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Re: simple dpkg & compile from source question



On Sun Apr 28, 2002 at 12:31:50PM -0700, Vineet Kumar wrote:
> * craigw (craigw@lvcm.com) [020428 09:31]:
> > a-ha. Thank you. I've been wondering about that. You see, the manpage
> > for dpkg lists a -R flag twice, and I find it very confusing. First is
> > this one:
> > 
> > -R | --recursive
> >         (recursively install all debs in dir & subdirs)
> > 
> > Okay, makes sense, no problems there. But then, only a couple lines
> > farther down, is this mess:
> > 
> > -R | --root=dir | --admindir=dir | --instdir=dir
> >          Change default directories.  admindir  defaults  to
> 
> Strange, I don't see that. Maybe it's an old bug that was fixed since
> the version I have? mine just shows
>        --root=dir | --admindir=dir | --instdir=dir
> 

Ha! You're absolutely right. I'm on an older system, with dpkg 1.6.15
I just opened the manpage from my woody partition, and I see that the -R
is not on that line. I wonder if it was just a typo in the manpage?

-- 
-CraigW



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