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authorOtavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>2007-11-19 17:53:41 -0200
committerOtavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>2007-11-19 17:53:41 -0200
commit60aeb838d1ae47dc66eb862e4bedba065e712de8 (patch)
tree22abe4a64243b43d05975fcd42a97461de8d5dc1
parent75a3362b6ada5dae64d6ca7f6a7bff0fcae956bb (diff)
* Applied patch from Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> to add a
note about some frontends in apt.8 manpage, closes: #438545.
-rw-r--r--debian/changelog4
-rw-r--r--doc/apt.810
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/debian/changelog b/debian/changelog
index 8c1b92f22..ad860dbad 100644
--- a/debian/changelog
+++ b/debian/changelog
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ apt (0.7.10) UNRELEASED; urgency=low
* Applied patch from Mike O'Connor <stew@vireo.org> to add a manpage to
apt-mark, closes: #430207.
+ * Applied patch from Andrei Popescu <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> to add a
+ note about some frontends in apt.8 manpage, closes: #438545.
- -- Otavio Salvador <otavio@debian.org> Fri, 02 Nov 2007 13:41:02 -0200
+ -- Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br> Mon, 19 Nov 2007 17:52:34 -0200
apt (0.7.9) unstable; urgency=low
diff --git a/doc/apt.8 b/doc/apt.8
index 6f39c5387..2b5b9fb70 100644
--- a/doc/apt.8
+++ b/doc/apt.8
@@ -20,10 +20,12 @@ apt \- Advanced Package Tool
.SH SYNOPSIS
.B apt
.SH DESCRIPTION
-APT is a management system for software packages. It is still
-under development; the snazzy front ends are not yet available. In the
-meantime, please see
-.BR apt-get (8).
+APT is a management system for software packages. For normal day to day
+package management there are several frontends available, like
+.BR aptitude (8)
+for the command line or
+.BR synaptic (8)for X-Windows. Some options are only implemented in
+.BR apt-get (8) though.
.SH OPTIONS
None.
.SH FILES