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Bug#737392: Document --terse in dpkg-reconfigure(8)

From	Colin Watson <cjwatson@debian.org>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist
Subject	Bug#737392: Document --terse in dpkg-reconfigure(8)
Date	2023-01-01 20:30 +0100
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On Sun, Feb 02, 2014 at 02:19:30PM +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> --- dpkg-reconfigure.old	2014-02-02 14:17:35.000000000 +0200
> +++ dpkg-reconfigure	2014-02-02 14:16:50.000000000 +0200
> @@ -62,6 +62,11 @@
>  However, it may be useful in constrained environments where rewriting the
>  templates database is expensive.
>  
> +=item B<--terse>
> +
> +Enable terse mode, in which debconf frontends
> +cut down on the verbiage as much as possible.
> +
>  =item B<-h>, B<--help>
>  
>  Display usage help.

Thanks.  I went for a slightly different patch to avoid having to update
translations, and because this appears to have been fixed before but
unintentionally reverted; but it should have the same net effect of
documenting the --terse option.

-- 
Colin Watson (he/him)                              [cjwatson@debian.org]

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