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| author | Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> | 2019-02-18 04:51:01 +0100 |
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| committer | Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> | 2019-02-23 15:46:43 +0100 |
| commit | a35c1762911cf73ba8b8998f15ad8358cc91b929 (patch) | |
| tree | 83d7a8df92442539cc270d7d98405533bccda79f | |
| parent | 41bc12bd8d518653aa4564d22fea675717391798 (diff) | |
| download | dpkg-a35c1762911cf73ba8b8998f15ad8358cc91b929.tar.gz | |
dpkg(1): Document the unknown selection state
Closes: #922407
| -rw-r--r-- | debian/changelog | 1 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | man/dpkg.man | 5 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog index 3d844527b..327e980c9 100644 --- a/debian/changelog +++ b/debian/changelog @@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ dpkg (1.19.5) UNRELEASED; urgency=medium * Documentation: - start-stop-daemon(1): Document behavior of --pidfile security checks. Closes: #921557 + - dpkg(1): Document the unknown selection state. Closes: #922407 * Code internals: - dpkg: Move SELinux fallback label to the SELinux specific code path. - dpkg: Simplify maintscript_set_exec_context(). diff --git a/man/dpkg.man b/man/dpkg.man index 43e039ae8..fec625e33 100644 --- a/man/dpkg.man +++ b/man/dpkg.man @@ -105,6 +105,11 @@ files, except configuration files). .B purge The package is selected to be purged (i.e. we want to remove everything from system directories, even configuration files). +.TP +.B unknown +The package selection is unknown. +A package that is also in a \fBnot\-installed\fP state, and with an +\fBok\fP flag will be forgotten in the next database store. .SS Package flags .TP .B ok |