Re: package version searching

[Joe <joe@jretrading.com>]

On Sat, 3 Dec 2016 15:54:55 -0500
Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> wrote:

> I'm looking to see what version(s) of mc are present in enabled repos
> on a Jessie installation. In openSUSE, I get desired results as
> follows:
> 
> # zypper se -s mc | grep 4.8
> il | mc                | package    | 4.8.17-114.1 | x86_64 | (System
> Packages) vl | mc                | package    | 4.8.15-5.1   | x86_64
> | Update vl | mc                | package    | 4.8.14-3.8   | x86_64
> | OSS | mc                | srcpackage | 4.8.15-5.1   | noarch |
> Update l | mc-lang           | package    | 4.8.15-5.1   | noarch |
> Update l | mc-lang           | package    | 4.8.14-3.8   | noarch |
> OSS
> 
> I can see by looking on
> http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/debian/pool/main/m/mc/
> that 4.8.13 and 4.8.18 are present.
> 
> I have
> deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main
> in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
> but attempts to find anything other than 4.8.13 with apt-cache, apt
> list or apt show have proven futile.
> 
> 1-How can I get similar results from apt as I get from zypper?
> 
> 2-How can I discover if versions between 4.8.13 and 4.8.18 are
> available somewhere?
> 
> My underlying problem is 4.8.13 and 4.8.18 have problem bugs that are
> solved or not yet arisen in 4.8.15 thru 4.8.17.

http://snapshot.debian.org/binary/mc/

-- 
Joe