minor dpkg/doc/programmer.sgml fix
programmer.sgml sometimes uses the term `option' when it really means
`method'. This is inconsistent and confusing.
Here is the patch.
Index: programmer.sgml
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RCS file: /usr/src/CVS/dpkg/doc/programmer.sgml,v
retrieving revision 1.1
diff -u -r1.1 programmer.sgml
--- programmer.sgml 1998/10/25 22:24:03 1.1
+++ programmer.sgml 1999/08/15 10:13:51
@@ -3324,7 +3324,7 @@
<tag><tt/update/
<tag><tt/install/
<item>executable programs, the scripts themselves.
-<tag><tt/desc.<var/option//
+<tag><tt/desc.<var/method//
<item>description file.
</taglist>
<p>
@@ -3352,11 +3352,11 @@
<var/group/ and <var/method/. <var/vardir/ is the base directory for
storing <prgn/dpkg/ and <prgn/dselect/'s state, usually
<tt>/var/lib/dpkg</>; this is passed in so that the <tt/--admindir/
-option to <prgn/dselect/ is honoured).
+method to <prgn/dselect/ is honoured).
<p>
-Each option may have an extended description in
-<tt/desc.<var/option//. This should be formatted like the extended
+Each method may have an extended description in
+<tt/desc.<var/method//. This should be formatted like the extended
description part of a <tt/Description/ field entry <em/shifted one
character to the left/.
<p>
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