doc: clarify info command argument #1004
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list
, theinfo
command does not consult provides. Use<package-name-spec>
rather than<package-spec>
in the commandsynopsis to make this clearer.
The
list
command documentation was updated in 026c9d7 ("doc: manpage: better describe the input patterns.", 2013-02-26) to reflect this
distinction.