Re: show searched packages including versions
On Wed 03 Jan 2018 at 19:33:28 (-0500), bw wrote:
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> On Wed, 3 Jan 2018, Felix Miata wrote:
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> > How did *you* figure out to try apt-cache _pkgnames_ to get a search to include
> > packages' versions?
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> well, see that's the thing. In debian, kernel packagenames include
> the arch and ver in them. This wouldn't work for mc for instance or other
> packages.
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> The criticism about the different apt commands is a good one. I think the
> idea is to merge some of them into just 'apt' but so far all we have is
> show and search, shortcuts for apt-cache.
s/merge/include/
The reason some of us continue to use apt-foo and would like
continued support for them is that they are stable in what
they do and what they output.
This is not meant as a criticism of apt/aptitude, but because
it's difficult to script a moving target.
Cheers,
David.
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