Bug#311624: dpkg: [manual] The interactive is of update-alternatives is not explained
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.10.27
Severity: minor
When running command:
update-alternatives --config editor
There is (+) and (*) marks. The star-mark is implied from the promp
message that appears, but what is the purpose of (+) is left to
shrouds. No matter what item value is selected, the (+) stays where
it is.
Please document the marks and the behavior of the interactive
screen in the manual.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11-1-686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C (charmap=ISO-8859-1) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US)
Versions of packages dpkg depends on:
ii dselect 1.10.27 a user tool to manage Debian packa
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-22 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
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