Document that --largemem is the default, and that the test point is 24 megs.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 98c661b5966c985c6f6564fac96aa8eebd000797..b06542f7547c78f051aa75bc5fd59272dfd50536 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Dec 23 22:56:16 CST 2000 Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
+
+  * main/dpkg.8: Document that --largemem is the default, and that
+    the test point is 24 megs.
+
 Sat Dec 23 22:53:23 CST 2000 Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
 
   * main/dpkg.8: Document that --set-selections does not actually

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 1e1d8ddae0d0b6b94c25fc95ccd0b1a66d526b6a..d1d90ca539b09087bc7d9f277a9c03c92d8abed7 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 dpkg (1.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
 
+  * Document that --largemem is the default, and that the test point is
+    24 megs.  Closes: #65607.
   * Document that --set-selections does not actually install any
     packages.  Closes: #65340.
   * Fix typo in dpkg-deb.1.  Closes: #65945.

diff --git a/main/dpkg.8 b/main/dpkg.8
index e45f383aea95d2f7391f99639aeedc561323ad42..5c7cc4b73a34819db56c03b4f6f328a46077cc92 100644 (file)
--- a/main/dpkg.8
+++ b/main/dpkg.8
@@ -401,8 +401,8 @@ Ignore dependency-checking for specified packages (actually, checking is
 performed, but only warnings about conflicts are given, nothing else).
 .TP
 \fB--largemem\fP | \fB--smallmem\fP
-Tells \fBdpkg\fP whether to preserve memory (e.g. with less than 4 MB
-of RAM) or consume as much as needed.
+Tells \fBdpkg\fP whether to preserve memory (e.g. with less than 24 MB
+of RAM) or consume as much as needed(the default).
 .TP
 \fB--new\fP | \fB--old\fP
 Select new or old binary package format. This is a \fBdpkg-deb\fP(1)