<emphasis>unknown</emphasis>, <emphasis>install</emphasis>,
<emphasis>hold</emphasis>, <emphasis>deinstall</emphasis>,
<emphasis>purge</emphasis>. <replaceable>Flag</replaceable> may
-be one of <emphasis>ok</emphasis>, <emphasis>reinstreq</emphasis>,
-<emphasis>hold</emphasis>,
-<emphasis>hold-reinstreq</emphasis>. <replaceable>Status</replaceable> may
-be one of <emphasis>not-installed</emphasis>, <emphasis>unpacked</emphasis>,
-<emphasis>half-configured</emphasis>, <emphasis>installed</emphasis>,
-<emphasis>half-installed</emphasis> <emphasis>config-files</emphasis>,
-<emphasis>post-inst-failed</emphasis>, <emphasis>removal-failed</emphasis>.
+be one of <emphasis>ok</emphasis>, <emphasis>reinstreq</emphasis>.
+<replaceable>Status</replaceable> may
+be one of <emphasis>not-installed</emphasis>, <emphasis>config-files</emphasis>,
+<emphasis>half-installed</emphasis>, <emphasis>unpacked</emphasis>,
+<emphasis>half-configured</emphasis> and <emphasis>installed</emphasis>.
The states are as follows:-
</para>
<variablelist>
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>post-inst-failed</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>
-Old name for half-configured. Do not use.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>removal-failed</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>
-Old name for half-installed. Do not use.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>
The two last items are only left in dpkg for compatibility - they are
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
-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.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-<listitem>
-<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.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>