   <para>
   <command/apt-extracttemplates/ returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.
 </RefSect1>

 &manbugs;
 &manauthor;
 
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 <refentry>
 &apt-docinfo;
 
 <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle>apt-extracttemplates</refentrytitle>
   <manvolnum>1</manvolnum>
 </refmeta>
 
 <!-- Man page title -->
 <refnamediv>
    <refname>apt-extracttemplates</refname>
    <refpurpose>Utility to extract DebConf config and templates from Debian packages</refpurpose>
 </refnamediv>

 <!-- Arguments -->
 <refsynopsisdiv>
   <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>apt-extracttemplates</command>
      <arg><option>-hv</option></arg>
      <arg><option>-t=<replaceable>temporary directory</replaceable></option></arg>
      <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>file</replaceable></arg>
   </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
 
 <refsect1><title>Description</title>
   <para><command>apt-extracttemplates</command> will take one or more Debian package files
   as input and write out (to a temporary directory) all associated config
   scripts and template files. For each passed in package that contains 
   config scripts and templates, one line of output will be generated
   in the format:</para>
   <para>package version template-file config-script</para>
   <para>template-file and config-script are written to the temporary directory
   specified by the -t or --tempdir (<literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal>) 
   directory, with filenames of the form <filename>package.template.XXXX</filename> and 
   <filename>package.config.XXXX</filename></para>
 </refsect1>
 
 <refsect1><title>options</title>
   &apt-cmdblurb;

   <variablelist>
     <varlistentry><term><option>-t</option></term><term><option>--tempdir</option></term>
     <listitem><para>
     Temporary directory in which to write extracted debconf template files
     and config scripts
     Configuration Item: <literal>APT::ExtractTemplates::TempDir</literal></para></listitem>
     </varlistentry>

     &apt-commonoptions;
     
   </variablelist>
     
   
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1><title>See Also</title>
   <para>&apt-conf;</para>
 </refsect1>

 <refsect1><title>Diagnostics</title>
   <para>
   <command>apt-extracttemplates</command> returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error.</para>
 </refsect1>

 &manbugs;
 &manauthor;
 
 </refentry>
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 <refmeta>
   <refentrytitle>apt-ftparchive</>
   <manvolnum>1</>
 </refmeta>
 
 <!-- Man page title -->
 <refnamediv>
    <refname>apt-ftparchive</>
    <refpurpose>Utility to generate index files</>
 </refnamediv>

 <!-- Arguments -->
 <refsynopsisdiv>
   <cmdsynopsis>
      <command>apt-ftparchive</>
      <arg><option>-hvdsq</></arg>
      <arg><option>--md5</></arg>
      <arg><option>--delink</></arg>
      <arg><option>--readonly</></arg>
      <arg><option>--contents</></arg>
      <arg><option>-o=<replaceable/config string/</></arg>
      <arg><option>-c=<replaceable/file/</></arg>      
      <group choice=req>
         <arg>packages<arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>path</replaceable></arg><arg><replaceable>override</replaceable><arg><replaceable>pathprefix</replaceable></arg></arg></arg>
         <arg>sources<arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>path</replaceable></arg><arg><replaceable>override</replaceable><arg><replaceable>pathprefix</replaceable></arg></arg></arg>
         <arg>contents <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>path</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>release <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>path</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>generate <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>config-file</replaceable></arg> <arg choice="plain" rep="repeat"><replaceable>section</replaceable></arg></arg>
         <arg>clean <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>config-file</replaceable></arg></arg>
      </group>
   </cmdsynopsis>
 </refsynopsisdiv>
 
 <RefSect1><Title>Description</>
   <para>   
   <command/apt-ftparchive/ is the command line tool that generates the index 
   files that APT uses to access a distribution source. The index files should 
   be generated on the origin site based on the content of that site.

   <para>
   <command/apt-ftparchive/ is a superset of the &dpkg-scanpackages; program,
   incorporating its entire functionality via the <literal/packages/ command.
   It also contains a contents file generator, <literal/contents/, and an 
   elaborate means to 'script' the generation process for a complete 
   archive.

   <para>
   Internally <command/apt-ftparchive/ can make use of binary databases to 
   cache the contents of a .deb file and it does not rely on any external 
   programs aside from &gzip;. When doing a full generate it automatically 
   performs file-change checks and builds the desired compressed output files.
   
