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authorGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2014-09-01 16:09:48 +0200
committerMichael Vogt <mvo@debian.org>2014-10-08 17:48:44 +0200
commit9227645d6d355f9f4332f400b8d58c8fa8f1e899 (patch)
tree9dbfb00ab73fc9f560be03e1f79dac69d5922e5e /doc/dpkg-tech.dbk
parent180b693262d71381d650d10c3f95a5a70553f40f (diff)
Update Status field values handling
Remove long obsolete (hold, hold-reinstreq, removal-failed) or just wrong (post-inst-failed vs postinst-failed) values, that have been autoconverted by dpkg at run-time to their new equivalents, so there should not be any such instance in any recent system (removal-failed since dpkg 1.1.4 in Apr 1996, hold and hold-reinstreq since dpkg 1.2.0 in May 1996). dpkg even stopped doing the mapping in 1.15.4 and 1.15.8 respectively. At the same time sort the list in the same order as they appear in the dpkg code.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/dpkg-tech.dbk')
-rw-r--r--doc/dpkg-tech.dbk28
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 23 deletions
diff --git a/doc/dpkg-tech.dbk b/doc/dpkg-tech.dbk
index 660ccabc9..2584cf640 100644
--- a/doc/dpkg-tech.dbk
+++ b/doc/dpkg-tech.dbk
@@ -222,13 +222,11 @@ Where <replaceable>Want</replaceable> may be one of
<emphasis>unknown</emphasis>, <emphasis>install</emphasis>,
<emphasis>hold</emphasis>, <emphasis>deinstall</emphasis>,
<emphasis>purge</emphasis>. <replaceable>Flag</replaceable> may
-be one of <emphasis>ok</emphasis>, <emphasis>reinstreq</emphasis>,
-<emphasis>hold</emphasis>,
-<emphasis>hold-reinstreq</emphasis>. <replaceable>Status</replaceable> may
-be one of <emphasis>not-installed</emphasis>, <emphasis>unpacked</emphasis>,
-<emphasis>half-configured</emphasis>, <emphasis>installed</emphasis>,
-<emphasis>half-installed</emphasis> <emphasis>config-files</emphasis>,
-<emphasis>post-inst-failed</emphasis>, <emphasis>removal-failed</emphasis>.
+be one of <emphasis>ok</emphasis>, <emphasis>reinstreq</emphasis>.
+<replaceable>Status</replaceable> may
+be one of <emphasis>not-installed</emphasis>, <emphasis>config-files</emphasis>,
+<emphasis>half-installed</emphasis>, <emphasis>unpacked</emphasis>,
+<emphasis>half-configured</emphasis> and <emphasis>installed</emphasis>.
The states are as follows:-
</para>
<variablelist>
@@ -287,22 +285,6 @@ nothing else.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>post-inst-failed</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>
-Old name for half-configured. Do not use.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
-<varlistentry>
-<term>removal-failed</term>
-<listitem>
-<para>
-Old name for half-installed. Do not use.
-</para>
-</listitem>
-</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>
The two last items are only left in dpkg for compatibility - they are