Hi Phil, On 13.06.19 13:55, Phil Endecott wrote: > Dear debian-www@lists.debian.org, > > I'm not sure if you're the right contact for this, but if not > maybe you can redirect me. I don't know either. > I find the package search web pages at packages.debian.org are > very often useless, because I get the message "Your keyword was > too generic". > > Specifically, today I found that the version of gcc in Stretch > was too old for something, and I wondered what newer versions > might be present in backports. I ended up here: > > https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=gcc&searchon=names§ion=all&suite=stretch-backports Start by using an existing version of a packet, e.g. https://packages.debian.org/sid/gcc You can see there exist no *-backports versions, listed are: [ jessie ] [ stretch ] [ buster ] [ sid ] [ experimental ] > This just says "Your keyword was too generic. Please consider > using a longer keyword or more keywords." So I know that there > are gcc packages in backports, but it won't tell me which. What > longer keyword can I use? - the package is just called "gcc", > isn't it? I think the message is misleading but I don't know yet what a better message would be. Best wishes Michael
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