Package: dpkg Version: 1.9.20 (i386) The dpkg manpage has two conflicting options: deinstall vs. remove. Under INFORMATION ABOUT PACKAGES --> PACKAGE SELECTION STATES, one of the options is deinstall. Being that this is the first option for uninstalling packages, one may use this without reading a little more into the manpage. However, further down the manpage, under ACTIONS, it is instructed that to remove an installed pagkage, one should use dpkg -r | --remove, which in reality is the correct way to uninstall a package.
Should a user use dpkg --deinstall, the result will be similar to this: ******************************************************** [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ sudo dpkg --deinstall <some_package> dpkg: unknown option --deinstall Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*]; Use dselect for user-friendly package management; Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values; Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options; Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files; Type dpkg --licence for copyright licence and lack of warranty (GNU GPL) [*]. Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or `more' ! ********************************************************************** I have verified that this 'bug' has not appeared under the Debian bug report logs for dpkg. Please take notice and fix this minor detail in the documentation. Addis P�rez "... a la ciudad lejana no vuelvas nunca, nunca jam�s..." -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
