- Document the meaning of the '*' in ShowList, which is...

Author: mdz
Date: 2003-07-18 15:08:55 GMT
- Document the meaning of the '*' in ShowList, which is that the
package is being purged (Closes: #182369)

diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 020d082bcac8b5b8fca144ae533dc0d1f980130c..70a45992cd09914610aad0b27c03eb8806a1dd1c 100644 (file)
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ apt (0.5.6) unstable; urgency=low
     - Fix typo in apt-cache(8) (Closes: #161243)
     - Remove duplicate 'showpkg' from synopsis on apt-cache(8)
       (Closes: #175611)
+    - Document in apt-get(8) the meaning of the '*' in ShowList, which is that
+      the package is being purged (Closes: #182369)
 
  -- 
 

diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.sgml b/doc/apt-get.8.sgml
index 6256d7212f40384ade555646fe6658bd14abcb02..9c67eee41d82cbccb466e9f3a5380ed4380ab50e 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.sgml
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@
      <VarListEntry><term><option/--purge/</>
      <ListItem><Para>
      Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed.
+     An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are
+     scheduled to be purged.
      Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Purge/.
      </VarListEntry>