Bug#160048: dpkg --no-act --help was supposed to just tell us
On Sat, 2002-09-07 at 19:46, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> Package: dpkg
> Version: 1.9.21
> Severity: minor
>
> In case you are a perfectionist:
> dpkg --no-act --help was supposed to just tell us what it was going to
> do (print a help list), not actually do it.
"--no-act" flags and the like generally define "action" as something
that would visibly and permanently change the state of the computer;
e.g. creating or deleting files, ejecting CDROMs, etc.
So this is not a bug.
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