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diff --git a/doc/dpkg-tech.sgml b/doc/dpkg-tech.sgml
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--- a/doc/dpkg-tech.sgml
+++ b/doc/dpkg-tech.sgml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 <title>dpkg technical manual</title>
 
 <author>Tom Lees <email>tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk</email></author>
 <title>dpkg technical manual</title>
 
 <author>Tom Lees <email>tom@lpsg.demon.co.uk</email></author>

-<version>$Id: dpkg-tech.sgml,v 1.2 2002/09/15 23:14:34 jgg Exp $</version>
+<version>$Id: dpkg-tech.sgml,v 1.3 2003/02/12 15:05:45 doogie Exp $</version>

 
 <abstract>
 This document describes the minimum necessary workings for the APT dselect
 
 <abstract>
 This document describes the minimum necessary workings for the APT dselect


@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ option) any later version.
 
 <p>
 For more details, on Debian GNU/Linux systems, see the file
 
 <p>
 For more details, on Debian GNU/Linux systems, see the file

-/usr/doc/copyright/GPL for the full license.
+/usr/share/common-licenses/GPL for the full license.

 </copyright>
 
 <toc sect>
 </copyright>
 
 <toc sect>


@@ -46,6 +46,8 @@ The basic dpkg package control file supports the following major features:-
        productivity of the package
        <item>Conflicts, to specify a package which must NOT be installed
        in order for the package to be configured
        productivity of the package
        <item>Conflicts, to specify a package which must NOT be installed
        in order for the package to be configured

+       <item>Breaks, to specify a package which is broken by the
+       package and which should therefore not be configured while broken

        </list>
 Each of these dependencies can specify a version and a depedency on that
 version, for example "<= 0.5-1", "== 2.7.2-1", etc. The comparators available
        </list>
 Each of these dependencies can specify a version and a depedency on that
 version, for example "<= 0.5-1", "== 2.7.2-1", etc. The comparators available