Re: Bug#176597: apt: man page says apt-get check does update
>>>>> "Jason" == Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@debian.org> writes:
Jason> On Tue, 14 Jan 2003, Dan Jacobson wrote:
>> check check is a diagnostic tool; it updates the package cache and
>> checks for broken dependencies.
Jason> Surprisingly, the package cache is the directory with 'cache' in the name.
Jason> The lists directory is something else.
Jason> The terms used in the man pages and source code are entirely self
Jason> consistant, you're just not reading carefully enough. Please think more
Jason> carefully before filing bugs.
No, I am purposely not being as perfect as I could be in order to
simulate a large class of average users.
When you toy with words like "updates" many average users might get a
different idea.
I vote for more idiot-proofing of the man pages vs. keeping the image
that GNU/Linux is for experts only.
I mean look at gmane.emacs.bugs on gmane.org: this is the style of bug
reporting i've used for years and RMS fixes one or two a week with no
complaints...
On the other hand I dare not do it with iconv, libc6 or else get
bitched at by drepper. so for those tools i 'treat it like
microsoft... no bug reports for them'.
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