Debian Bug report logs - #17409
dpkg: Documentation not in sync.

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Package: dpkg; Maintainer for dpkg is Dpkg Developers <debian-dpkg@lists.debian.org>; Source for dpkg is src:dpkg (PTS, buildd, popcon).

Reported by: "J.H.M. Dassen" <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>

Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 07:48:03 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 1.4.0.20

Done: Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#17409; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to "J.H.M. Dassen" <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>:
New bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #5 received at submit@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: "J.H.M. Dassen" <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>
To: submit@bugs.debian.org
Subject: dpkg: Documentation not in sync.
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 1998 08:46:40 +0100
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.20

/usr/doc/dpkg/packaging.html/ch-relationships.html still says
	   currently the --force-overwrite flag is enabled by default,
	   downgrading the error to a warning,

which is no longer correct as of .20

-- System Information
Debian Release: 1.3
Kernel Version: Linux penguin.wi.leidenuniv.nl 2.0.33 #4 Wed Dec 17 09:23:33 CET 1997 i586 unknown

Versions of the packages dpkg depends on:
libc6	Version: 2.0.6-2
libg++272	Version: 2.7.2.8-0.1
ncurses3.4	Version: 1.9.9g-7
-- 
Ray Dassen <jdassen@wi.LeidenUniv.nl>

Information forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>:
Bug#17409; Package dpkg. (full text, mbox, link).

Acknowledgement sent to Kirk Hilliard <kirk@ghoti.com>:
Extra info received and forwarded to list. Copy sent to Klee Dienes and Ian Jackson <dpkg-maint@chiark.greenend.org.uk>. (full text, mbox, link).

Message #10 received at 17409@bugs.debian.org (full text, mbox, reply):

From: Kirk Hilliard <kirk@ghoti.com>
To: 17409@bugs.debian.org
Subject: dpkg --force-help still says --force-overwrite is default
Date: 24 Jan 1998 15:26:27 -0500
Package: dpkg
Version: 1.4.0.20

In addition to /usr/doc/dpkg/packaging.html/ch-relationships.html,
dpkg's internal help is not in sync.

dpkg --force-help claims that --force-overwrite is enabled by default,
but this is no longer the case.

  $ dpkg --version
  Debian Linux `dpkg' package management program version 1.4.0.20 (i386 elf).
  [snip]
  $ dpkg --force-help
  [snip]
   Forcing things:
  [snip]
    overwrite [*]          Overwrite a file from one package with another
  [snip]
  Forcing options marked [*] are enabled by default.

Kirk Hilliard

Bug closed, ack sent to submitter - they'd better know why ! Request was from Wichert Akkerman <wichert@cistron.nl> to control@bugs.debian.org. (full text, mbox, link).

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