From 6dfda8f75e760ffc9e3293aeb4510673069d5184 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Guillem Jover Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2006 20:24:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document that 'dpkg --get-selections' and 'dpkg-query -l' without a pattern will not list packages in state purge. Closes: #355633 --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ man/C/dpkg-query.1 | 13 +++++++------ man/C/dpkg.1 | 5 +++-- man/ChangeLog | 7 +++++++ 4 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 7323f6a0..e7a479e5 100644 --- 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 064a9415..6135161f 100644 --- 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 71515663..0191b96b 100644 --- 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 f4d6906f..e4d0bb46 100644 --- a/man/ChangeLog +++ b/man/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +2006-04-09 Guillem Jover + + * 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 * ru/822-date.1.ru.po: 20t. -- 2.39.5