document how SUITE influences the selection of essential packages

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 =item B<essential>

-C<Essential:yes> packages.
+C<Essential:yes> packages. If I<SUITE> is a non-empty string, then only
+packages from the archive with suite or codename matching I<SUITE> will be
+considered for selection of C<Essential:yes> packages.

 =item B<apt>