support setting empty values (sanely) & removing support for

[apt.git] / doc / dpkg-tech.dbk

diff --git a/doc/dpkg-tech.dbk b/doc/dpkg-tech.dbk
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--- a/doc/dpkg-tech.dbk
+++ b/doc/dpkg-tech.dbk
@@ -404,15 +404,7 @@ As yet unwritten. You can refer to the other manuals for now. See
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-DPKG_NO_TSTP - if set to a non-null value, this variable causes dpkg to run a
-child shell process instead of sending itself a SIGTSTP, when the user selects
-to background the dpkg process when it asks about conffiles.
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-<para>
-SHELL - used to determine which shell to run in the case when DPKG_NO_TSTP
-is set.
+SHELL - used to determine which shell to run.

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