*- On 31 Dec, David Karlin wrote about "apt manpage missing" > Hello, > The manpage for apt seems to be missing, although the manpage for > apt-get is present, on my (slink) system. > > I'd thought that a program's manpage is installed with the package > itself, but it doesn't seem to have happened in this case. > > How can I get this manpage installed on my system? Do I need to > reinstall apt? > > Thanks and happy new year. >
I have apt v0.3.15 installed on potato and you are not missing much. Below is the entire man page for apt(8). NAME apt - Advanced Package Tool SYNOPSIS apt DESCRIPTION APT is a management system for software packages. It is still under development; the snazzy front ends are not yet available. In the meantime, please see apt-get(8). OPTIONS None. FILES None. SEE ALSO apt-cache(8), apt-get(8), sources.list(5) DIAGNOSTICS apt returns zero on normal operation, decimal 100 on error. BUGS This manpage isn't even started. See <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/pa/lapt.html>. If you wish to report a bug in apt, please see /usr/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the bug(1) command. AUTHOR apt was written by the APT team <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. Brian Servis -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Mechanical Engineering | Never criticize anybody until you Purdue University | have walked a mile in their shoes, [EMAIL PROTECTED] | because by that time you will be a http://www.ecn.purdue.edu/~servis | mile away and have their shoes.