From: Scott James Remnant <keybuk@debian.org>
Date: Thu, 6 May 2004 23:56:43 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Mention dselect update while talking about dpkg --update-avail.
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Mention dselect update while talking about dpkg --update-avail.
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 486ce1f9..16041b2e 100644
--- 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 935cfd40..1648c07b 100644
--- 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 cfc308c7..8692a8d3 100644
--- 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>