The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 8e9ad1f1143db9dbbda74d45a4510d91ab039164
Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
Date: Sun Mar 7 06:31:28 2010 +0100
man: Document the exit codes for dpkg-query
Closes: #571798
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index beaa5d2..5ea3d02 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -160,6 +160,7 @@ dpkg (1.15.6) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
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
+ * Document the exit codes for dpkg-query. Closes: #571798
[ Modestas Vainius ]
* Implement symbol patterns (Closes: #563752). From now on, it is possible to
diff --git a/man/dpkg-query.1 b/man/dpkg-query.1
index fbd6039..c07c613 100644
--- a/man/dpkg-query.1
+++ b/man/dpkg-query.1
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH dpkg\-query 1 "2009-09-06" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
+.TH dpkg\-query 1 "2010-03-07" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
.SH NAME
dpkg\-query \- a tool to query the dpkg database
.
@@ -152,6 +152,13 @@ run:
\fBdpkg\-query \-W \-f=\(aq${Package} ${Version}\\t${Maintainer}\\n\(aq
dpkg\fP
.fi
.
+.SH "EXIT STATUS"
+.IP 0
+The requested query was successfully performed.
+.IP 1
+Problems were encountered while parsing the command line or performing the
+query, including no file or package being found (except for \-\-control\-path).
+.
.SH ENVIRONMENT
.TP
\fBCOLUMNS\fP
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