On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 19:29, Dan Jacobson wrote: [...] > $ dpkg --status-fd 1 apt-move > dpkg: need an action option > > OK, then the man page should say > > --status-fd <n> <action option>
The man page quite clearly says dpkg [options] action with --status-fd being listed under `OPTIONS'. It quite clearly therefore is intended to be used (possibly in combination with other options) before an action. [...] > yes '--status-fd 2', '--status-fd 1' but what else goes on the command line??? > Sorry. Can't figure out how this is used. Maybe it is just 1>&2 1>&3 > etc. but if so then it would just be called --fd, not --status-fd, so > there must be something more to it. An action that changes the status of a package, perhaps? hth Adam
