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from the package metadata.
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<para>
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- Unless the <option/-h/, or <option/--help/ option is given one of the
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+ Unless the <option/-h/, or <option/--help/ option is given, one of the
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commands below must be present.
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<VariableList>
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- <VarListEntry><Term>add</Term>
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+ <VarListEntry><Term>add <replaceable/file(s)/</Term>
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<ListItem><Para>
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<literal/add/ adds the named package index files to the package cache.
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This is for debugging only.
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@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@
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the sources in &sources-list; and from <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/status</>.
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</VarListEntry>
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- <VarListEntry><Term>showpkg</Term>
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+ <VarListEntry><Term>showpkg <replaceable/pkg(s)/</Term>
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<ListItem><Para>
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<literal/showpkg/ displays information about the packages listed on the
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command line. Remaining arguments are package names. The available
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@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ Reverse Provides:
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Thus it may be seen that libreadline2, version 2.1-12, depends on libc5 and
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ncurses3.0 which must be installed for libreadline2 to work.
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In turn, libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev depend on libreadline2. If
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- libreadline2 is installed, libc5, ncurses3.0, and ldso must also be
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+ libreadline2 is installed, libc5 and ncurses3.0 (and ldso) must also be
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installed; libreadlineg2 and libreadline2-altdev do not have to be
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installed. For the specific meaning of the remainder of the output it
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is best to consult the apt source code.
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@@ -145,14 +145,14 @@ Reverse Provides:
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<literal/Mixed virtual packages/ is the number of packages that either
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provide a particular virtual package or have the virtual package name
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as the package name. For instance, in the Debian GNU/Linux system,
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- debconf is both an actual package, and provided by the debconf-tiny
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+ "debconf" is both an actual package, and provided by the debconf-tiny
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package.
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</listitem>
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<listitem><para>
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<literal/Missing/ is the number of package names that were referenced in
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a dependency but were not provided by any package. Missing packages may
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- be in evidence if a full distribution is not accesssed, or if a package
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+ be in evidence if a full distribution is not accessed, or if a package
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(real or virtual) has been dropped from the distribution. Usually they
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are referenced from Conflicts statements.
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</listitem>
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@@ -172,12 +172,11 @@ Reverse Provides:
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</itemizedlist>
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</VarListEntry>
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- <VarListEntry><Term>showsrc</Term>
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+ <VarListEntry><Term>showsrc <replaceable/pkg(s)/</Term>
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<ListItem><Para>
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<literal/showsrc/ displays all the source package records that match
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the given package names. All versions are shown, as well as all
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records that declare the name to be a Binary.
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- named packages.
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry><Term>dump</Term>
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@@ -198,63 +197,63 @@ Reverse Provides:
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package cache.
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</VarListEntry>
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- <VarListEntry><Term>show</Term>
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+ <VarListEntry><Term>show <replaceable/pkg(s)/</Term>
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<ListItem><Para>
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<literal/show/ performs a function similar to
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- <command>dpkg --print-avail</>, it displays the package records for the
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+ <command>dpkg --print-avail</>i; it displays the package records for the
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named packages.
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</VarListEntry>
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- <VarListEntry><Term>search</Term>
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+ <VarListEntry><Term>search <replaceable/regex [ regex ... ]/</Term>
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<ListItem><Para>
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<literal/search/ performs a full text search on all available package
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- files for the regex pattern given. It searchs the package names and the
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- descriptions for an occurance of the string and prints out the package
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+ files for the regex pattern given. It searches the package names and the
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+ descriptions for an occurrence of the string and prints out the package
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name and the short description. If <option/--full/ is given then output
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- identical to <literal/show/ is produced for each matched package and
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+ identical to <literal/show/ is produced for each matched package, and
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if <option/--names-only/ is given then the long description is not
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searched, only the package name is.
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<para>
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- Seperate arguments can be used to specified multiple search patterns that
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- are and'd together.
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+ Seperate arguments can be used to specify multiple search patterns that
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+ are and'ed together.
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</VarListEntry>
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- <VarListEntry><Term>depends</Term>
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+ <VarListEntry><Term>depends <replaceable/pkg(s)/</Term>
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<ListItem><Para>
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<literal/depends/ shows a listing of each dependency a package has
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- and all the possible other packages that can fullfill that dependency.
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+ and all the possible other packages that can fulfill that dependency.