   <para>
   Unless the <option/-h/, or <option/--help/ option is given one of the
   commands below must be present.
   
   <VariableList>
     <VarListEntry><term>packages</term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     The packages command generates a package file from a directory tree. It
     takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .deb files, 
     emitting a package record to stdout for each. This command is 
     approximately equivalent to &dpkg-scanpackages;.
     <para>
     The option <option/--db/ can be used to specify a binary caching DB.
     </VarListEntry>
     
     <VarListEntry><term>sources</term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     The <literal/sources/ command generates a source index file from a directory tree. 
     It takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .dsc files,
     emitting a source record to stdout for each. This command is approximately
     equivalent to &dpkg-scansources;.
     <para>
     If an override file is specified then a source override file will be 
     looked for with an extension of .src. The --source-override option can be 
     used to change the source override file that will be used.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term>contents</term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     The <literal/contents/ command generates a contents file from a directory tree. It
     takes the given directory and recursively searches it for .deb files, 
     and reads the file list from each file. It then sorts and writes to stdout
     the list of files matched to packages. Directories are not written to 
     the output. If multiple packages own the same file then each package is
     separated by a comma in the output.
     <para>
     The option <option/--db/ can be used to specify a binary caching DB.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term>release</term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     The <literal/release/ command generates a Release file from a
     directory tree. It recursively searches the given directory for
     Packages, Packages.gz, Packages.bz2, Sources, Sources.gz,
     Sources.bz2, Release and md5sum.txt files.  It then writes to
     stdout a Release file containing an MD5 digest and SHA1 digest
     for each file.
     <para>
     Values for the additional metadata fields in the Release file are
     taken from the corresponding variables under
     <literal/APT::FTPArchive::Release/,
     e.g. <literal/APT::FTPArchive::Release::Origin/.  The supported fields
     are: <literal/Origin/, <literal/Label/, <literal/Suite/,
     <literal/Version/, <literal/Codename/, <literal/Date/,
     <literal/Architectures/, <literal/Components/, <literal/Description/.

     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term>generate</term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     The <literal/generate/ command is designed to be runnable from a cron script and
     builds indexes according to the given config file. The config language
     provides a flexible means of specifying which index files are built from 
     which directories, as well as providing a simple means of maintaining the
     required settings.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term>clean</term>
     <ListItem><Para>
     The <literal/clean/ command tidies the databases used by the given 
     configuration file by removing any records that are no longer necessary.
     </VarListEntry>     
   </VariableList>  
   
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>The Generate Configuration</>
   <para>
   The <literal/generate/ command uses a configuration file to describe the 
   archives that are going to be generated. It follows the typical ISC 
   configuration format as seen in ISC tools like bind 8 and dhcpd. 
   &apt-conf; contains a description of the syntax. Note that the generate 
   configuration is parsed in sectional manner, but &apt-conf; is parsed in a
   tree manner. This only effects how the scope tag is handled.

   <para>
   The generate configuration has 4 separate sections, each described below.

   <refsect2><title>Dir Section</>
     <Para>
     The <literal/Dir/ section defines the standard directories needed to 
     locate the files required during the generation process. These 
     directories are prepended to certain relative paths defined in later 
     sections to produce a complete an absolute path.
     <VariableList>     
      <VarListEntry><term>ArchiveDir</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Specifies the root of the FTP archive, in a standard
      Debian configuration this is the directory that contains the 
      <filename/ls-LR/, and dist nodes.
      </VarListEntry>

      <VarListEntry><term>OverrideDir</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Specifies the location of the override files.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>CacheDir</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Specifies the location of the cache files
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>FileListDir</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Specifies the location of the file list files, 
      if the <literal/FileList/ setting is used below.
      </VarListEntry>
     </VariableList>
   </refsect2>
   
   <refsect2><title>Default Section</>
     <para>
     The <literal/Default/ section specifies default values, and settings 
     that control the operation of the generator. Other sections may override 
     these defaults with a per-section setting.
     <VariableList>     
      <VarListEntry><term>Packages::Compress</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the default compression schemes to use 
      for the Package index files. It is a string that contains a space 
      separated list of at least one of: '.' (no compression), 'gzip' and 
      'bzip2'. The default for all compression schemes is '. gzip'.
      </VarListEntry>

