Hello Jason and others, it's difficult to build a dialogue or even to get in contact with you. Do I expect too much, am I too impatient maybe? I'll give it another try, is it usefull to continue converting the sgml man page documentation from sgml docbook3 to xml docbook4? I have never been able to process the sgml docu without patches on my distro (suse). In the new xml docbook4 format it's no problem. Op vrijdag 21 november 2003 23:06, schreef u: > Op vrijdag 14 november 2003 06:37, schreef Jason Gunthorpe: > > I think a patch to correct the docbook SGML documents is probably a good > > idea. > > > > I don't know of any tool that will normalize the markup without mangling > > the indentation in the document. sgmlnorm (run on a system with the > > mangled DTDTYPE) will remove all tag minimization (and also expand > > entities, etc), but the resulting output is too mangled to be useful. > > > > Jason > > Hello Jason and others, > > unfortenately I haven't obtained a reaction on my previous email, hopefully > I get one this time. I have finally been able to process 1 of the apt man > documents successfully. I must admit though that I went 1 step further > than just correcting the docbook SGML documents. I used apt-cdrom.8.sgml > in my attempt to get the docu processed. I converted the docu from > docbook3 to docbook xml 4. The document I have now can be check and > processed easily with respectively xmllint and xmlto. > > Attached are the updated documents and the resulting man page. > > I hope that you can accept the new document format and have them included > in the release. I can't check if debian has an xmlto package or support > for docbook4 as the server are offline. > In case the "patch" will be accepted I will convert the other man documents > as well. -- Richard Bos Without a home the journey is endless
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%aptent;
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<refentry>
<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/</option></arg>
<arg><option>-o=replaceable/config string/</option></arg>
<arg><option>-c=replaceable/file/</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>
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