Document that --set-selections does not actually install any packages.

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 8ecbe5617c0efad738f1085d235cfca835b66d58..98c661b5966c985c6f6564fac96aa8eebd000797 100644 (file)
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+Sat Dec 23 22:53:23 CST 2000 Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
+
+  * main/dpkg.8: Document that --set-selections does not actually
+    install any packages.
+
 Sat Dec 23 22:41:47 CST 2000 Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
 
   * dpkg-deb/dpkg-deb.1: Fix typo.

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index f47aebf2f710f6cfae1c2374d1ce536a94b9b4b3..1e1d8ddae0d0b6b94c25fc95ccd0b1a66d526b6a 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 dpkg (1.8.0) unstable; urgency=low
 
+  * Document that --set-selections does not actually install any
+    packages.  Closes: #65340.
   * Fix typo in dpkg-deb.1.  Closes: #65945.
   * Add --truename option to dpkg-divert.  Closes: #68489.
   * Documented COLUMNS in dpkg(8).  Closes: #77001.

diff --git a/main/dpkg.8 b/main/dpkg.8
index 7f44612fe18b12ea03a4dfc92dd41625eaf04bf8..e45f383aea95d2f7391f99639aeedc561323ad42 100644 (file)
--- a/main/dpkg.8
+++ b/main/dpkg.8
@@ -532,6 +532,10 @@ with:
 .br
 \fB     dpkg --set-selections <myselections\fP
 .br
+Note that this will not actually install or remove anything, but just
+set tghe selection state on the requested packages.  You will need some
+other application to actually download and install the requested
+packages.
 
 Ordinarily, you will find that \fBdselect\fP(8) provides a more
 convenient way to modify the package selection states.