[Apt-offline-devel] [SCM] Offline APT Package Manager branch, master, updated. 0.9.3-24-ge8860a4

[Y Giridhar Appaji Nag]

The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit e8860a4024ab928ce70f598a69006027e7ff1f68
Author: Y Giridhar Appaji Nag <giridhar at appaji.net>
Date:   Mon Oct 12 23:22:08 2009 +0530

    Minor modifications to the manpage

diff --git a/apt-offline.8 b/apt-offline.8
index 98e17c1..b8a2eb1 100644
--- a/apt-offline.8
+++ b/apt-offline.8
@@ -6,10 +6,12 @@ apt-offline \- Offline APT Package manager
 [ARGUMENTS] [OPTIONS]
 
 .SH DESCRIPTION
-apt-offline is an Offline Package Manager for Debian based systems. It bring offline package management functionality.
-It can download the required packages for a disconnected machine from a different connected machine
+apt-offline is an Offline Package Manager for Debian based systems. It brings
+offline package management functionality and can be used to download packages
+and its dependencies to be installed on (or required to update) a disconnected
+machine.  Packages can be downloaded from a different connected machine.
 .PP
-It can also fetch bug reports for packages which are downloaded.
+It can also fetch bug reports for the packages that are downloaded.
 .PP
 Unless the \-h or \-\-help option is given, one of the arguments below must be present.
 
@@ -17,10 +19,12 @@ Unless the \-h or \-\-help option is given, one of the arguments below must be p
 
 .PP
 .B set
-Generate a signautre file for the data to be required.
+Generate a signature file with the data required to install on or update the
+disconnected machine.
 
 .B FILENAME {apt-offline.sig}
-is the signature file generated on the machine. This file will contain all the details required for apt.
+is the signature file generated on the machine. This file will contain all the
+information necessary for apt.
 
 .IP "\fB\-\-install\-packages [PKG [PKG ...]]\fP" 10
 Packages that need to be installed
@@ -29,21 +33,19 @@ Packages that need to be installed
 Release target to install packages from
 
 .IP "\fB\-\-update\fP" 10
-Generate APT Database update signature. This is the equivalent of using
+Generate APT Database signature for an update. This is the equivalent of using
 .B "apt-get update"
 
 .IP "\fB\-\-upgrade\fP" 10
-Generate APT Database package upgrade signature. This is the equivalent of using
+Generate APT Database signature for package upgrade. This is the equivalent of using
 .B "apt-get upgrade"
 
 .IP "\fB\-\-upgrade\-type {upgrade_type}\fP" 10
-Type of upgrade you would like to perform. Defaults to
+Type of upgrade you would like to perform. Default is
 .B "upgrade".
 Other valid types are
 .B "dist-upgrade" and "dselect-upgrade"
 
-
-
 .SS get [-h] [--socket-timeout ] [-d / --download-dir] [-s / --cache-dir] [--no-checksum] [-t / --threads ] [--bundle] [--bug-reports] apt-offline.sig
 
 .PP
@@ -51,7 +53,10 @@ Other valid types are
 Download APT data
 
 .B FILENAME {apt-offline.sig}
-is the signature file required for details about data to be downloaded. This file will contain all the details required for apt.
+is the signature file required for details about data to be downloaded. This
+file should have been generated by the above
+.B set
+command.
 
 .IP "\fB\-d, \-\-download\-dir DIR_NAME\fP" 10
 Download data to the specified DIR_NAME folder. If no folder name is specified, data is downloaded to a folder in the TEMPDIR path in the format
@@ -69,10 +74,11 @@ Enabling this option will bypass the checksum verification of each downloaded fi
 Number of threads to spawn for downloads. Default is 1. Using too many threads can overload the servers, hence it is advisable to keep the number low
 
 .IP "\fB\-\-bundle FILENAME\fP" 10
-Create an archive file FILENAME. The file is archived in zip format.
+Create an archive file FILENAME. The file is archived in zip format
 
 .IP "\fB\-\-bug\-reports\fP" 10
-Download bug reports for packages that are being downloaded. Currently only support the Debian BTS
+Download bug reports for packages that are being downloaded. Currently only
+the Debian BTS is supported.
 
 
 

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Offline APT Package Manager