Package: dpkg
Version: 1.13.11.0.1
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
The manpage documents the --log option, but doesn't mention that there
is a default log file. It also doesn't say what happens when --log is
used more than once. Also, there should be a SEE ALSO reference to
dpkg.cfg(5). I suggest the following patch.
- Jim Van Zandt
--- ./man/C/dpkg.1-orig 2006-01-29 11:24:55.000000000 -0500
+++ ./man/C/dpkg.1 2006-01-29 12:27:07.000000000 -0500
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.TH DPKG 1 "2006-01-26" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
+.TH DPKG 1 "2006-01-29" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
.SH NAME
dpkg - package manager for Debian
@@ -478,8 +478,10 @@
`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 @@
.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 @@
\fBdpkg\-deb\fP(1),
\fBdeb\fP(5),
\fBdeb\-control\fP(5),
+\fBdpkg.cfg\fP(5),
and
\fBdpkg\-reconfigure\fP(8)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'oldstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.14
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ANSI_X3.4-1968)
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii coreutils [textutils] 5.2.1-2.1 The GNU core utilities
ii libc6 2.3.5-6 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii textutils 5.2.1-2.1 The GNU text file processing utili
dpkg recommends no packages.
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