Bug#65153: there is no --dry-run option in apt-get, yet it's documented [patch]
Package: apt
Hi,
# apt-get --dry-run
E: Command line option --dry-run is not understood
The manual page for apt-get contains:
-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act
No action; perform a simulation of events that
would occur but do not actually change the system.
Configuration Item: APT::Get::Simulate.
Here's a patch against the CVS version:
--- apt-get.8.yo~ Fri Feb 11 04:37:46 2000
+++ apt-get.8.yo Sat Jun 3 17:18:30 2000
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@
you did not expect.
Configuration Item: bf(quiet)
-dit(bf(-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act))
+dit(bf(-s, --simulate, --just-print, --recon, --no-act))
No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not
actually change the system. Configuration Item: bf(APT::Get::Simulate).
Or this, if you wish to leave the option (I have no opinion, either is fine :)
--- apt-get.cc~ Sun May 14 08:01:04 2000
+++ apt-get.cc Sat Jun 3 17:19:50 2000
@@ -1692,6 +1692,7 @@
{'s',"just-print","APT::Get::Simulate",0},
{'s',"recon","APT::Get::Simulate",0},
{'s',"no-act","APT::Get::Simulate",0},
+ {'s',"dry-run","APT::Get::Simulate",0},
{'y',"yes","APT::Get::Assume-Yes",0},
{'y',"assume-yes","APT::Get::Assume-Yes",0},
{'f',"fix-broken","APT::Get::Fix-Broken",0},
Also, yodl is missing from Build-Depends:, and that is apparently required
to build the manual pages from .yo files.
Please fix these, thanks.
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