On Sun, Apr 18, 2004 at 06:57:16PM +0100, users@linuxforums.org wrote: > /etc/apt/sources.list: > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian > stable main contrib non-free > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian > [b:9a928ec131]unstable[/b:9a928ec131] main contrib non-free > deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian > [b:9a928ec131]stable[/b:9a928ec131] main contrib non-free > deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian > [b:9a928ec131]unstable[/b:9a928ec131] main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib > non-free > deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free > > What arguement should I use with 'apt-cache search' and 'apt-file > search' to specific the distribution? > > Eg. If I want to search for source packages (or normal packages) in > unstable distribution, what would the complete command for 'apt-cache > search' and 'apt-file search'? > > Thanks ! Hi, not sure this is exactly what you want but it may help. if I want to know what version is in stable,etc... I do this: apt-get install nethack/stable and it will attempt to install the stable version of the package and will note what version it is. Similarly, if I do: apt-get install nethack/testing it will show which version is in testing and try to install it. This is of course based on the entries from your last apt-get update. -Kev
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