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author | Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> | 2006-02-10 03:52:11 +0000 |
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committer | Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org> | 2006-02-10 03:52:11 +0000 |
commit | 2a96b14f62a0a00e196fc743a9a4dc23cbd60561 (patch) | |
tree | 05b5739016b1126b5dff2e7e14503b15d44c421a /man | |
parent | 66af020584651afff59c4c1633de6881e04fc90c (diff) | |
download | dpkg-2a96b14f62a0a00e196fc743a9a4dc23cbd60561.tar.gz |
Document about the default log file, the behaviour in case of multple
--log options and add a reference to dpkg.cfg manpage in the dpkg manpage.
Thanks to James R. Van Zandt. Closes: #350440
Diffstat (limited to 'man')
-rw-r--r-- | man/C/dpkg.1 | 13 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/man/C/dpkg.1 b/man/C/dpkg.1 index cc946a0ce..36a4d4e2c 100644 --- a/man/C/dpkg.1 +++ b/man/C/dpkg.1 @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -.TH DPKG 1 "2006-01-26" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite" +.TH DPKG 1 "2006-02-10" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite" .SH NAME dpkg - package manager for Debian @@ -478,8 +478,10 @@ Configuration file conflicts are reported as `status: conffile-prompt: conffile : 'current-conffile' 'new-conffile' useredited distedited' .TP \fB\-\-log=\fP\fIfilename\fP -Log status change updates and actions to \fIfilename\fP. This can be given -multiple times. Log messages are of the form `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS status +Log status change updates and actions to \fIfilename\fP, instead of +the default \fI/var/log/dpkg.log\fP. If this option is given multiple +times, the last filename is used. Log messages are of the form +`YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS status <state> <pkg> <installed-version>' for status change updates; `YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM:SS <action> <pkg> <installed-version> <available-version>' for actions where \fI<action>\fP is one of install, @@ -493,6 +495,10 @@ Do not try to verify package signatures. .TP .I /etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg Configuration file with default options. +.TP +.I /var/log/dpkg.log +Default log file (see \fI/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg\fP(5) and option +\fB\-\-log\fP). .P The other files listed below are in their default directories, see option \fB\-\-admindir\fP to see how to change locations of these files. @@ -600,6 +606,7 @@ following packages: \fIapt\fR, \fIaptitude\fR and \fIdebsums\fR. \fBdpkg\-deb\fP(1), \fBdeb\fP(5), \fBdeb\-control\fP(5), +\fBdpkg.cfg\fP(5), and \fBdpkg\-reconfigure\fP(8) |