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View the commit online: https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=e124e6fa15154b468fcd75d911a5bf234f8cffd4 commit e124e6fa15154b468fcd75d911a5bf234f8cffd4 Author: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> AuthorDate: Sun Dec 30 22:23:52 2018 +0100 man: Clarify databases used by --yet-to-unpack and --predep-package in dpkg(1) These commands use both the available database and the package selections. Prompted-by: Johannes Schauer <jo...@debian.org> --- debian/changelog | 2 ++ man/dpkg.man | 6 ++++++ 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index e43411d6f..f09743ba3 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -8,6 +8,8 @@ dpkg (1.19.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium - deb-control(5): Clarify by adding a reference to deb-src-control(5) and removing an invalid comment in the example. Prompted by Helmut Grohne <hel...@subdivi.de>. + - dpkg(1): Clarify databases used by --yet-to-unpack and --predep-package. + Prompted by Johannes Schauer <jo...@debian.org>. * Code internals: - dpkg-maintscript-helper: Use an explicit escape instead of a literal backslash. diff --git a/man/dpkg.man b/man/dpkg.man index c43b7d512..5e4bc6946 100644 --- a/man/dpkg.man +++ b/man/dpkg.man @@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ to deinstall any packages not in list given to \fB\-\-set\-selections\fP. .B \-\-yet\-to\-unpack Searches for packages selected for installation, but which for some reason still haven't been installed. +.IP +Note: This command makes use of both the available file and the package +selections. .TP .B \-\-predep\-package Print a single package which is the target of one or more relevant @@ -326,6 +329,9 @@ pre-dependencies and has itself no unsatisfied pre-dependencies. If such a package is present, output it as a Packages file entry, which can be massaged as appropriate. .IP +Note: This command makes use of both the available file and the package +selections. +.IP Returns 0 when a package is printed, 1 when no suitable package is available and 2 on error. .TP -- Dpkg.Org's dpkg
