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Bug#35196: apt: In the apt-get help text, "ie" should be "eg"



Package: apt
Version: 0.3.3

Running apt-get with no arguments shows:
apt 0.3.3 for i386 compiled on Mar 23 1999  12:30:36
Usage: apt-get [options] command
...
Options:
...
  -o=? Set an arbitary configuration option, ie -o dir::cache=/tmp
                                             ^^
This "ie" should be "eg".  "ie" means, roughly, "that is", while "eg"
means, roughly, "for example".  In this case, "for example" would be
more appropriate.

Suggested solution: replace "ie" with "eg".
Alternative solution: ban the use of debian by overly anal-retentive
  people.

-- System Information
Debian Release: 
Kernel Version: Linux WyrmWeyr 2.2.4 #17 Wed Mar 24 13:44:58 PST 1999 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages apt depends on:
ii  libc6           2.1.1-0.1      GNU C Library: shared libraries
ii  libstdc++2.9    2.91.61-1      The GNU stdc++ library (egcs version)


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