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

[Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 11:04 AM, Curt <curty@free.fr> wrote:
> On 2013-09-02, Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net> wrote:
>>
>> I actually thought the same for a bit, but apt-cache show vim-athena
>> seems to show description just fine.
>
> Well, I'm not getting the same output as you for the same packages, and
> it's not the package description that apt-cache shows that seems to be
> in question.
>
> curty@einstein:~$ dpkg-query --list vim-athena
> No packages found matching vim-athena.
>
> curty@einstein:~$ dpkg -l \* | grep vim
> ii  vim                   2:7.2.445+hg~cb94c42c0e1a-1       Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor
> ii  vim-common            2:7.2.445+hg~cb94c42c0e1a-1       Vi IMproved - Common files
> un  vim-doc               <none>                            (no description available)
> un  vim-gnome             <none>                            (no description available)
> un  vim-gtk               <none>                            (no description available)
> un  vim-lesstif           <none>                            (no description available)
> un  vim-nox               <none>                            (no description available)
> ii  vim-runtime           2:7.2.445+hg~cb94c42c0e1a-1       Vi IMproved - Runtime files
> un  vim-scripts           <none>                            (no description available)
> ii  vim-tiny              2:7.2.445+hg~cb94c42c0e1a-1       Vi IMproved - enhanced vi editor

Does "apt-cache show vim-common" list vim-athena on the "Recommends:" line?