Bug#270031: dpkg.8.gz: add examples for --status-fd
On Sun, 2004-09-05 at 19:29, Dan Jacobson wrote:
[...]
> $ dpkg --status-fd 1 apt-move
> dpkg: need an action option
>
> OK, then the man page should say
>
> --status-fd <n> <action option>
The man page quite clearly says
dpkg [options] action
with --status-fd being listed under `OPTIONS'. It quite clearly
therefore is intended to be used (possibly in combination with other
options) before an action.
[...]
> yes '--status-fd 2', '--status-fd 1' but what else goes on the command line???
> Sorry. Can't figure out how this is used. Maybe it is just 1>&2 1>&3
> etc. but if so then it would just be called --fd, not --status-fd, so
> there must be something more to it.
An action that changes the status of a package, perhaps?
hth
Adam
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