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View the commit online: https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=a35c1762911cf73ba8b8998f15ad8358cc91b929 commit a35c1762911cf73ba8b8998f15ad8358cc91b929 Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Mon Feb 18 04:51:01 2019 +0100 dpkg(1): Document the unknown selection state Closes: #922407 --- debian/changelog | 1 + man/dpkg.man | 5 +++++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 3d844527b..327e980c9 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dpkg (1.19.5) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium * Documentation: - start-stop-daemon(1): Document behavior of --pidfile security checks. Closes: #921557 + - dpkg(1): Document the unknown selection state. Closes: #922407 * Code internals: - dpkg: Move SELinux fallback label to the SELinux specific code path. - dpkg: Simplify maintscript_set_exec_context(). diff --git a/man/dpkg.man b/man/dpkg.man index 43e039ae8..fec625e33 100644 --- a/man/dpkg.man +++ b/man/dpkg.man @@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ files, except configuration files). .B purge The package is selected to be purged (i.e. we want to remove everything from system directories, even configuration files). +.TP +.B unknown +The package selection is unknown. +A package that is also in a \fBnot\-installed\fP state, and with an +\fBok\fP flag will be forgotten in the next database store. .SS Package flags .TP .B ok -- Dpkg.Org's dpkg