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</VarListEntry>
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- <VarListEntry><Term>pkgnames</Term>
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+ <VarListEntry><Term>pkgnames <replaceable/[ prefix ]/</Term>
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<ListItem><Para>
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This command prints the name of each package in the system. The optional
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argument is a prefix match to filter the name list. The output is suitable
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for use in a shell tab complete function and the output is generated
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- extremly quickly. This command is best used with the
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+ extremely quickly. This command is best used with the
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<option/--generate/ option.
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</VarListEntry>
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- <VarListEntry><Term>dotty</Term>
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+ <VarListEntry><Term>dotty <replaceable/pkg(s)/</Term>
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<ListItem><Para>
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<literal/dotty/ takes a list of packages on the command line and
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- gernerates output suitable for use by dotty from the
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+ generates output suitable for use by dotty from the
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<ulink url="http://www.research.att.com/sw/tools/graphviz/">GraphViz</>
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package. The result will be a set of nodes and edges representing the
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relationships between the packages. By default the given packages will
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- trace out all dependent packages which can produce a very large graph.
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- This can be turned off by setting the
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- <literal>APT::Cache::GivenOnly</> option.
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+ trace out all dependent packages; this can produce a very large graph.
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+ To limit the output to only the packages listed on the command line,
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+ set the <literal>APT::Cache::GivenOnly</> option.
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<para>
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- The resulting nodes will have several shapse, normal packages are boxes,
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+ The resulting nodes will have several shapes; normal packages are boxes,
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pure provides are triangles, mixed provides are diamonds,
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- hexagons are missing packages. Orange boxes mean recursion was stopped
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- [leaf packages], blue lines are prre-depends, green lines are conflicts.
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+ missing packages are hexagons. Orange boxes mean recursion was stopped
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+ [leaf packages], blue lines are pre-depends, green lines are conflicts.
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<para>
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Caution, dotty cannot graph larger sets of packages.
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- <VarListEntry><Term>policy</Term>
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+ <VarListEntry><Term>policy <replaceable/[ pkg(s) ]</Term>
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<ListItem><Para>
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<literal/policy/ is ment to help debug issues relating to the
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preferences file. With no arguments it will print out the
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@@ -287,14 +286,14 @@ Reverse Provides:
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<VarListEntry><term><option/-q/</><term><option/--quiet/</>
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<ListItem><Para>
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Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators.
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- More qs will produce more quite up to a maximum of 2. You can also use
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- <option/-q=#/ to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file.
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+ More qs will produce more quietness up to a maximum of 2. You can also use
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+ <option/-q=#/ to set the quietness level, overriding the configuration file.
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Configuration Item: <literal/quiet/.
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry><term><option/-i/</><term><option/--important/</>
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<ListItem><Para>
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- Print only important deps; for use with unmet causes only Depends and
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+ Print only important deps; for use with unmet. Causes only Depends and
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Pre-Depends relations to be printed.
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Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::Important/.
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry><term><option/-a/</><term><option/--all-versions/</>
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<ListItem><Para>
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- Print full records for all available versions, this is only applicable to
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- the show command.
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+ Print full records for all available versions. This is only applicable to
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+ the <literal/show/ command.
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Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::AllVersions/.
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry><term><option/-g/</><term><option/--generate/</>
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<ListItem><Para>
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Perform automatic package cache regeneration, rather than use the cache
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- as it is. This is the default, to turn it off use <option/--no-generate/.
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+ as it is. This is the default; to turn it off, use <option/--no-generate/.
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Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::Generate/.
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry><term><option/--names-only/</><term><options/-n/</>
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<ListItem><Para>
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- Only search on the package names, not the long description.
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+ Only search on the package names, not the long descriptions.
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Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Cache::NamesOnly/.
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</VarListEntry>
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<variablelist>
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<VarListEntry><term><filename>/etc/apt/sources.list</></term>
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<ListItem><Para>
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- locations to fetch packages from.
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+ Locations to fetch packages from.
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Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::Etc::SourceList/.
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/</></term>
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<ListItem><Para>
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- storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
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+ Storage area for state information for each package resource specified in
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&sources-list;
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Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::State::Lists/.
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry><term><filename>&statedir;/lists/partial/</></term>
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<ListItem><Para>
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- storage area for state information in transit.
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+ Storage area for state information in transit.
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Configuration Item: <literal/Dir::State::Lists/ (implicit partial).
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</VarListEntry>
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</variablelist>
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