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-rw-r--r--debian/changelog2
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-get.8.sgml2
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 020d082bc..70a45992c 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ apt (0.5.6) unstable; urgency=low
- Fix typo in apt-cache(8) (Closes: #161243)
- Remove duplicate 'showpkg' from synopsis on apt-cache(8)
(Closes: #175611)
+ - Document in apt-get(8) the meaning of the '*' in ShowList, which is that
+ the package is being purged (Closes: #182369)
--
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.sgml b/doc/apt-get.8.sgml
index 6256d7212..9c67eee41 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.sgml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.sgml
@@ -353,6 +353,8 @@
<VarListEntry><term><option/--purge/</>
<ListItem><Para>
Use purge instead of remove for anything that would be removed.
+ An asterisk ("*") will be displayed next to packages which are
+ scheduled to be purged.
Configuration Item: <literal/APT::Get::Purge/.
</VarListEntry>