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authorArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:52:02 +0000
committerArch Librarian <arch@canonical.com>2004-09-20 16:52:02 +0000
commit5c2cb6e4ba5caca1f0efce0a726e8f47d16bc5a5 (patch)
tree4ff548f65ec0f2fbbda303177e76e35da77e5d52 /doc/apt-get.8.yo
parentded8766eeaff8d2e7e7fc0ff29aca25269a08313 (diff)
More bug updates
Author: jgg Date: 1998-12-06 22:51:10 GMT More bug updates
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@@ -130,7 +130,11 @@ See bf(quiet)
dit(bf(-s, --simulate, --just-print, --dry-run, --recon, --no-act))
No action; perform a simulation of events that would occur but do not
-actually change the system. See bf(APT::Get::Simulate).
+actually change the system. See bf(APT::Get::Simulate). Simulate prints out
+a series of lines each one representing a dpkg operation, Configure (Conf),
+Remove (Remv), Unpack (Inst). Square brackets indicate broken packages with
+and empty set of square brackets meaning breaks that are of no consequence
+(rare).
dit(bf(-y, --yes, --assume-yes))
Automatic yes to prompts; assume "yes" as answer to all prompts and run