* craigw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020428 09:31]: > a-ha. Thank you. I've been wondering about that. You see, the manpage > for dpkg lists a -R flag twice, and I find it very confusing. First is > this one: > > -R | --recursive > (recursively install all debs in dir & subdirs) > > Okay, makes sense, no problems there. But then, only a couple lines > farther down, is this mess: > > -R | --root=dir | --admindir=dir | --instdir=dir > Change default directories. admindir defaults to
Strange, I don't see that. Maybe it's an old bug that was fixed since
the version I have? mine just shows
--root=dir | --admindir=dir | --instdir=dir
that's with
Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name Version Description
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ii dpkg 1.9.20 Package maintenance system for Debian
good times,
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