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

[Jan Suchy <moose@abu.ath.cx>]

Shaul Karl wrote:
> 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.

dpkg -l lists installed packages and i think it should.

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Jan Suchy