Bug#137351: dpkg -l cut versions and make false bug report info

[Bill Allombert <allomber@math.u-bordeaux.fr>]

On Sat, Mar 09, 2002 at 10:00:38PM +0100, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> Previously Bill Allombert wrote:
> > If you really want dpkg -l to cut important fields like package name or
> > version number, please use a ">" terminator to make it clear it is not
> > finished, like in
> 
> Three options:
> 1. use a wider tty
> 2. set the COLUMN environment to make dpkg thing your tty is wider
> 3. wait for dpkg 1.10 to be release which has a dpkg-query command with
>    customizable output formats

So please explain that to every people that report bugs with wrong packages
version numbers, using reportbug or manually.

Regards,

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