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@@ -1042,6 +1042,9 @@ is preserved, with the ones from the configuration files taking precedence.
The environment variable B<DPKG_HOOK_ACTION> is set for the hooks to the
current B<dpkg> action.
+The invoke hooks are not executed when B<--no-act> is specified,
+or when running as non-root without B<--force-not-root>.
+
B<Note>: Front-ends might call B<dpkg> several
times per invocation, which might run the hooks more times than expected.
@@ -1108,7 +1111,7 @@ These lines have the following format:
Z<>
B<missing > [B<c>] I<pathname> [B<(>I<error-message>B<)>]
- B<??5??????> [B<c>] I<pathname>
+ B<?M5??????> [B<c>] I<pathname>
The first 9 characters are used to report the checks result,
either a literal B<missing> when the file is not present or its metadata
@@ -1220,6 +1223,9 @@ shell I<command>'s standard input, to be run via ā€œ%DPKG_DEFAULT_SHELL% -cā€
This option can be specified multiple times.
The output format used is the same as in B<--status-fd>.
+The status loggers are not executed when B<--no-act> is specified,
+or when running as non-root without B<--force-not-root>.
+
=item B<--log=>I<filename>
Log status change updates and actions to I<filename>, instead of
@@ -1356,6 +1362,12 @@ Sets the color mode (since dpkg 1.18.5).
The currently accepted values are: B<auto> (default), B<always> and
B<never>.
+=item B<DPKG_NLS>
+
+If set, it will be used to decide whether to activate Native Language Support,
+also known as internationalization (or i18n) support (since dpkg 1.22.7).
+The accepted values are: B<0> and B<1> (default).
+
=item B<DPKG_DEBUG>
Sets the debug mask (since dpkg 1.21.10) from an octal value.