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[apt.git] / doc / apt-get.8.yo

diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.yo b/doc/apt-get.8.yo
index 60405131258c1540079a767bb288467818d5592d..4d3efd745ed10fdcb46b8c0f909eb4884bb9e08b 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.yo
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.yo
@@ -130,7 +130,11 @@ See bf(quiet)
 
 dit(bf(-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act))
 No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not
 
 dit(bf(-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act))
 No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not

-actually change the system. See bf(APT::Get::Simulate).
+actually change the system. See bf(APT::Get::Simulate). Simulate prints out
+a series of lines each one representing a dpkg operation, Configure (Conf),
+Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages with
+and empty set of square brackets meaning breaks that are of no consequence
+(rare).

 
 dit(bf(-y, --yes, --assume-yes))
 Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run
 
 dit(bf(-y, --yes, --assume-yes))
 Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run