Author: guillem
Date: 2006-04-09 20:24:49 +0000 (Sun, 09 Apr 2006)
New Revision: 222
Modified:
trunk/debian/changelog
trunk/man/C/dpkg-query.1
trunk/man/C/dpkg.1
trunk/man/ChangeLog
Log:
Document that 'dpkg --get-selections' and 'dpkg-query -l' without a
pattern will not list packages in state purge. Closes: #355633
Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog 2006-04-09 19:31:47 UTC (rev 221)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog 2006-04-09 20:24:49 UTC (rev 222)
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
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 ]
*
Modified: trunk/man/C/dpkg-query.1
===================================================================
--- trunk/man/C/dpkg-query.1 2006-04-09 19:31:47 UTC (rev 221)
+++ trunk/man/C/dpkg-query.1 2006-04-09 20:24:49 UTC (rev 222)
@@ -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 @@
.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
Modified: trunk/man/C/dpkg.1
===================================================================
--- trunk/man/C/dpkg.1 2006-04-09 19:31:47 UTC (rev 221)
+++ trunk/man/C/dpkg.1 2006-04-09 20:24:49 UTC (rev 222)
@@ -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 @@
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
Modified: trunk/man/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/man/ChangeLog 2006-04-09 19:31:47 UTC (rev 221)
+++ trunk/man/ChangeLog 2006-04-09 20:24:49 UTC (rev 222)
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2006-04-09 Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+ * 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 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* ru/822-date.1.ru.po: 20t.
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