Typo. Closes: #653339

[debhelper.git] / doc / PROGRAMMING

diff --git a/doc/PROGRAMMING b/doc/PROGRAMMING
index ca76b9c9bf346dd8a40b46aefdfb295139e3b572..b6d3d16e231aeaa9c744290667cddc4f0b271d21 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/PROGRAMMING
+++ b/doc/PROGRAMMING
@@ -235,7 +235,9 @@ getpackages($type)
        Returns a list of packages in the control file.
        Pass "arch" or "indep" to specify arch-dependent or
        -independent. If nothing is specified, returns all
-       packages.
+       packages (including packages that are not built
+       for this architecture). Pass "both" to get the union
+       of "arch" and "indep" packages.
        As a side effect, populates %package_arches and %package_types with
        the types of all packages (not only those returned).
 inhibit_log()