Bug#503685: debian-policy: Error in command example of debian policy manual on how to show copyright file
Package: debian-policy
Version: 3.8.0.1
Severity: minor
In ap-pkg-binarypkg.html, section B1, the example is:
To view the copyright file for a package you could use this command:
dpkg --fsys-tarfile filename.deb | tar xOf - \*/copyright | pager
I've tried this command with tar version 1.20 and I need this command, with the --wildcards option
dpkg --fsys-tarfile filename.deb | tar xOf - --wildcards \*/copyright | pager
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=fr_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=fr_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
debian-policy depends on no packages.
debian-policy recommends no packages.
Versions of packages debian-policy suggests:
ii doc-base 0.8.16 utilities to manage online documen
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