Re: Question about wheezy-backports
On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 9:08 AM, Andrei POPESCU <andreimpopescu@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Du, 04 mai 14, 04:01:25, Tom H wrote:
>>
>> I've never used this search term but aptitude has a search for new
>> packages. I assume that a package is somehow marked as new after
>> "apt-get update" or "aptitude update".
>
> New means packages not previously existing in *any* repository, so in
> the context of backports it's only useful to see which packages not
> already available in stable have been added. For this use-case you don't
> need additional additional patterns. In interactive mode new packages
> are displayed under a dedicated heading.
>
> If one is watching for new packages it also makes sense to clear the
> list from time to time:
>
> aptitude --forget-new
Thanks for the explanation. I stored "~N" in my memory but I've never
tried it even though I've often wondered about it... The "forget-new"
verb clears up my question(s). By the way, it's "aptitude forget-new",
without the hyphens. I'd never noticed this option before!
I don't understand why you wouldn't want to restrict the search to
wheezy-backports. If the OP only wants to see new wheezy-backports
packages, why should his search be cluttered up with new wheezy,
wheezy-updates, and wheezy/updates packages?
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