Bug#64471: I found the docs sought in #64471
The "Package Management System" docs mentioned in the dpkg
man page seem to be in /usr/share/doc/debian/FAQ/debian-faq.txt.gz .
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/usr/share/doc/debian/FAQ$ zgrep ackage debian-faq.txt.gz | grep anagem
| grep yste
6. Basics of the Debian Package Management System
10.7. How does the package management system deal with packages
of available packages that the package management system
`Basics of the Debian Package Management System')
probably cause the Debian package management system to fail
the Debian package management system. Therefore, it is good
6. Basics of the Debian Package Management System
first installed `binutils', the package management system (dpkg)
that the package management system will not overwrite when the
maintainers, as an aid to the package management system. The
10.7. How does the package management system deal with packages that
rest of the package management system will see that the files have
The package management system will not know about this change, and
available packages that the package management system knows about?
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This file isn't part of the GNU info system, SFAICT.
The man page needs to be corrected.
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Thomas Hood
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