Author: guillem
Date: 2006-04-09 23:54:41 +0000 (Sun, 09 Apr 2006)
New Revision: 225
Modified:
trunk/debian/changelog
trunk/man/C/dpkg.1
trunk/man/ChangeLog
Log:
Use '--clear-selections' in the dpkg man page example on how to transfer
the status to another installation. Closes: #137442
Modified: trunk/debian/changelog
===================================================================
--- trunk/debian/changelog 2006-04-09 23:49:09 UTC (rev 224)
+++ trunk/debian/changelog 2006-04-09 23:54:41 UTC (rev 225)
@@ -41,6 +41,8 @@
* Obsolete force/refuse 'auto-select' dpkg option.
* Add new '--clear-selections' option to dpkg (Andrew Suffield).
Closes: #112388
+ * Use '--clear-selections' in the dpkg man page example on how to transfer
+ the status to another installation. Closes: #137442
[ Christian Perrier ]
*
Modified: trunk/man/C/dpkg.1
===================================================================
--- trunk/man/C/dpkg.1 2006-04-09 23:49:09 UTC (rev 224)
+++ trunk/man/C/dpkg.1 2006-04-09 23:54:41 UTC (rev 225)
@@ -589,8 +589,10 @@
You might transfer this file to another computer, and install it there
with:
.br
+\fB dpkg \-\-clear\-selections\fP
\fB dpkg \-\-set\-selections <myselections\fP
.br
+
Note that this will not actually install or remove anything, but just
set the selection state on the requested packages. You will need some
other application to actually download and install the requested
Modified: trunk/man/ChangeLog
===================================================================
--- trunk/man/ChangeLog 2006-04-09 23:49:09 UTC (rev 224)
+++ trunk/man/ChangeLog 2006-04-09 23:54:41 UTC (rev 225)
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-04-10 Guillem Jover <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
+
+ * C/dpkg.1: Document the new way to replicate the package status to
+ another installation by using '--clear-selections'.
+
2006-04-10 Andrew Suffield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
* C/dpkg.1: Document the new '--clear-selections' option.
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