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.\" Copyright © 2000-2003 Adam Heath <doogie@debian.org>
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.\" Copyright © 2002 Josip Rodin
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.\" Copyright © 2004-2005 Scott James Remnant <keybuk@debian.org>
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-.\" Copyright © 2006-2013 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
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+.\" Copyright © 2006-2014 Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
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.\" Copyright © 2007-2008 Ian Jackson <ian@davenant.greenend.org.uk>
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.\" Copyright © 2008-2011 Raphaël Hertzog <hertzog@debian.org>
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.\"
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@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
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.\" You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
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.\" along with this program. If not, see <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
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.
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-.TH dpkg 1 "2013-07-28" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
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+.TH dpkg 1 "2014-04-28" "Debian Project" "dpkg suite"
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.SH NAME
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dpkg \- package manager for Debian
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.
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@@ -206,12 +206,15 @@ Removing of a package consists of the following steps:
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.TP
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.BR \-V ", " \-\-verify " [\fIpackage-name\fP...]
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Verifies the integrity of \fIpackage-name\fP or all packages if omitted,
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-by comparing information from the installed paths with the database
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-metadata.
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+by comparing information from the package installed paths with information
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+from the files taken from the package metadata stored in the \fBdpkg\fP
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+database. The origin of the information in the database is the binary
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+packages themselves, which gets collected at package unpack time during
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+installation.
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The output format is selectable with the \fB\-\-verify\-format\fP
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option, which by default uses the \fBrpm\fP format, but that might
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-change in the future, and as such programs parsing this command
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+change in the future, and as such, programs parsing this command
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output should be explicit about the format they expect.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-update\-avail\fP, \fB\-\-merge\-avail\fP [\fIPackages-file\fP]
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@@ -632,12 +635,13 @@ Sets the output format for the \fB\-\-verify\fP command.
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The only currently supported output format is \fBrpm\fP, which consists
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of a line for every path that failed any check. The lines start with 9
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-characters to report the specific check results, a '\fB?\fP' implies the
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+characters to report each specific check result, a '\fB?\fP' implies the
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check could not be done (lack of support, file permissions, etc), '\fB.\fP'
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implies the check passed, and an alphanumeric character implies a specific
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-check failed; the only functional check is an md5sum verification denoted
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-with a '\fB5\fP' on the third character. The line is followed by a space
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-and an attribute character (currently '\fBc\fP' for conffiles), another
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+check failed; currently the only functional check is an md5sum verification
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+against the stored value in the files database, denoted with a '\fB5\fP' on
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+the third character. The line is followed by a space and an attribute
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+character (currently '\fBc\fP' for conffiles), another
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space and the pathname.
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.TP
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\fB\-\-status\-fd \fR\fIn\fR
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Guillem Jover