deb-src-control(5), start-stop-daemon(8): small improvements
- Clarify that the Architecture field can contain architecture wildcards.
- Clarify when start-stop-daemon can exit 0 when --oknodo is used.
- Drop a sentence that was repeating something already said earlier.
diff --git a/man/deb-src-control.5 b/man/deb-src-control.5
index d0f5369..0c5ee67 100644
--- a/man/deb-src-control.5
+++ b/man/deb-src-control.5
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
." Author: Oxan van Leeuwen
." Includes text from the deb-control manual page by Raul Miller
-.TH deb-src-control 5 "2010-11-22" "Debian Project" "Debian"
+.TH deb-src-control 5 "2011-04-29" "Debian Project" "Debian"
.SH NAME
deb-src-control - Debian source packages' master control file format
.
@@ -23,8 +23,8 @@ fields is generally joined to a single line by the tools (except in the case of
the
.B Description
field, see below). To insert empty lines into a multi-line
-field, insert a dot after the space. The paragraphs are separated by an empty
-line. Lines starting with a fB'#'fP are treated as comments.
+field, insert a dot after the space. Lines starting with a fB'#'fP are
+treated as comments.
.
.SH SOURCE FIELDS
.TP
@@ -186,7 +186,10 @@ value. For packages that are architecture independent, such as shell and Perl
scripts or documentation, use the
.B all
value. To restrict the packages to a certain set of architectures, specify the
-architecture names, separated by a space.
+architecture names, separated by a space. It's also possible to put
+architecture wildcards in that list (see
+.BR dpkg-architecture (1)
+for more information about them).
.TP
.BR Package-Type: " <deb|udeb>"
diff --git a/man/start-stop-daemon.8 b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
index 310b9af..fc39fd6 100644
--- a/man/start-stop-daemon.8
+++ b/man/start-stop-daemon.8
@@ -260,11 +260,12 @@ Print verbose informational messages.
.SH EXIT STATUS
.TP
.B 0
-The requested action was performed, or if
+The requested action was performed. If
.B --oknodo
-is specified and either
+was specified, it's also possible that nothing had to be done.
+This can happen when
.B --start
-was specified and a matching process was already running, or
+was specified and a matching process was already running, or when
.B --stop
was specified and there were no matching processes.
.TP
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04-30-2011, 06:48 AM
Christian PERRIER
Some issues with the man pages (noticed while updating the translation)
Quoting Raphael Hertzog (hertzog@debian.org):
> Hi,
>
> On Fri, 29 Apr 2011, Helge Kreutzmann wrote:
> > Hello,
> > while updating the German translation I noticed the following issues:
>
> Thanks, I fixed all those.
Sigh. A few more strings for me to lag with in the French
translation...:-)
05-18-2011, 05:19 AM
Christian PERRIER
Some issues with the man pages (noticed while updating the translation)
Quoting Helge Kreutzmann (debian@helgefjell.de):
> Hello Christian,
> On Sat, Apr 30, 2011 at 08:48:02AM +0200, Christian PERRIER wrote:
> > Sigh. A few more strings for me to lag with in the French
> > translation...:-)
>
> See it this way: Sometimes other people review the text so you can
> concentrate on translation at least here.
Er. I'm lagging for dpkg. A lot..:-)
Probably something I'll catchup with during DebConf.