Re: apt manpage missing

[Brian Servis <servis@purdue.edu>]

*- On 31 Dec, David Karlin wrote about "apt manpage missing"
> Hello,
> The manpage for apt seems to be missing, although the manpage for
> apt-get is present, on my (slink) system.
> 
> I'd thought that a program's manpage is installed with the package
> itself, but it doesn't seem to have happened in this case.
> 
> How can I get this manpage installed on my system?  Do I need to
> reinstall apt?
> 
> Thanks and happy new year.
> 

I have apt v0.3.15 installed on potato and you are not missing much.
Below is the entire man page for apt(8).

NAME
       apt - Advanced Package Tool

SYNOPSIS
       apt

DESCRIPTION
       APT  is  a management system for software packages.  It is
       still under development; the snazzy front ends are not yet
       available.  In the meantime, please see apt-get(8).

OPTIONS
       None.

FILES
       None.

SEE ALSO
       apt-cache(8), apt-get(8), sources.list(5)

DIAGNOSTICS
       apt  returns  zero  on  normal  operation,  decimal 100 on
       error.

BUGS
       This manpage isn't even started.

       See <http://www.debian.org/Bugs/db/pa/lapt.html>.  If  you
       wish    to    report    a   bug   in   apt,   please   see
       /usr/doc/debian/bug-reporting.txt or the bug(1) command.

AUTHOR
       apt was written by the APT team <apt@packages.debian.org>.



Brian Servis
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