Author: guillem
Date: 2006-02-10 03:52:11 +0000 (Fri, 10 Feb 2006)
New Revision: 98
Modified:
trunk/ChangeLog
trunk/debian/changelog
trunk/man/C/dpkg.1
Log:
Document about the default log file, the behaviour in case of multple
--log options and add a reference to dpkg.cfg manpage in the dpkg manpage.
Thanks to James R. Van Zandt. Closes: #350440
Modified: trunk/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/ChangeLog 2006-02-10 03:17:50 UTC (rev 97)
+++ trunk/ChangeLog 2006-02-10 03:52:11 UTC (rev 98)
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-02-10 James R. Van Zandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+ * man/C/dpkg.1: Document the default log file. The behaviour in case
+ of multiple --log options. And add a reference to dpkg.cfg manpage.
+
2006-02-10 Philippe Batailler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog 2006-02-10 03:17:50 UTC (rev 97)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog 2006-02-10 03:52:11 UTC (rev 98)
@@ -16,6 +16,9 @@
* Add command descriptions in the synopis, and add a usage example for
-f in the dpkg-query manpage. Thanks for the initial patch to
Philippe Batailler. Closes: #352091
+ * Document about the default log file, the behaviour in case of multple
+ --log options and add a reference to dpkg.cfg manpage in the dpkg manpage.
+ Thanks to James R. Van Zandt. Closes: #350440
[ Frank Lichtenheld ]
* Let dpkg-source ignore comments in the hunk header as used by
Modified: trunk/man/C/dpkg.1
===================================================================
--- trunk/man/C/dpkg.1 2006-02-10 03:17:50 UTC (rev 97)
+++ trunk/man/C/dpkg.1 2006-02-10 03:52:11 UTC (rev 98)
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH DPKG 1 "2006-01-26" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
+.TH DPKG 1 "2006-02-10" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
.SH NAME
dpkg - package manager for Debian
@@ -478,8 +478,10 @@
`status: conffile-prompt: conffile : 'current-conffile' 'new-conffile'
useredited distedited'
.TP
\fB\-\-log=\fP\fIfilename\fP
-Log status change updates and actions to \fIfilename\fP. This can be given
-multiple times. Log messages are of the form `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS status
+Log status change updates and actions to \fIfilename\fP, instead of
+the default \fI/var/log/dpkg.log\fP. If this option is given multiple
+times, the last filename is used. Log messages are of the form
+`YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS status
<state> <pkg> <installed-version>' for status change updates;
`YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS <action> <pkg> <installed-version>
<available-version>' for actions where \fI<action>\fP is one of install,
@@ -493,6 +495,10 @@
.TP
.I /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg
Configuration file with default options.
+.TP
+.I /var/log/dpkg.log
+Default log file (see \fI/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg\fP(5) and option
+\fB\-\-log\fP).
.P
The other files listed below are in their default directories, see option
\fB\-\-admindir\fP to see how to change locations of these files.
@@ -600,6 +606,7 @@
\fBdpkg\-deb\fP(1),
\fBdeb\fP(5),
\fBdeb\-control\fP(5),
+\fBdpkg.cfg\fP(5),
and
\fBdpkg\-reconfigure\fP(8)
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