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commit b9c9c767774ec35a7e1538eef454936fac746774
Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]>
AuthorDate: Wed May 27 04:18:58 2020 +0200

    man: Fix dpkg-gencontrol -P description to not refer to dpkg-source
    
    Reword the option description to match the one in dpkg-gensymbols, which
    is more generic and does not self-reference the tool.
    
    Reported-by: Jakub Wilk <[email protected]>
---
 debian/changelog        | 2 ++
 man/dpkg-gencontrol.man | 4 +---
 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 6ba5c1d40..c7a11b524 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -75,6 +75,8 @@ dpkg (1.20.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium
     - man: Update dselect methods provided. Several got removed in 1.20.0.
     - man: The Installed-Size field does not get its value from du(1) since
       1.18.0.
+    - man: Fix dpkg-gencontrol -P description to not refer to dpkg-source.
+      Reported by Jakub Wilk <[email protected]>.
   * Code internals:
     - Use $() in shell or qx() in perl instead of ``.
     - dpkg-split: Switch part number variables from unsigned int to int.
diff --git a/man/dpkg-gencontrol.man b/man/dpkg-gencontrol.man
index 0bcea917e..7df34b6eb 100644
--- a/man/dpkg-gencontrol.man
+++ b/man/dpkg-gencontrol.man
@@ -119,9 +119,7 @@ get the old behaviour you can use the
 option to delete the fields from the control file.
 .TP
 .BI \-P package-build-dir
-Tells
-.B dpkg\-source
-that the package is being built in
+Scan
 .I package-build-dir
 instead of
 .BR debian/tmp .

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