Package: apt Version: 0.3.6 Severity: normal Please apply this diff to apt-get.8. It should be self-explanatory.
--- apt-get.8~ Thu Jun 17 16:01:45 1999 +++ apt-get.8 Thu Jun 17 16:04:01 1999 @@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ \fBsource\fP causes apt-get to fetch source packages\&. APT will examine the available packages to decide which source package to fetch\&. It will then find and download into the current directory the newest available version of -that source package\&. Source packages are tracked seperately from binary +that source package\&. Source packages are tracked separately from binary packages via df(deb-src) type lines in the \fB/etc/apt/sources\&.list\fP file\&. This probably will mean that you will not get the same source as the package you have installed or as you could install\&. If the --compile options is @@ -103,14 +103,14 @@ .IP .IP "\fBcheck\fP" \fBcheck\fP is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and checks for -brokenpackages\&. +broken packages\&. .IP .IP "\fBclean\fP" \fBclean\fP clears out the local repository of retrieved package files\&. It removes everything but the lock file from \fB/var/cache/apt/archives/\fP and \fB/var/cache/apt/archives/partial/\fP\&. When APT is used as a \fBdselect(8)\fP method, \fBclean\fP is run automatically\&. -Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run \f(CWapt-get clean\fP +Those who do not use dselect will likely want to run \fBapt-get clean\fP from time to time to free up disk space\&. .IP .IP "\fBautoclean\fP" @@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ Help; display a helpful usage message and exits\&. .IP .IP "\fB-v, --version\fP" -Show the program verison\&. +Show the program version\&. .IP .IP "\fB-m, --ignore-missing, --fix-missing\fP" Ignore missing packages; If packages cannot be retrieved or fail the @@ -156,7 +156,7 @@ .IP .IP "\fB-q, --quiet\fP" Quiet; produces output suitable for logging, omitting progress indicators\&. -More qs will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2\&. You can also use +More q's will produce more quiet up to a maximum of 2\&. You can also use \fB-q=#\fP to set the quiet level, overriding the configuration file\&. Note that quiet level 2 implies -y, you should never use -qq without a no-action modifier such as -d, --print-uris or -s as APT may decided to do something @@ -173,8 +173,8 @@ .IP .IP "\fB-y, --yes, --assume-yes\fP" Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run -non-interactively\&. If an undesireable situation, such as changing a held -package or removing an essential package occures then \fBapt-get\fP will +non-interactively\&. If an undesirable situation, such as changing a held +package or removing an essential package occurs then \fBapt-get\fP will abort\&. See \fBAPT::Get::Assume-Yes\fP\&. .IP .IP "\fB-u, --show-upgraded\fP" @@ -186,8 +186,8 @@ .IP .IP "\fB--ignore-hold\fP" Ignore package Holds; This causes \fBapt-get\fP to ignore a hold placed on -a package\&. This may be usefull in conjunction with \fBdist-upgrade\fP to -override a large number of undesired holds\&. See \fBAPT::Ingore-Hold\fP\&. +a package\&. This may be useful in conjunction with \fBdist-upgrade\fP to +override a large number of undesired holds\&. See \fBAPT::Ignore-Hold\fP\&. .IP .IP "\fB--no-upgrade\fP" Do not upgrade packages; When used in conjunction with \fBinstall\fP @@ -196,7 +196,7 @@ .IP .IP "\fB--force-yes\fP" Force yes; This is a dangerous option that will cause apt to continue without -prompting if it is doing something potentially harmfull\&. It should not be used +prompting if it is doing something potentially harmful\&. It should not be used except in very special situations\&. Using \fBforce-yes\fP can potentially destroy your system! See \fBAPT::Get::force-yes\fP\&. .IP @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ \fBapt\&.conf(5)\fP for syntax information\&. .IP .IP "\fB-o, --option\fP" -Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitary configuration option\&. +Set a Configuration Option; This will set an arbitrary configuration option\&. The syntax is .DS -- System Information Debian Release: potato Kernel Version: Linux night 2.2.5 #1 Fri Apr 9 22:49:28 CEST 1999 i586 unknown Versions of the packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.1.1-12 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and timezone ii libstdc++2.9-gl 2.91.66-2 The GNU stdc++ library (EGCS version)
