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authorEugene V. Lyubimkin <jackyf@1501-debian>2008-11-06 23:04:40 +0200
committerEugene V. Lyubimkin <jackyf@1501-debian>2008-11-06 23:04:40 +0200
commit861aa1bdf1a895fa8e437abfe992c5d33e5f0fcb (patch)
tree1a6e0c6fe00a501ddedb701976a82a33eb3ea74d /doc/apt-get.8.xml
parent5af4276c8e64d28f4d43e2ebb5938e9ba2c93cfa (diff)
doc/apt-get.8.xml: advanced descriptions for 'remove' and 'purge'.
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/apt-get.8.xml')
-rw-r--r--doc/apt-get.8.xml8
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/doc/apt-get.8.xml b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
index 73bacf09b..325f1964d 100644
--- a/doc/apt-get.8.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-get.8.xml
@@ -213,14 +213,15 @@
<varlistentry><term>remove</term>
<listitem><para><literal>remove</literal> is identical to <literal>install</literal> except that packages are
- removed instead of installed. If a plus sign is appended to the package
+ removed instead of installed. Note the removing a package leaves its
+ configuration files in system. If a plus sign is appended to the package
name (with no intervening space), the identified package will be
installed instead of removed.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>purge</term>
<listitem><para><literal>purge</literal> is identical to <literal>remove</literal> except that packages are
- removed and purged.</para></listitem>
+ removed and purged (any configuration files are deleted too).</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry><term>source</term>
@@ -419,7 +420,8 @@
<varlistentry><term><option>--purge</option></term>
<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.
+ scheduled to be purged. <option>remove --purge</option> is equivalent for
+ <option>purge</option> command.
Configuration Item: <literal>APT::Get::Purge</literal>.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>