The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 63b51af546ee55c9b0a1111c8f72a2c97bde45fb
Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Date: Sun Mar 7 06:06:20 2010 +0100
man: Document environment variables affecting dpkg-deb, dpkg and dselect
The missing undocumented variables are TMPDIR for dpkg and dpkg-deb,
HOME for dselect and dpkg and PAGER for dpkg.
Closes: #572836
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index aa19047..beaa5d2 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -158,6 +158,8 @@ dpkg (1.15.6) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
guarantees when doing rename(2). Based on a patch by
Jean-Baptiste Lallement <[email protected]>.
Closes: #430958
+ * Document in the man page the effects of setting TMPDIR for dpkg and
+ dpkg-deb, HOME for dselect and dpkg and PAGER for dpkg. Closes: #572836
[ Modestas Vainius ]
* Implement symbol patterns (Closes: #563752). From now on, it is possible to
diff --git a/man/dpkg-deb.1 b/man/dpkg-deb.1
index 1137f26..ec451ef 100644
--- a/man/dpkg-deb.1
+++ b/man/dpkg-deb.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH dpkg\-deb 1 "2009-01-07" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
+.TH dpkg\-deb 1 "2010-03-07" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
.SH NAME
dpkg\-deb \- Debian package archive (.deb) manipulation tool
.
@@ -216,6 +216,12 @@ any archive you want, no matter how broken, this way.
.BR \-D ", " \-\-debug
Enables debugging output. This is not very interesting.
.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+.TP
+.B TMPDIR
+If set, \fBdpkg\-deb\fP will use it as the directory in which to create
+temporary files and directories.
+.
.SH BUGS
.B dpkg\-deb \-I
.IB package1 .deb
diff --git a/man/dpkg.1 b/man/dpkg.1
index 30be4ac..f8b61fc 100644
--- a/man/dpkg.1
+++ b/man/dpkg.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH dpkg 1 "2010-02-20" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
+.TH dpkg 1 "2010-03-07" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
.SH NAME
dpkg \- package manager for Debian
.
@@ -610,6 +610,17 @@ for more information about them:
.
.SH ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES
.TP
+.B HOME
+If set, \fBdpkg\fP will use it as the directory from which to read the user
+specific configuration file.
+.TP
+.B TMPDIR
+If set, \fBdpkg\fP will use it as the directory in which to create
+temporary files and directories.
+.TP
+.B PAGER
+The program \fBdpkg\fP will execute when displaying the conffiles.
+.TP
.B SHELL
The program \fBdpkg\fP will execute when starting a new shell.
.TP
diff --git a/man/dselect.1 b/man/dselect.1
index fb20410..cddf29e 100644
--- a/man/dselect.1
+++ b/man/dselect.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH dselect 1 "2009-08-20" "Debian Project" "Debian"
+.TH dselect 1 "2010-03-07" "Debian Project" "Debian"
.SH NAME
dselect \- Debian package management frontend
.
@@ -427,6 +427,12 @@ but provides a more obvious panic button in cases where
the user
pressed \fBenter\fP by accident.
.sp
.
+.SH ENVIRONMENT
+.TP
+.B HOME
+If set, \fBdselect\fP will use it as the directory from which to read the
+user specific configuration file.
+.
.SH BUGS
The
.B dselect
--
dpkg's main repository
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