Bug#338790: apt-get: man page should mention "=" and "/"

[Matt Taggart <taggart@debian.org>]

Package: apt
Version: 0.6.42.2
Severity: wishlist

The apt-get man page, in the install section, has a paragraph explaining how 
to use 'equals' and 'slash'. I couldn't find it at first because I was 
searching the manpage for '=' and '/'. Could those be added to that paragraph 
to help people searching in this way? Maybe something like,

  A specific version of a package can be selected for installation
  by  following the package name with an equals ('=') and the
  version of the package to select. This will cause that version
  to be located  and selected for install. Alternatively a
  specific distribution can be selected by following the package
  name with a slash ('/') and the version of the distribution or
  the Archive name (stable, testing, unstable).


Thanks,

-- 
Matt Taggart
taggart@debian.org