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authorGuillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>2012-09-18 08:22:16 +0200
committerJoey Hess <joey@kitenet.net>2012-09-18 12:51:16 -0400
commit11f6b056c5391a07a041d9e66489c8bd24d22fbf (patch)
tree70533ec34b291b3f77efa3d79d6c81172fd6e954
parent579ca924ef23c259d75300b42193a914b88d90d6 (diff)
Escape dashes when they mean minus sign
Signed-off-by: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
-rw-r--r--dpkg-repack.130
1 files changed, 15 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/dpkg-repack.1 b/dpkg-repack.1
index 2f17854..861fdf2 100644
--- a/dpkg-repack.1
+++ b/dpkg-repack.1
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
.TH DPKG-REPACK 1 "Debian Utilities" "DEBIAN"
.SH NAME
-dpkg-repack \- put an unpacked .deb file back together
+dpkg\-repack \- put an unpacked .deb file back together
.SH SYNOPSIS
-\fBdpkg-repack\fP [\fB--root=dir\fP] [\fB--arch=architecture\fP] [\fB--generate\fP] \fBpackagename\fP [\fBpackagename ...\fP]
+\fBdpkg\-repack\fP [\fB\-\-root=dir\fP] [\fB\-\-arch=architecture\fP] [\fB\-\-generate\fP] \fBpackagename\fP [\fBpackagename ...\fP]
.br
.SH DESCRIPTION
-.I dpkg-repack
+.I dpkg\-repack
creates a .deb file out of a Debian package
that has already been installed on your system.
@@ -19,34 +19,34 @@ to another, or to recreate packages that are installed on your
system, but no longer available elsewhere.
Note:
-.I dpkg-repack
+.I dpkg\-repack
will place the created package in the current directory.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
-.I --root=dir
+.I \-\-root=dir
Take package from filesystem rooted on <dir>. This is useful if, for
example, you have another computer nfs mounted on /mnt, then you can use
---root=/mnt to reassemble packages from that computer.
+\-\-root=/mnt to reassemble packages from that computer.
.TP
-.I --arch=architecture
+.I \-\-arch=architecture
Make the package be for a specific architecture.
-.I dpkg-repack
+.I dpkg\-repack
might not be able to tell if an installed package is architecture all or
is specific to the system's architecture, in case it lacks the
.I Architecture
field. If you know the package architecture, you can use this option to force
-.I dpkg-repack
+.I dpkg\-repack
to use the right architecture.
.TP
-.I --generate
+.I \-\-generate
Generate a temporary directory suitable for building a package from, but do
not actually create the package. This is useful if you want to move files
around in the package before building it. The package can be built from
-this temporary directory by running "dpkg --build", passing it the generated
+this temporary directory by running "dpkg \-\-build", passing it the generated
directory.
.TP
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ The name of the package to attempt to repack. Multiple packages can be listed.
.SH BUGS
-There is a tricky situation that can occur if you dpkg-repack a package
+There is a tricky situation that can occur if you dpkg\-repack a package
that has modified conffiles. The modified conffiles are packed up. Now if
you install the package, dpkg does not realize that the conffiles in it are
modified. So if you later upgrade to a new version of the package, dpkg
@@ -65,10 +65,10 @@ package you are upgrading to.
.P
-While dpkg-repack can be run under fakeroot and will work most of the time,
-fakeroot -u must be used if any of the files to be repacked are owned by
+While dpkg\-repack can be run under fakeroot and will work most of the time,
+fakeroot \-u must be used if any of the files to be repacked are owned by
non-root users. Otherwise the package will have them owned by root.
-dpkg-repack will warn if you run it under fakeroot without the -u flag.
+dpkg\-repack will warn if you run it under fakeroot without the \-u flag.
.SH AUTHOR
Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>