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[ovs-dev] debian.rst: Clarify that "dpkg" needs manual help with dependencies.

Message ID 20170529184051.28887-1-blp@ovn.org
State Accepted
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Ben Pfaff May 29, 2017, 6:40 p.m. UTC 
Reported-by: Mircea Ulinic <ping@mirceaulinic.net>
Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org>
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 AUTHORS.rst                            |  1 +
 Documentation/intro/install/debian.rst | 14 +++++++++-----
 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

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Ben Pfaff July 6, 2017, 11:47 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:40:51AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> Reported-by: Mircea Ulinic <ping@mirceaulinic.net>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org>

This patch needs a review.
Andy Zhou Aug. 4, 2017, 8:54 p.m. UTC | #2 
On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org> wrote:
> On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:40:51AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
>> Reported-by: Mircea Ulinic <ping@mirceaulinic.net>
>> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org>

Acked-by: Andy Zhou <azhou@ovn.org>
Ben Pfaff Aug. 4, 2017, 9:53 p.m. UTC | #3 
On Fri, Aug 04, 2017 at 01:54:59PM -0700, Andy Zhou wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 6, 2017 at 4:47 PM, Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org> wrote:
> > On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 11:40:51AM -0700, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> >> Reported-by: Mircea Ulinic <ping@mirceaulinic.net>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ben Pfaff <blp@ovn.org>
> 
> Acked-by: Andy Zhou <azhou@ovn.org>

Thanks, applied to master.
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diff --git a/AUTHORS.rst b/AUTHORS.rst
index a8bf1ee0c6af..6c02711780d4 100644
--- a/AUTHORS.rst
+++ b/AUTHORS.rst
@@ -477,6 +477,7 @@  Mike Kruze                      mkruze@nicira.com
 Mike Qing                       mqing@vmware.com
 Min Chen                        ustcer.tonychan@gmail.com
 Mikael Doverhag                 mdoverhag@nicira.com
+Mircea Ulinic                   ping@mirceaulinic.net
 Mrinmoy Das                     mrdas@ixiacom.com
 Muhammad Shahbaz                mshahbaz@cs.princeton.edu
 Murali R                        muralirdev@gmail.com
diff --git a/Documentation/intro/install/debian.rst b/Documentation/intro/install/debian.rst
index 6484331442fb..0bf94e4090d7 100644
--- a/Documentation/intro/install/debian.rst
+++ b/Documentation/intro/install/debian.rst
@@ -98,11 +98,15 @@  Installing .deb Packages
 ------------------------
 
 These instructions apply to installing from Debian packages that you built
-yourself, as described in the previous section, or from packages provided by
-Debian or a Debian derivative distribution such as Ubuntu.  In the former case,
-use a command such as ``dpkg -i`` to install the .deb files that you build, and
-in the latter case use a program such as ``apt-get`` or ``aptitude`` to
-download and install the provided packages.
+yourself, as described in the previous section.  In this case, use a command
+such as ``dpkg -i`` to install the .deb files that you build.  You will have to
+manually install any missing dependencies.
+
+You can also use these instruction to install from packages provided by Debian
+or a Debian derivative distribution such as Ubuntu.  In this case, use a
+program such as ``apt-get`` or ``aptitude`` to download and install the
+provided packages.  These programs will also automatically download and install
+any missing dependencies.
 
 .. important::
   You must be superuser to install Debian packages.