The following commit has been merged in the master branch:
commit 9dc6ea29b59050af1fd06c6c348afacc428de8f4
Author: Lars Buitinck <larsm...@gmail.com>
Date: Wed Apr 6 14:09:00 2011 +0200
dpkg-query(1): improve description of --search
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 4a038e6..2532866 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@ dpkg (1.16.1) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
[ Raphaël Hertzog ]
* Dpkg::Deps: Implement new "reset" method and bump module version to 1.01
due to this.
+ * Improved description of --search in dpkg-query(1). Closes: #621066
+ Thanks to Lars Buitinck <larsm...@gmail.com> for the patch.
[ Guillem Jover ]
* Install deb-src-control(5) man pages in dpkg-dev. Closes: #620520
diff --git a/man/dpkg-query.1 b/man/dpkg-query.1
index 50a47eb..162c922 100644
--- a/man/dpkg-query.1
+++ b/man/dpkg-query.1
@@ -90,10 +90,10 @@ available. It might get deprecated later on if better
interfaces or the
current architectural deficiencies have been solved.
.TP
.BR \-S ", " \-\-search " \fIfilename-search-pattern\fP..."
-Search for a filename from installed packages. All standard shell
-wildchars can be used in the pattern. This command will not list
-extra files created by maintainer scripts, nor will it list
-alternatives.
+Search for packages that own files corresponding to the given pattern.
+Standard shell wildchars can be used in the pattern.
+This command will not list extra files created by maintainer scripts,
+nor will it list alternatives.
.TP
.BR \-p ", " \-\-print\-avail " \fIpackage-name\fP..."
Display details about \fIpackage-name\fP, as found in
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