The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 410a4e08a6eec83000c8c974d98f64523ee8a973
Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Date: Sun Jul 12 23:05:03 2009 +0200
man: Document “hold” as package selection state instead of flag
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 438e75c..19a4194 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ dpkg (1.15.4) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* On parse mark not-installed leftover packages for automatic removal from
the database on next dump. This obsoletes the --forget-old-unavail option,
thus making it now a no-op. Closes: #33394, #429262
+ * Document “hold” under package selection states instead of flags in dpkg(1).
[ Raphael Hertzog ]
* Replace install-info by a wrapper around GNU's install-info. The wrapper
diff --git a/man/dpkg.1 b/man/dpkg.1
index 4d32777..665519f 100644
--- a/man/dpkg.1
+++ b/man/dpkg.1
@@ -77,6 +77,10 @@ The package is unpacked and configured OK.
.B install
The package is selected for installation.
.TP
+.B hold
+A package marked to be on \fBhold\fP is not handled by \fBdpkg\fP,
+unless forced to do that with option \fB\-\-force\-hold\fP.
+.TP
.B deinstall
The package is selected for deinstallation (i.e. we want to remove all
files, except configuration files).
@@ -86,10 +90,6 @@ The package is selected to be purged (i.e. we want to remove
everything,
even configuration files).
.SS PACKAGE FLAGS
.TP
-.B hold
-A package marked to be on \fBhold\fP is not handled by \fBdpkg\fP,
-unless forced to do that with option \fB\-\-force\-hold\fP.
-.TP
.B reinst\-required
A package marked \fBreinst\-required\fP is broken and requires
reinstallation. These packages cannot be removed, unless forced with
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