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Re: apt 2.0 release notes



On Sun, Mar 08, 2020 at 07:10:49PM +0100, Jonas Smedegaard wrote:
> Quoting Matthias Klose (2020-03-08 18:40:34)
> > $ apt show <somepackage> >/dev/null | cat
> > 
> > WARNING: apt does not have a stable CLI interface. Use with caution in scripts.
> > 
> > Is there a roadmap when the CLI interface will become stable?
> 
> I would not expect apt to ever get a stable interface for scripting.

> I.e. for scripting, use apt-get instead.

Or in this case, apt-cache.


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