Package: module-assistant
Version: 0.8.5
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The attached patch fixes a few typos in m-a's usage info and also addsa
line about the -t option which was undocumented here. Please apply.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11.7-athlon
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages module-assistant depends on:
ii perl 5.8.4-8 Larry Wall's Practical Extraction
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diff -ur module-assistant-0.8.5/module-assistant
module-assistant-0.8.5-work/module-assistant
--- module-assistant-0.8.5/module-assistant 2005-04-10 13:10:55.000000000
+0200
+++ module-assistant-0.8.5-work/module-assistant 2005-04-17
22:46:26.000000000 +0200
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@
update-modules update
update-modules [options] COMMAND [ packages ]
-module-assistant is the toy to get debianized source of kernel modules,
+module-assistant is the tool to get debianized source of kernel modules,
build module package from it and install them. The most frequently used
-command may be auto-install followed by alli argument.
+command may be auto-install followed by the 'alli' argument.
Commands:
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@
get - download/install the source (package) and unpack if needed
build - build the specified package(s)
list - print information about installed/available/compiled packages
- install - install the generated binary modulse DEB package with dpkg
+ install - install the generated binary module's DEB package with dpkg
auto-install - the whole process, get & build & install (abbreviated: a-i)
prepare - install headers for the current kernel and set the linux symlink
clean - quick clean of the source (eg. wiping the build directory)
@@ -61,26 +61,27 @@
Package arguments:
- Source package name(s). If -src or -source is omited, name
- completion will try to guess the package name. If 'all' the first
- argument, the list will be expanded to all packages. 'alli' will be
+ Source package name(s). If -src or -source is omitted, name
+ completion will try to guess the package name. If the first argument
+ is 'all', the list will be expanded to all packages. 'alli' will be
expanded to \"all installed\".
Options:
-h, --help Print this help screen
-v, --verbose Be verbose, show full paths, etc.
- -q, --quiet The oposite of verbose
- -n, --no-rebuild Don't rebuild when any useable modules package for
+ -q, --quiet The opposite of verbose
+ -n, --no-rebuild Don't rebuild when any usable modules package for
this kernel exists (even an old one)
-i, --non-inter Don't stop on build failures, auto-install deps when needed
-o, --unpack-once Unpack the source only once after source upgrade or clean
-s, --apt-search Search for installation candidates in the Debian archive
-f, --force Force duplicated work: source package reinstallation,
rebuild thouh existing packages are found, etc.
+ -t, --text-mode Text mode, no dialog boxes
-u, --userdir Specifies a (writeable) replacement directory for /var&/usr
-k, --kernel-dir List of kernel headers/source directories, comma separated
-l, --kvers-list List of kernel versions to work on (default: current
version)
-Lists in options are strings separated by commas, spaces or new lines.
+Lists in options are strings separated by commas, spaces or newlines.
Example:
m-a update ; m-a a-i nvidia ; echo Enjoy!
@@ -276,7 +277,7 @@
$sudo="/usr/bin/sudo";
}
else {
- print "Warning: sudo not found. Automatical package installations not
possible!\n";
+ print "Warning: sudo not found. Automatic package installations not
possible!\n";
}
}
