Bug#97454: Feature request: apt-cache currentver and apt-cache newver
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.3
Severity: wishlist
I'd like to see apt-cache support two new commands, currentver and
newver. Both commands would take a list of packages, and print
the following on stdout:
packagename: version
for each package parameter. "version" should be the version that
is either currently installed (for currentver) or would be installed
by apt-get install packagename (for newver).
I've started looking at the source, and may be able to add this myself;
if I do get it done, i'll reply to this bug with a patch. If you think
I'm doing this in the wrong place, please let me know where it would
be more appropriate.
- Marc
-- System Information
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux projectile 2.2.19 #1 Mon May 7 09:24:37 EDT 2001 i586
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.3-1 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-0.010424 The GNU stdc++ library
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