Bug#137128: dpkg: --print-avail lies sometimes
Kurt Starsinic wrote:
> dpkg --print-avail is telling a different story than dpkg --list and
> grep-status -PX. --print-avail is wrong. Please let me know if I can
> provide any further information.
You need to re-read the dpkg documentation (what little there is).
--print-available lists one of the available versions of a package, not
the version that is installed. dpkg -l displays the installed version;
grep-status does the same.
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see shy jo
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