Update the documentation of the 'apt' action for the 'name'.

The package name has two aliases, 'package' and 'pkg'. Add them to the
documentation.
pull/18777/head
Charles Ferguson 9 years ago committed by Matt Clay
parent a90de29ceb
commit ac1e4bf6e0

@ -32,6 +32,7 @@ options:
- A package name, like C(foo), or package specifier with version, like C(foo=1.0). Name wildcards (fnmatch) like C(apt*) and version wildcards like C(foo=1.0*) are also supported. Note that the apt-get commandline supports implicit regex matches here but we do not because it can let typos through easier (If you typo C(foo) as C(fo) apt-get would install packages that have "fo" in their name with a warning and a prompt for the user. Since we don't have warnings and prompts before installing we disallow this. Use an explicit fnmatch pattern if you want wildcarding) - A package name, like C(foo), or package specifier with version, like C(foo=1.0). Name wildcards (fnmatch) like C(apt*) and version wildcards like C(foo=1.0*) are also supported. Note that the apt-get commandline supports implicit regex matches here but we do not because it can let typos through easier (If you typo C(foo) as C(fo) apt-get would install packages that have "fo" in their name with a warning and a prompt for the user. Since we don't have warnings and prompts before installing we disallow this. Use an explicit fnmatch pattern if you want wildcarding)
required: false required: false
default: null default: null
aliases: [ 'pkg', 'package' ]
state: state:
description: description:
- Indicates the desired package state. C(latest) ensures that the latest version is installed. C(build-dep) ensures the package build dependencies are installed. - Indicates the desired package state. C(latest) ensures that the latest version is installed. C(build-dep) ensures the package build dependencies are installed.

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