Re: Meaning of letters in aptitude output not found with ? inside aptitude

[M-L <rosesnug@skymesh.com.au>]

 On Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:45:14 +0200 "Andrei POPESCU
 andreimpopescu@gmail.com" suggested this:

>On Du, 13 nov 11, 17:40:12, Harry Putnam wrote:
>> 
>> I could still use a little push though... I've scanned thru 3977
>> lines and according to my editor emacs, I am only 50% thru the
>> document.
>> 
>> So far and have not found it.  I see the uppercase A shown in many
>> places but so far no description of what it means.... I am just
>> skimming though so could have missed it and I'm not clear through
>> yet.
>> 
>> I hope you didn't mean these sections:
>> 
>>  Figure 2.9. Values of the ``current state'' flag
>> 
>>   [...]
>> 
>>  Figure 2.10. Values of the ``action'' flag
>>   [...]
>> 
>> Uppercase `A' is not amongst those listed there.
>> 
>> If you know roughly where the info may be found..., something like
>> near the end.. midway or the like.... please let me know.
>
>Oh, sorry should have given you a few hints, since it's quite hidden: 
>see chapter 2 "aptitude reference guide", section "Managing packages", 
>sub-section "Accessing package information", specifically the
>paragraph explaining the 'webmin' example (line 1856, 23%).
>
>Kind regards,
>Andrei
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Thank you Andrei - for the accurate and succinct answer to this and
taking the time to find it and make it so.

I certainly appreciate it very much and am probably not the only one.

Charlie
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