dpkg (1.1.4); priority=MEDIUM

  * Allow overwriting of conflicting packages being removed.  (Bug#2614.)

  * a.out control file says Pre-Depends: libc4 | libc.  (Bug#2640.)
  * ELF control file and libc dependencies changed to use finalised scheme.
  * ELF control file and libc dependencies for i386 only.  (Bug#2617.)

  * Guidelines say use only released libraries and compilers.
  * Install wishlist as /usr/doc/dpkg/WISHLIST.
  * Remove spurious entries for Guidelines in info dir file.

  * dpkg-deb --build checks permissions on control (DEBIAN) directory.

  * Spaces in control file fields not copied by dpkg-split.  (Bug#2633.)
  * Spaces in split file part control data ignore.  (Bug#2633.)

  * Portability fixes, including patch from Richard Kettlewell.
  * Fixed minor configure.in bug causing mangled GCC -W options.

 -- Ian Jackson <ian@chiark.chu.cam.ac.uk>  Thu, 4 Apr 1996 01:58:40 +0100

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+.\" Hey, Emacs!  This is an -*- nroff -*- source file.
+.TH UPDATE\-ALTERNATIVES 8 "29th November 1995" "Debian Project" "Debian GNU/Linux"
+.SH NAME
+update\-alternatives \- Debian package installation tool
+.SH DESCRIPTION
+.B update\-alternatives
+does not have a useful man page.  Please do not report this as a bug,
+as this has already been done many times.
+
+Instead, if you are a competent and accurate writer and are willing to
+spend the time reading the source code and writing good manpages
+please write a better man page than this one.
+
+Type
+.B update\-alternatives \-\-help
+for a brief summary of how to use dpkg.
+
+.SH AUTHOR
+Ian Jackson <ijackson@gnu.ai.mit.edu>.