On Tue, Mar 02, 2004 at 12:13:40PM +0100, Bastian Kleineidam wrote: > Package: dselect > Version: 1.10.18.1 > Severity: minor > > Hi, > > dselect/pkginfo.cc contains the following help snippet: > [...] > if you ask to install, remove, hold, &c it you will affect all the packages > [...] > > Perhaps the ", &c it" should be replaced by "or purge it" but I may be > wrong about the intention of the original author.
"&c" is another way of writing "etc.", meaning "and so on". In other words, the text says "if you ask to install, remove, hold, or perform other actions on it ...". I don't believe this is a typo. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