      <VarListEntry><term>Packages::Extensions</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the default list of file extensions that are package files.
      This defaults to '.deb'.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>Sources::Compress</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      This is similar to <literal/Packages::Compress/ 
      except that it controls the compression for the Sources files.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>Sources::Extensions</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the default list of file extensions that are source files.
      This defaults to '.dsc'.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>Contents::Compress</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      This is similar to <literal/Packages::Compress/ 
      except that it controls the compression for the Contents files.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>DeLinkLimit</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Specifies the number of kilobytes to delink (and 
      replace with hard links) per run. This is used in conjunction with the 
      per-section <literal/External-Links/ setting. 
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>FileMode</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Specifies the mode of all created index files. It 
      defaults to 0644. All index files are set to this mode with no regard 
      to the umask.
      </VarListEntry>
     </VariableList>
   </refsect2>
   
   <refsect2><title>TreeDefault Section</>
     <para>
     Sets defaults specific to <literal/Tree/ sections. All of these
     variables are substitution variables and have the strings $(DIST), 
     $(SECTION) and $(ARCH) replaced with their respective values.
     
     <VariableList>     
      <VarListEntry><term>MaxContentsChange</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets  the number of kilobytes of contents 
      files that are generated each day. The contents files are round-robined
      so that over several days they will all be rebuilt.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>ContentsAge</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Controls the number of days a contents file is allowed
      to be checked without changing. If this limit is passed the mtime of the 
      contents file is updated. This case can occur if the package file is 
      changed in such a way that does not result in a new contents file 
      [override edit for instance]. A hold off is allowed in hopes that new 
      .debs will be installed, requiring a new file anyhow. The default is 10, 
      the units are in days.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>Directory</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the top of the .deb directory tree. Defaults to
      <filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/</>
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>SrcDirectory</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the top of the source package directory tree. Defaults to
      <filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/</>
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>Packages</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to 
      <filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/binary-$(ARCH)/Packages</>
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>Sources</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the output Packages file. Defaults to 
      <filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/source/Sources</>
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>InternalPrefix</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the path prefix that causes a symlink to be
      considered an internal link instead of an external link. Defaults to
      <filename>$(DIST)/$(SECTION)/</>
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>Contents</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the output Contents file. Defaults to
      <filename>$(DIST)/Contents-$(ARCH)</>. If this setting causes multiple 
      Packages files to map onto a single Contents file (such as the default) 
      then <command/apt-ftparchive/ will integrate those package files 
      together automatically.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>Contents::Header</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets header file to prepend to the contents output.
      </VarListEntry>

      <VarListEntry><term>BinCacheDB</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the binary cache database to use for this 
      section. Multiple sections can share the same database.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>FileList</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, 
      <command/apt-ftparchive/ should read the list of files from the given 
      file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>SourceFileList</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Specifies that instead of walking the directory tree, 
      <command/apt-ftparchive/ should read the list of files from the given 
      file. Relative files names are prefixed with the archive directory. 
      This is used when processing source indexs.
      </VarListEntry>
     </VariableList>     
   </refsect2>
   
   <refsect2><title>Tree Section</>
     <para>
     The <literal/Tree/ section defines a standard Debian file tree which 
     consists of a base directory, then multiple sections in that base 
     directory and finally multiple Architectures in each section. The exact 
     pathing used is defined by the <literal/Directory/ substitution variable. 
     <para>
     The <literal/Tree/ section takes a scope tag which sets the 
     <literal/$(DIST)/ variable and defines the root of the tree 
     (the path is prefixed by <literal/ArchiveDir/).
     Typically this is a setting such as <filename>dists/woody</>.
     <para>
     All of the settings defined in the <literal/TreeDefault/ section can be
     use in a <literal/Tree/ section as well as three new variables.
     <para>
     When processing a <literal/Tree/ section <command/apt-ftparchive/ 
     performs an operation similar to:
 <informalexample><programlisting>
 for i in Sections do 
   for j in Architectures do
      Generate for DIST=scope SECTION=i ARCH=j
 </programlisting></informalexample>

