Bug#174971: dpkg(8) should point the user towards dpkg-query(8)
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.9
Severity: minor
Tags: patch
Since dpkg version 1.10, the query options of dpkg have been moved
into dpkg-query. The documentation should reflect that.
--- dpkg.8.orig Sun May 26 04:53:43 2002
+++ dpkg.8 Thu Jan 2 00:40:15 2003
@@ -44,6 +44,16 @@
.fi
Please refer to \fBdpkg-deb\fP(1) for information about these actions.
+\fBdpkg\fP duplicates some options of \fBdpkg-query\fP(8):
+.nf
+ \fB-l\fP, \fB--list\fP,
+ \fB-L\fP, \fB--listfiles\fP,
+ \fB-p\fP, \fB--print-avail\fP,
+ \fB-s\fP, \fB--status\fP,
+ \fB-S\fP, \fB--search\fP
+.fi
+See \fBdpkg-query\fP(8) for more flexible query possibilities.
+
.SH INFORMATION ABOUT PACKAGES
\fBdpkg\fP maintains some usable information about available
packages. The information is divided in three classes: \fBstates\fP,
@@ -575,6 +585,7 @@
.br
.SH SEE ALSO
\fBdselect\fP(8),
+\fBdpkg-query\fP(8),
\fBdpkg-deb\fP(1),
\fBdeb\fP(5),
and
-zefram
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