Re: Search Wheezy-backports?
On Mon, 20 May 2013 09:26:12 -0700
Patrick Bartek <bartek047@yahoo.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 21 May 2013, Chris Bannister wrote:
>
> > On Sun, May 19, 2013 at 10:48:25PM -0700, Patrick Bartek wrote:
> > > I tried that. And a couple of variations. I got the same output
> > > as just using plain ol' apt-cache search. As part of the test, I
> > > searched for an app version that I knew was ONLY in backports. It
> > > didn't show up in the search. But I had to rush off and didn't
> > > have the time to try anything else. Tomorrow, I'll try again, but
> > > be more thorough.
> >
> > Interesting. What is output of:
> > root@tal:~# apt-cache policy "app version ONLY in backports."
> >
>
> root@debian7:~# apt-cache policy libreoffice
> libreoffice:
> Installed: 1:3.5.4+dfsg-4
> Candidate: 1:3.5.4+dfsg-4
> Version table:
> 1:4.0.3-2~bpo70+1 0
> 100 http://ftp.debian.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main amd64
> Packages *** 1:3.5.4+dfsg-4 0
> 500 http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64
> Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
>
> B
>
>
This incantation will search for packages that are in backports AND NOT
in stable:
aptitude search -F"%t %p" '~Awheezy-backports!~Astable'
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