Re: Why did 'man dpkg' quit working on me?

1999-11-27 Thread Jor-el
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, John Pearson wrote: > On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 07:58:35AM -0600, Jor-el wrote > > > > Let me answer your questions in reverse: > > You don't *really* have a standard Slink install. My guess is that > somewhere along the line, you must have installed a new dpkg. The slink >

Re: Why did 'man dpkg' quit working on me?

1999-11-27 Thread John Pearson
On Fri, Nov 26, 1999 at 07:58:35AM -0600, Jor-el wrote > Hi, > > I am working on a box which has a standard Slink install. I used > to be able to pull up the man page of dpkg by doing 'man dpkg'. Yesterday, > all of a sudden, this command quit working on me, and I c

Why did 'man dpkg' quit working on me?

1999-11-26 Thread Jor-el
Hi, I am working on a box which has a standard Slink install. I used to be able to pull up the man page of dpkg by doing 'man dpkg'. Yesterday, all of a sudden, this command quit working on me, and I cant figure out why. The man page was still around - located in /usr/share/man

Re: man dpkg

1996-06-17 Thread Martin Schulze
You write: }I wrote: }>Is it true that there is not manual entry for dpkg or dselect?! }> }>My system doesn't think there is. }Come to think of it, my system doesn't think there are ANY manual }entries!!! }I just tried typing "man man" and this is what happened: }(mark, destiny, ~)> man man }No

Re: man dpkg

1996-06-15 Thread Richard Lovison
On Sat, 15 Jun 1996, Mark Phillips wrote: > Is it true that there is not manual entry for dpkg or dselect?! In manpages 1.11-4 there is an entry for dpkg which may be of help. The installation manual for Debian included some info on dselect and if you have access to the web, Debian's homepage (h

Re: man dpkg

1996-06-15 Thread Mark Phillips
I wrote: >Is it true that there is not manual entry for dpkg or dselect?! > >My system doesn't think there is. Come to think of it, my system doesn't think there are ANY manual entries!!! I just tried typing "man man" and this is what happened: (mark, destiny, ~)> man man No manual entry for man

man dpkg

1996-06-15 Thread Mark Phillips
Is it true that there is not manual entry for dpkg or dselect?! My system doesn't think there is. How do I find out more about dpkg - the /usr/doc directory doesn't seem to have anything terribly clear. Mark Phillips. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])

Re: man dpkg

1996-06-15 Thread Amos Shapira
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> you write: |I wrote: |>Is it true that there is not manual entry for dpkg or dselect?! |> |>My system doesn't think there is. dpkg doesn't have a manual page. instead it has a page inviting people to write one. | |Come to think of it, my system doesn't think there