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| author | Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> | 2014-04-02 05:59:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> | 2014-04-21 07:07:07 +0200 |
| commit | 9f13845ac19b6eeeaa3891cae1a2e15b5190f671 (patch) | |
| tree | a556d8daabe97cffc452bd62a3e29524e3372e00 /doc | |
| parent | 4657c0db7944ff652b77a0fbf7988ff641d6bfb1 (diff) | |
| download | dpkg-9f13845ac19b6eeeaa3891cae1a2e15b5190f671.tar.gz | |
dpkg-query(1): Document the --control-path life expectancy
There's still at least one scenario that can only be covered by
--control-path, and as long as that's the case the command will
not get removed.
Ref: #699647
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/README.feature-removal-schedule | 4 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/README.feature-removal-schedule b/doc/README.feature-removal-schedule index 8a1c13ae5..d8d16079b 100644 --- a/doc/README.feature-removal-schedule +++ b/doc/README.feature-removal-schedule @@ -60,7 +60,9 @@ When: 1.18.x Warning: man page This was a semi-public interface now superceded by --control-list and --control-show, which are a better interface as they do not rely on any - specific database layout. + specific database layout. Although there might still be cases where it's + required to avoid hardcoding the database layout, and it will be kept as + long as there's legitimate uses for it and no viable replacements. What: --new, --old (dpkg-deb options) Status: deprecated |