Re: dpkg-query - package "un"packed, no version ???

[Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net>]

On 9/3/13, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
> On 2013-09-02, Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
>> AFAICT, the "un" output of "-l" for vim-athena is because it's listed
>> in the "Recommends" field of vim-common, so it's recognized as a
>> package.
>
> It seems to me, from what I can discern on my own system, that you
> obtain the 'un' output in the initial field when there is no description
> available for the package.
>
> Or is that completely stupid?  Am I confusing the cause with the effect?

I actually thought the same for a bit, but apt-cache show vim-athena
seems to show description just fine.

I think it may be due to "Recommends" by vim-common. Let's see what
Tom can dig up.

Tom - nothing to do with pinning by the way, that was just an example
on my part.

Thanks heaps
Zenaan