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View the commit online: https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=d6e6500f8db5200c4ac6c6f255e91c8cdaf9eb86 commit d6e6500f8db5200c4ac6c6f255e91c8cdaf9eb86 Author: Guillem Jover <guil...@debian.org> AuthorDate: Wed Nov 14 04:25:51 2018 +0100 man: Document the version introducing the -f option in dpkg-query(1) --- debian/changelog | 1 + man/dpkg-query.man | 4 ++-- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index e506c09d3..b0748ec4b 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dpkg (1.19.3) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium - Clarify character classes for various formats in man pages, by explicitly listing the character ranges within parenthesis. Prompted by Ian Jackson <ijack...@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. + - dpkg-query(1): Document the version introducing the -f option. * Code internals: - dpkg-maintscript-helper: Use an explicit escape instead of a literal backslash. diff --git a/man/dpkg-query.man b/man/dpkg-query.man index 0fbc8f30c..9963bd671 100644 --- a/man/dpkg-query.man +++ b/man/dpkg-query.man @@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ Disables the use of any pager when showing information (since dpkg 1.19.2). .TP .BR \-f ", " \-\-showformat=\fIformat\fR This option is used to specify the format of the output \fB\-\-show\fP -will produce. The format is a string that will be output for each package -listed. +will produce (short option since dpkg 1.13.1). +The format is a string that will be output for each package listed. In the format string, “\fB\e\fP” introduces escapes: -- Dpkg.Org's dpkg
