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authorJulian Andres Klode <julian.klode@canonical.com>2020-12-27 13:56:22 +0100
committerJulian Andres Klode <julian.klode@canonical.com>2020-12-27 13:56:22 +0100
commit7bec6d3d7008dcfde1d999776102bf5ab2e86381 (patch)
treef9def1f6b4d248b22c219dcad431315f024d437c /doc
parent2015e0c5eec5750d4f4094d9689cd680608e714f (diff)
Implement ?reverse-depends/~R and friends
This was easy.
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-rw-r--r--doc/apt-patterns.7.xml8
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diff --git a/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml b/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml
index 06a60285b..0d2e79f88 100644
--- a/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml
+++ b/doc/apt-patterns.7.xml
@@ -167,6 +167,14 @@
<term><code>?enhances(PATTERN)</code></term><term><code>~DEnhances:PATTERN</code></term>
<listitem><para>Selects versions depending/pre-depending/suggesting/conflicting/etc on/with/ packages matching PATTERN.</para></listitem>
</varlistentry>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><code>?reverse-<emphasis>depType</emphasis>(PATTERN)</code></term>
+ <term><code>~R<emphasis>DepType</emphasis>:PATTERN</code></term>
+ <listitem><para>Opposite of <code>?depends</code> and friends - selects all packages that have reverse-dependencies (versions) matching PATTERN.</para>
+ <para><emphasis>depType</emphasis> is one of the dependency types such as <code>depends</code>, so that we don't have to repeat the entire list from the first paragraph here.</para>
+ </listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
</variablelist>
</refsect1>