apt-get(8) man page doesn't mention apt-mark or history.log

Bug #1198808 reported by Keith Winstein
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
apt (Ubuntu)
Triaged
Low
Unassigned

Bug Description

It would be nice if the apt-get(8) man page mentioned the apt-mark tool, e.g. in the SEE ALSO section.

The man page could also mention that the APT database keeps track of "manually installed" packages. (It mentions "automatically installed" packages in the discussion of autoremove.)

It would also be nice if it discussed the log in /var/log/apt/history.log, e.g. in the FILES section.

ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 13.04
Package: apt 0.9.7.7ubuntu4
ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.8.0-25.37-generic 3.8.13
Uname: Linux 3.8.0-25-generic x86_64
ApportVersion: 2.9.2-0ubuntu8.1
Architecture: amd64
Date: Mon Jul 8 02:24:07 2013
InstallationDate: Installed on 2013-05-10 (58 days ago)
InstallationMedia: Xubuntu 13.04 "Raring Ringtail" - Release amd64 (20130423.1)
MarkForUpload: True
ProcEnviron:
 TERM=xterm-256color
 PATH=(custom, no user)
 XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
 LANG=en_US.UTF-8
 SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: apt
UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

Revision history for this message
Keith Winstein (keithw) wrote :
tags: added: xenial yakkety
Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Triaged
importance: Undecided → Low
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