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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
===================================================================
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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