Bug#464846: problem with apt and bash completition

[Michalis Georgiou <mechmg93@gmail.com>]

Daniel Burrows wrote:
> On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 11:28:36PM +0200, Michalis Georgiou <mechmg93@gmail.com> was heard to say:
>   
> > #apt-cache show policy foo
> >
> >  foo:
> >  Installed: (none)
> >  Candidate: (none)
> >  Version table:
> >     
>
>   Hm.  What if you run "apt-cache showpkg foo"?
>
>   Also: you said you ran "apt-cache search pkgnames" to see foo.  Did
> you mean "apt-cache pkgnames"?
>
>   I'm wondering if foo (what is it, anyway?) could be hanging around as
> a virtual package.  Note that in apt's view, this doesn't just mean that
> it's a Virtual package in the dpkg sense; it could also be mentioned in
> some other package's dependency fields.
>
>   Daniel
>   
package foo, is usually, a custom debian image, for example, 
linux-image-2.6.24.1. I also had this problem by using an external 
repository for compiz-fusion(i've done a clean install since then).

when i run apt-cache showpkg foo the output is :

Package: foo
Versions:

Reverse Depends:
Dependencies:
Provides:
Reverse Provides:


apt-cache search pkgnames was wrong. i meant apt-cache pkgnames.

Michalis