     <VariableList>     
      <VarListEntry><term>Sections</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      This is a space separated list of sections which appear 
      under the distribution, typically this is something like 
      <literal/main contrib non-free/.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>Architectures</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      This is a space separated list of all the 
      architectures that appear under search section. The special architecture 
      'source' is used to indicate that this tree has a source archive.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>BinOverride</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the binary override file. The override file 
      contains section, priority and maintainer address information.
      </VarListEntry>

      <VarListEntry><term>SrcOverride</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the source override file. The override file 
      contains section information.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>ExtraOverride</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the binary extra override file. 
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>SrcExtraOverride</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the source extra override file. 
      </VarListEntry>
     </VariableList>
   </refsect2>
   
   <refsect2><title>BinDirectory Section</>
     <para>
     The <literal/bindirectory/ section defines a binary directory tree 
     with no special structure. The scope tag specifies the location of 
     the binary directory and the settings are similar to the <literal/Tree/ 
     section with no substitution variables or
     <literal>Section</><literal>Architecture</> settings.
     <VariableList>
      <VarListEntry><term>Packages</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the Packages file output.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>SrcPackages</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the Sources file output. At least one of
      <literal/Packages/ or <literal/SrcPackages/ is required.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>Contents</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the Contents file output. (Optional)
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>BinOverride</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the binary override file.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>SrcOverride</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the source override file.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>ExtraOverride</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the binary extra override file.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>SrcExtraOverride</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the source extra override file.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>BinCacheDB</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Sets the cache DB.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>PathPrefix</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Appends a path to all the output paths.
      </VarListEntry>
      
      <VarListEntry><term>FileList, SourceFileList</term>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Specifies the file list file.
      </VarListEntry>
     </VariableList>
   </refsect2>
 </RefSect1>

 <RefSect1><Title>The Binary Override File</>
   <para>
   The binary override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scanpackages;. It
   contains 4 fields separated by spaces. The first field is the package name,
   the second is the priority to force that package to, the third is the
   the section to force that package to and the final field is the maintainer 
   permutation field. 
   <para>
   The general form of the maintainer field is:
   <literallayout>old [// oldn]* => new</literallayout>
   or simply,
   <literallayout>new</literallayout>
   The first form allows a double-slash separated list of old email addresses 
   to be specified. If any of those are found then new is substituted for the 
   maintainer field. The second form unconditionally substitutes the 
   maintainer field.
 </RefSect1>
 
 <RefSect1><title>The Source Override File</>
   <para>
   The source override file is fully compatible with &dpkg-scansources;. It
   contains 2 fields separated by spaces. The first fields is the source 
   package name, the second is the section to assign it.
 </RefSect1>   

 <RefSect1><title>The Extra Override File</>
   <para>
   The extra override file allows any arbitrary tag to be added or replaced
   in the output. It has 3 columns, the first is the package, the second is
   the tag and the remainder of the line is the new value.
 </RefSect1>   

 <RefSect1><Title>Options</>
   &apt-cmdblurb;
   
   <VariableList>
     <VarListEntry><term><option/--md5/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Generate MD5 sums. This defaults to on, when turned off the generated 
     index files will not have MD5Sum fields where possible.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::FTPArchive::MD5/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/-d/</><term><option/--db/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Use a binary caching DB. This has no effect on the generate command.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::FTPArchive::DB/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/-q/</><term><option/--quiet/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators.
     More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2. You can also use
     <option/-q=#/ to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file. 
     Configuration Item: <literal/quiet/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/--delink/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Perform Delinking. If the <literal/External-Links/ setting is used then 
     this option actually enables delinking of the files. It defaults to on and 
     can be turned off with <option/--no-delink/.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::FTPArchive::DeLinkAct/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/--contents/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Perform contents generation. When this option is set and package indexes
     are being generated with a cache DB then the file listing will also be
     extracted and stored in the DB for later use. When using the generate 
     command this option also allows the creation of any Contents files. The 
     default is on.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::FTPArchive::Contents/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/-s/</><term><option/--source-override/</>
     <ListItem><Para>
     Select the source override file to use with the <literal/sources/ command.
     Configuration Item: <literal/APT::FTPArchive::SourceOverride/.
     </VarListEntry>

     <VarListEntry><term><option/--readonly/</>