merged from the mvo branch

debian/changelog

@@ -93,7 +93,10 @@ apt (0.7.22) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     - add "showauto" option to show automatically installed packages
   * document --install-recommends and --no-install-recommends
     (thanks to Dereck Wonnacott, LP: #126180)
-  
+  * doc/apt.conf.5.xml:
+    - merged patch from Aurélien Couderc to improve the text
+      (thanks!)
+
   [ Julian Andres Klode ]
   * apt-pkg/contrib/configuration.cc: Fix a small memory leak in
     ReadConfigFile.

doc/apt.conf.5.xml

@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ APT {
 </programlisting></informalexample>
 
    <para>with newlines placed to make it more readable. Lists can be created by 
-   opening a scope and including a single word enclosed in quotes followed by a 
+   opening a scope and including a single string enclosed in quotes followed by a
    semicolon. Multiple entries can be included, each separated by a semicolon.</para>
 
 <informalexample><programlisting>   
@@ -88,7 +88,8 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
    <para>Two specials are allowed, <literal>#include</literal> and <literal>#clear</literal> 
    <literal>#include</literal> will include the given file, unless the filename
    ends in a slash, then the whole directory is included.  
-   <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a list of names.</para>
+   <literal>#clear</literal> is used to erase a part of the configuration tree. The
+   specified element and all its descendents are erased.</para>
 
    <para>All of the APT tools take a -o option which allows an arbitrary configuration 
    directive to be specified on the command line. The syntax is a full option
@@ -174,7 +175,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
 
    <variablelist>
      <varlistentry><term>PDiffs</term>
-	 <listitem><para>Try do download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
+	 <listitem><para>Try to download deltas called <literal>PDiffs</literal> for
 	 Packages or Sources files instead of downloading whole ones. True
 	 by default.</para></listitem>
      </varlistentry>
@@ -705,7 +706,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
        <term><literal>Debug::pkgInitConfig</literal></term>
        <listitem>
 	 <para>
-	   Dump the default configuration to standard output on
+	   Dump the default configuration to standard error on
 	   startup.
 	 </para>
        </listitem>
@@ -799,6 +800,8 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
 
+<!-- 2009/07/11 Currently used nowhere. The corresponding code
+is commented.
      <varlistentry>
        <term><literal>Debug::Vendor</literal></term>
 
@@ -808,6 +811,7 @@ DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs {"/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt";};
 	 </para>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
+-->
    </variablelist>
  </refsect1>