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View the commit online: https://git.dpkg.org/cgit/dpkg/dpkg.git/commit/?id=bc1e17debe9cc63dd67e4d1ee11b1fdf5f6c883a commit bc1e17debe9cc63dd67e4d1ee11b1fdf5f6c883a Author: Guillem Jover <[email protected]> AuthorDate: Mon May 30 02:43:10 2022 +0200 man: Clarify that statoverrides do not need to be known to dpkg Closes: #1011510 --- man/dpkg-statoverride.pod | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/man/dpkg-statoverride.pod b/man/dpkg-statoverride.pod index 86c272c5d..f32dc1596 100644 --- a/man/dpkg-statoverride.pod +++ b/man/dpkg-statoverride.pod @@ -49,8 +49,8 @@ overrides. =item B<--add> I<user group mode path> -Add an override for I<path>. I<path> does not need to exist -when this command is used; the override will be stored and used later. +Add an override for I<path>. I<path> does not need to exist nor be known to +B<dpkg> when this command is used; the override will be stored and used later. Users and groups can be specified by their name (for example B<root> or B<nobody>), or by their number by prepending the number with a ‘B<#>’ (for example B<#0> or B<#65534>). -- Dpkg.Org's dpkg
