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authorJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-08-15 14:43:04 -0400
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2011-08-15 14:43:04 -0400
commit67a5a622758fc1d2e070083f82ab5dadf6edfcdb (patch)
tree6f56ee81a423b6e9c0085da76ecc217121f43994
parenta0785d5497a1971834764e11662d915647d7da14 (diff)
downloaddebootstrap-67a5a622758fc1d2e070083f82ab5dadf6edfcdb.tar.gz
Clarify "target" in usage message.
Users complained that "target" is jargon and they have no mad man page reading skillz.
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog1
-rwxr-xr-xdebootstrap4
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 222e27f..39afeac 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ debootstrap (1.0.36) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* Guess host OS based on uname for non-Debian systems. Closes: #637363
* Fix support for running debootstrap on a FreeBSD host to create a kFreeBSD
chroot or jail.
+ * Clarify "target" in usage message.
-- Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org> Mon, 15 Aug 2011 14:14:29 -0400
diff --git a/debootstrap b/debootstrap
index 42f7133..d3b706e 100755
--- a/debootstrap
+++ b/debootstrap
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ usage_err()
usage()
{
echo "Usage: ${0##*/} [OPTION]... <suite> <target> [<mirror> [<script>]]"
- echo "Bootstrap Debian base system."
+ echo "Bootstrap a Debian base system into a target directory."
echo
cat <<EOF
--help display this help and exit
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ usage()
--download-only download packages, but don't perform installation
--print-debs print the packages to be installed, and exit
- --arch=A set the target architecture (use if no dpkg)
+ --arch=A set the architecture to install (use if no dpkg)
[ --arch=powerpc ]
--include=A,B,C adds specified names to the list of base packages