Bug#26193: typo in dpkg --force-help
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.27
When I invoke dpkg --force-help it displays the following line:
dowgrade [*] Replace a package with a lower version
which is as far as I can tell a typo. When I rung dpkg --force-dowgrade it
shows the following:
tomorrow:~# dpkg -i --force-dowgrade vim_5.0-0.2.deb
dpkg: unknown force/refuse option `dowgrade'
Type dpkg --help for help about installing and deinstalling packages [*];
Use dselect for user-friendly package management;
Type dpkg -Dhelp for a list of dpkg debug flag values;
Type dpkg --force-help for a list of forcing options;
Type dpkg-deb --help for help about manipulating *.deb files;
Type dpkg --licence for copyright licence and lack of warranty (GNU GPL)
[*].
Options marked [*] produce a lot of output - pipe it through `less' or
`more' !
tomorrow:~#
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However, when using --force-downgrade the downgrade was performed
correctly. I guess all that needs to be done is the change "dowgrade" to
downgrade.
I am using Debian 2.0, kernel version 2.0.33.
Thanks for your time,
Alan Liu
surak@imsa.edu
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