Re: How to get version information in common notation

[Clive Standbridge <list-user@tgstandbridges.plus.com>]

> How can I quickly get version information for packages I have
> installed.  I mean the common kind of notion used throughout linux. 
> 
> Not the unusual non standard notation one gets with `apt-get
> versions',
> which is not suitable for copy/paste:
> 
> ,----
> |    aptitude versions xorg
> |   ihA 1:7.6+9           testing    500
> `----
> 
> I mean like `pkg-version'

A succinct listing can be had from "wajig snapshot" which outputs
"package=version":

wajig snapshot | egrep bash
bash=4.1-3
bash-completion=1:1.2-3
bash-doc=4.1-3


To use "-" as a delimiter you could do e.g.

wajig snapshot | tr = - | egrep bash
bash-4.1-3
bash-completion-1:1.2-3
bash-doc-4.1-3


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Cheers,
Clive