Package: dpkg
Version: 1.13.15
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Found some typos in '/usr/share/man/man1/dpkg.1.gz' and
'/usr/share/man/man5/dpkg.cfg.5.gz', see attached '.diff's.
Hope this helps...
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.15-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968) (ignored: LC_ALL set to C)
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii coreutils [textutils] 5.93-5 The GNU core utilities
ii libc6 2.3.6-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
dpkg recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- dpkg.1 2006-02-15 17:57:36.000000000 -0500
+++ /tmp/dpkg.1 2006-02-18 04:37:59.000000000 -0500
@@ -287,9 +287,9 @@
.SH OPTIONS
-All options can be specified both on the commandline and in the \fBdpkg\fP
+All options can be specified both on the command line and in the \fBdpkg\fP
configuration file \fI/etc/dpkg/dpkg.cfg\fP. Each line in the configuration
-file is either an option (exactly the same as the commandline option but
+file is either an option (exactly the same as the command line option but
without leading dashes) or a comment (if it starts with a \fB#\fR).
.br
.TP
--- dpkg.cfg.5 2006-02-15 17:57:36.000000000 -0500
+++ /tmp/dpkg.cfg.5 2006-02-18 04:38:31.000000000 -0500
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
dpkg.cfg \- dpkg configuration file
.SH DESCRIPTION
This file contains default options for dpkg. Each line contains a
-single option which is exactly the same as a normal commandline
+single option which is exactly the same as a normal command line
option for dpkg except for the leading dashes which are not used
here. Comments are allowed by starting a line with a hash sign
("\fB#\fR").
