XPost: linux.debian.bugs.dist 
 From: wferi@debian.org 
  
 Guillem Jover  writes: 
  
 > Ah! I think I see what you mean now. Would the attached patch fix the 
 > confusing text? 
 > 
 > diff --git i/man/dpkg.pod w/man/dpkg.pod 
 > index 8349f0afd..001373b75 100644 
 > --- i/man/dpkg.pod 
 > +++ w/man/dpkg.pod 
 > @@ -1438,8 +1438,8 @@ During normal operation, this variable is empty. 
 >  When installing packages into a different B, B 
 >  normally invokes maintainer scripts using L and leaves 
 >  this variable empty, but if B<--force-script-chrootless> is 
 > -specified then the L call is skipped and B 
 > -is non-empty. 
 > +specified then the L call is skipped and 
 > +this variable is set to B (which will be non-empty). 
 > 
 >  =item B 
  
 Hi Guillem, 
  
 Yes, this is pretty much what I expected, thanks for confirming it!  I 
 wouldn't even add the "(which will be non-empty)" part to avoid 
 questions arising from arguments like --root='', but anyway. 
  
 > (I also noticed that there's no documentation for dpkg honoring 
 > DPKG_ROOT and DPKG_ADMINDIR being set when it runs, which was a 
 > recentish behavior change, will document that too.) 
  
 Thanks for taking care, that sounds like an important point indeed. 
 -- 
 Regards, 
 Feri. 
  
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