Document that 'dpkg --get-selections' and 'dpkg-query -l' without a

pattern will not list packages in state purge. Closes: #355633

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 7323f6a0bdc3ea7ec5d27fb19dd88ccc7069da9a..e7a479e503c8b3e9ab20f77a086f3b856d96403c 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@ dpkg (1.13.18~) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
     Closes: #153305, #271041, #282853, #307715, #355915
   * Support system library directories in dpkg-shlibdeps symlinked from
     '/lib/ldconfig'. Closes: #356452
+  * Document that 'dpkg --get-selections' and 'dpkg-query -l' without a
+    pattern will not list packages in state purge. Closes: #355633
 
   [ Christian Perrier ]
   * 

diff --git a/man/C/dpkg-query.1 b/man/C/dpkg-query.1
index 064a94159f59b06fec92f504a8a16a5daaba7150..6135161fa3e6ca719ed722f1e640ec317f75e677 100644 (file)
--- a/man/C/dpkg-query.1
+++ b/man/C/dpkg-query.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH dpkg\-query 1 "2006-02-28" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
+.TH dpkg\-query 1 "2006-04-09" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
 .SH NAME
 dpkg\-query \- a tool to query the dpkg database
 .
@@ -41,11 +41,12 @@ the \fBdpkg\fP database.
 .TP
 \fB\-l\fP | \fB\-\-list\fP \fIpackage-name-pattern\fP ...
 List packages matching given pattern. If no \fIpackage-name-pattern\fP
-is given, list all packages in \fI/var/lib/dpkg/status\fP. Normal
-shell wildchars are allowed in \fIpackage-name-pattern\fP. Please note
-you will probably have to quote \fIpackage-name-pattern\fP to prevent
-the shell from performing filename expansion. For example this will
-list all package names starting with \*(lqlibc6\*(rq:
+is given, list all packages in \fI/var/lib/dpkg/status\fP, excluding
+the ones marked with state purge. Normal shell wildchars are allowed
+in \fIpackage-name-pattern\fP. Please note you will probably have to
+quote \fIpackage-name-pattern\fP to prevent the shell from performing
+filename expansion. For example this will list all package names starting
+with \*(lqlibc6\*(rq:
 
 .T
 .nf

diff --git a/man/C/dpkg.1 b/man/C/dpkg.1
index 715156639b324d18827614788a36f0fff790d0cb..0191b96bd6523ed3e913c607b522303cdebc2446 100644 (file)
--- a/man/C/dpkg.1
+++ b/man/C/dpkg.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH dpkg 1 "2006-02-28" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
+.TH dpkg 1 "2006-04-09" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
 .SH NAME
 dpkg - package manager for Debian
 .
@@ -195,7 +195,8 @@ system. \fBdpkg\fP will suggest what to do with them to get them
 working.
 .TP
 \fBdpkg \-\-get\-selections\fP [\fIpackage-name-pattern\fP...]
-Get list of package selections, and write it to stdout.
+Get list of package selections, and write it to stdout. Without a pattern,
+packages marked with state purge will not be shown.
 .TP
 .B dpkg \-\-set\-selections
 Set package selections using file read from stdin. This file should be

diff --git a/man/ChangeLog b/man/ChangeLog
index f4d6906f130655f3f544f6a2ea7f1bada05326ad..e4d0bb46760894ab892c9ccafe243e4e6dec8880 100644 (file)
--- a/man/ChangeLog
+++ b/man/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-04-09  Guillem Jover  <guillem@debian.org>
+
+       * C/dpkg.1: Document that '--get-selections' without a pattern will
+       not list packages in state purge.
+       * C/dpkg-query.1: Document that '-l' without a pattern will not list
+       packages in state purge.
+
 2006-04-08  Yuri Kozlov  <kozlov.y@gmail.com>
 
        * ru/822-date.1.ru.po: 20t.