On Sun Apr 28, 2002 at 12:31:50PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote: > * craigw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) [020428 09:31]: > > a-ha. Thank you. I've been wondering about that. You see, the manpage > > for dpkg lists a -R flag twice, and I find it very confusing. First is > > this one: > > > > -R | --recursive > > (recursively install all debs in dir & subdirs) > > > > Okay, makes sense, no problems there. But then, only a couple lines > > farther down, is this mess: > > > > -R | --root=dir | --admindir=dir | --instdir=dir > > Change default directories. admindir defaults to > > Strange, I don't see that. Maybe it's an old bug that was fixed since > the version I have? mine just shows > --root=dir | --admindir=dir | --instdir=dir >
Ha! You're absolutely right. I'm on an older system, with dpkg 1.6.15 I just opened the manpage from my woody partition, and I see that the -R is not on that line. I wonder if it was just a typo in the manpage? -- -CraigW -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
