Does dpkg -l refer only to installed, as opposed to available, packages?

[Shaul Karl <shaulk@actcom.net.il>]

Is it a bug that 

    dpkg -p kernel-source-2.6.2
	
shows information about kernel-source-2.6.2 while

    dpkg -l kernel-source-2.6.2

claims the Version is <none> and the Description is (no description
available)? It looks like dpkg -l refers only to packages that are
installed, which is not the way I understand man dpkg.

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