Mention dselect update while talking about dpkg --update-avail.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 486ce1f9f11501e225934f13ab71e4aaf74eb876..16041b2e57b91b756dda6e389116d83afdadf992 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+Fri May 7 00:55:39 BST 2004 Scott James Remnant <scott@netsplit.com>
+
+  * man/en/dpkg.8.sgml: Document dselect update alongside --update-avail.
+
 Fri May 7 00:47:39 BST 2004 Geoff Richards <qef@rosies-dumplings.co.uk>
 
   * scripts/dpkg-source.1: Suggest 'fakeroot' for the dpkg-source -r command.

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 935cfd407f3eee2b140e4a4264fbe9b38fea4120..1648c07becd40875a6a27bc4977c84ca91a0bd08 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ dpkg (1.10.22) unstable; urgency=low
   * Add dpkg-reconfigure(8) to SEE ALSO section of dpkg(8).  Closes: #233282.
   * Suggest aptitude as well as dselect.  Closes: #217042.
   * Suggest fakeroot for dpkg-source -r.  Closes: #175897.
+  * Suggest dselect update in description of dpkg --update-avail.
+    Closes: #206163.
   * Updated Translations:
     - Catalan (Jordi Mallach).
     - French (Christian Perrier).  Closes: #246359.

diff --git a/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml b/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml
index cfc308c7a5f0fd491e09715caa655d243506afe7..8692a8d321d9f80bd003da418798dc16dbfdd32e 100644 (file)
--- a/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml
+++ b/man/en/dpkg.8.sgml
@@ -428,6 +428,11 @@
          named <filename>Packages</filename>. <command>dpkg</command> keeps
          its record of available packages in
          <filename>/var/lib/dpkg/available</filename>.
+       </para>
+       <para>
+         A simpler one-shot command to retrieve and update the
+         <filename>available</filename> file is
+         <command>dselect update</command>.
        </para></listitem>
       </varlistentry>