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Bug#864285: man page of apt incomplete, missing "clean" subcommand



On Tue, Jun 06, 2017 at 02:27:46PM +0200, L.Schmidt wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 1.4.6
> Severity: minor
> 
> While `apt clean' works as expected, by removing downloaded archives
> from package cache, the man page for apt lacks any mention of
> subcommand `clean'
> 
> NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
> VERSION_ID="9"
> VERSION="9 (stretch)"
> 

Do you consider "clean" to be one of "the most used commands" - these
are the ones the manpage documents, for everything else, it refers to
apt-get and apt-cache manpages.

Given that apt automatically cleans up after itself, documenting
clean here would IMO only distract.

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