Florian Kulzer wrote: > I think many people would not like it if apt-cache no longer found the > local packages, custom kernels, etc. If a package is still installed > then its information is included in apt's package cache, and "apt-cache" > bases all its results on this cache. It does not query the repositories > at all but it gets this information indirectly whenever you run "apt-get > update" (or aptitude, etc.). > > If you want to run queries on what is available in the repositories you > will probably have to use "apt-file" or "rmadison" (from package > "devscripts"). You can use apt-cache policy to see what suites if any a package is available in. -- see shy jo
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