Bug#438545: apt: patch to add some frontends to the manpage
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.9
Tags: patch
Followup-For: Bug #438545
Here is a small patch for the apt.8 manpage
Regards,
Andrei
-- Package-specific info:
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.22-3-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2007.07.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.7-0exp8 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.2.2-3 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.2.2-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
-- no debconf information
--- apt.8.orig 2007-07-24 15:33:29.000000000 +0300
+++ apt.8 2007-11-19 19:25:39.000000000 +0200
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B apt
.SH DESCRIPTION
-APT is a management system for software packages. It is still
-under development; the snazzy front ends are not yet available. In the
-meantime, please see
-.BR apt-get (8).
+APT is a management system for software packages. For normal day to day
+package management there are several frontends available, like
+.BR aptitude (8)
+for the command line or
+.BR synaptic (8)for X-Windows. Some options are only implemented in
+.BR apt-get (8) though.
.SH OPTIONS
None.
.SH FILES
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