Re: Apt-dpkg differences

[Cesare Leonardi <celeonar@gmail.com>]

On 30/09/2014 03:27, John Hasler wrote:
> https://wiki.debian.org/FtpMaster/Override

So, if i understood correctly, apt reports the correct information, 
taking care of possible overrides by FTP master. Instead dpkg reports 
the original intention of the packager but might not reflect the real 
situation.

Said with other words, if you want to obtain, for example, the list of 
installed packages that have standard priority on you system, using dpkg 
for this can bring to wrong results. You have to use apt-based tool. Is 
it correct?

Many thanks for your answer.

Cesare.