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

[Zenaan Harkness <zen@freedbms.net>]

On 9/3/13, Tom H <tomh0665@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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?

This is what I get:
apt-cache show vim-common
Recommends: vim | vim-gnome | vim-gtk | vim-athena | vim-nox | vim-tiny

What do you get?