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Newer page: | version 6 | Last edited on Friday, March 11, 2005 10:13:12 am | by JohnMcPherson | |
Older page: | version 3 | Last edited on Tuesday, June 4, 2002 12:30:36 am | by perry | Revert |
@@ -1,19 +1,6 @@
-APT.CONF
!!!APT.CONF
-NAME
-DESCRIPTION
-THE APT GROUP
-THE ACQUIRE GROUP
-DIRECTORIES
-APT IN DSELECT
-HOW APT CALLS DPKG
-DEBUG OPTIONS
-EXAMPLES
-FILES
-SEE ALSO
-BUGS
-AUTHOR
+
----
!!NAME
@@ -84,9 +71,10 @@
System Architecture; sets the architecture to use when
fetching files and parsing package lists. The internal
default is the architecture apt was compiled
-for.
+for. Architecture refers to the processor type in your
+system
.
__Ignore-Hold__
@@ -140,25 +128,25 @@
__Get__
-The Get subsection controls the __
apt-get__
(8) tool,
+The Get subsection controls the apt-get(8) tool,
please see its documentation for more information about the
options here.
__Cache__
-The Cache subsection controls the __
apt-cache__
(8) tool,
+The Cache subsection controls the apt-cache(8) tool,
please see its documentation for more information about the
options here.
__CDROM__
-The CDROM subsection controls the __
apt-cdrom__
(8) tool,
+The CDROM subsection controls the apt-cdrom(8) tool,
please see its documentation for more information about the
options here.
!!THE ACQUIRE GROUP
@@ -354,17 +342,17 @@
__Options__
-The contents of this variable is passed to __
apt-get__
(8)
+The contents of this variable is passed to apt-get(8)
as command line options when it is run for the install
phase.
__!UpdateOptions__
-The contents of this variable is passed to __
apt-get__
(8)
+The contents of this variable is passed to apt-get(8)
as command line options when it is run for the update
phase.
@@ -428,9 +416,9 @@
__Build-Options__
-These options are passed to __
dpkg-buildpackage__
(1) when
+These options are passed to dpkg-buildpackage(1) when
compiling packages, the default is to disable signing and
produce all binaries.
!!DEBUG OPTIONS
@@ -455,10 +443,10 @@
''/etc/apt/apt.conf''
!!SEE ALSO
-__
apt-cache__
(8), __
apt-config__
(8),
-__
apt_preferences__
(5).
+apt-cache(8), apt-config(8),
+apt_preferences(5).
!!BUGS
See the APT bug page