Re: dpkg-query - package "un"packed, no version ???
On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
> 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.
apt-cache queries "/var/lib/apt/lists/*_Packages" whereas dpkg-query
queries "/var/lib/dpkg/status".
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