From 9a526971e3e83120f098a94ea4aad2777b10f730 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Adam Heath Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 03:41:26 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Document COLUMNS environment variable. --- ChangeLog | 4 ++++ debian/changelog | 1 + main/dpkg.8 | 3 +++ 3 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog index f69eb256..cf72e99f 100644 --- a/ChangeLog +++ b/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +Sat Dec 23 21:40:32 CST 2000 Adam Heath + + * main/dpkg.8: Document COLUMNS environment variable. + Sat Dec 23 21:20:43 CST 2000 Adam Heath * dpkg-deb/extract.c, include/dpkg.h.in, lib/mlib.c, diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index f30b9ec5..1b1ac2e1 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@ dpkg (1.8.0) unstable; urgency=low + * Documented COLUMNS in dpkg(8). Closes: #77001. * Modified DPKG_C_GCC_TRY_WARNS() to call AC_SUBST, so that we can use the result of the test during build time. Closes: Bug#75138 * Added description for "suggests" in main/depcon.c:describedepcon(). diff --git a/main/dpkg.8 b/main/dpkg.8 index 0e38b4fd..7f44612f 100644 --- a/main/dpkg.8 +++ b/main/dpkg.8 @@ -489,6 +489,9 @@ shell rather than suspending \fBdpkg\fP, while doing a shell escape. .TP .B SHELL The program \fBdpkg\fP will execute while starting a new shell. +.B COLUMNS +Sets the number of columns \fBdpkg\fP should use when displaying formatted +text. Currently only used by -l. .SH EXAMPLES To list packages related to the editor vi: -- 2.39.5