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Hello

dpkg --list linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen* command show

Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
| Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed
|/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
||/ Name                      Version                   Description
+++-=========================-=========================-==================================================================
pn  linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen- <none>                    (no
description available)
pn  linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen- <none>                    (no
description available)

truncating names of packages from output list.

Using COLUMNS=132 dpkg --list linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen* or
export COLUMNS=132
dpkg --list linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen*
names appear untruncated at first execution of dpkg --list ...
command. But when is same command running again same problem appear.


#export COLUMNS=132
#dpkg --list linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen*
[.......]
pn  linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen-k7 <none>                      (no
description available)
pn  linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen-vs <none>                      (no
description available)
# dpkg --list linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen*
[.......]
pn  linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen- <none>                    (no
description available)
pn  linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen- <none>                    (no
description available)
# export COLUMNS=132
# dpkg --list linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen*
[.......]
pn  linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen-k7 <none>                      (no
description available)
pn  linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen-vs <none>                      (no
description available)
# dpkg --list linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen*
[.......]
pn  linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen- <none>                    (no
description available)
pn  linux-image-2.6.16-2-xen- <none>                    (no
description available)

Is a dpkg problem (environmental variable(s) are is not set) or
missing a  parameter of dpkg (fields size  or something) ?



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