* `=' key in dselect really does `hold' rather than `unhold'.
* dselect dependency processing now interacts better with `hold'.
* dselect `I' key (not `i') modifies display of the info window.
* dselect shows unavailable packages as being unavailable.
* dselect main menu headings and many other strings changed to try to
discourage people from deselecting every package and using [R]emove.
Notably, `select' changed to `mark' throughout.
* dselect disk methods now print a few fewer double slashes.
* dselect disk access methods will offer to use dpkg --record-avail
to scan the available packages, if no Packages file is found.
* New dpkg --compare-versions option, for the benefit of scripts &c.
* New dpkg --clear-avail option forgets all available packages info.
* New dpkg --print-avail option, prints `available' data (from Packages, &c).
* dpkg usage message is more informative, but no longer fits on screen.
* dpkg --avail option renamed --record-avail.
* Latest dpkg-name from Erick Branderhorst.
* dpkg-scanpackages has more sensible problem reporting.
* postinst configure now gets null argument (not <unknown> or <none>)
when there is no previously configured version.
* Guidelines say that postinst configure is given previous version.
* Guidelines don't refer to maintainer-script-args.txt in main text.
* Guidelines (Texinfo source) uploaded separately.
* Own version of strcpy (used for debugging) removed.
* Interface to access methods document in source (doc/dselect-methods.txt).
* debian.buildscript moves changes file into parent directory.
-- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk> Wed, 22 May 1996 01:26:31 +0100
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