Re: What is dpkg --list supposed to do?

[Mike Dresser <mdresser_l@windsormachine.com>]

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Grant Edwards wrote:

> According to the dpkg man page:
>
>  dpkg -l | --list package-name-pattern ...
>
>      List packages matching given pattern. If no pack­
>      age-name-pattern is given, list all packages in
>      /var/lib/dpkg/available.
>
> However, on my Woody systems, it looks like if no name is given
> it lists the installed packages rather than the available
> packages.

Oddly enough, a dpkg --list \* shows all packages available, and without
the \* shows only what I have installed

Mike