Re: finding the category of a package.

[Wayne Topa <linuxtwo@gmail.com>]

On 05/11/2011 02:01 PM, peasthope@shaw.ca wrote:
> Folk,
> By examining the repositories, a user can learn whether a package
> is in main or contrib or non-free.  Is there any other way to find
> the category of a package?
>
> http://packages.debian.org/stable/net/ shows that 3270-common is
> non-free but doesn't show the category of shorewall.
>
> "dpkg -l shorewall" also doesn't show the category.
>
> *	From: Osamu Aoki<osamu@debian.org>
> *	Date: Sun, 1 Jun 2008 00:09:41 +0900
> > This was discussed here before.
>
> Must be a while back.
>
> Regards,         ... Peter E.

Try apt-cache show 3270-common

Description: Common files for IBM 3270 emulators and pr3287
 3270-common contains files referenced in other 3270 packages
Section: non-free/net
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/non-free/i/ibm-3270/3270-common_3.3.10ga4-2+b1_amd64.deb


Wayne