Bug#183084: marked as done (apt-cache man page's -a is the default and no antidote is mentioned)
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From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>
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Subject: apt-cache man page's -a is the default and no antidote is mentioned
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.4
Severity: minor
File: /usr/bin/apt-cache
apt-cache manpage:
-a
--all-versions
Print full records for all available versions, this is only
applicable to the show command. Configuration Item:
APT::Cache::AllVersions.
that's funny. i was looking for a way to stop this apparently
atrocious _default_ behavior.
wait, I found it, apt-cache --no-all-versions show
well, mention it there, you do for other --no's
and stop showing all versions by default!
wait, even though you say 'only applicable to the show command', i bet
it got bent to this weird state to fix some other problem, and the
bender forgot it also affects this command. so bend it back with
caution. I.e. i am worried a global APT::Cache::AllVersions=no will
screw something else up, but i didnt check the source though.
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux debian 2.4.20-k7 #1 Tue Jan 14 00:29:06 EST 2003 i686
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.Big5, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.Big5
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.1-10 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-15 The GNU stdc++ library
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From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
To: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@dman.ddts.net>, 183084-done@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Re: Bug#183084: apt-cache man page's -a is the default and no antidote is mentioned
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On Sun, Mar 02, 2003 at 06:42:14AM +0800, Dan Jacobson wrote:
> apt-cache manpage:
> -a
>
> --all-versions
> Print full records for all available versions, this is only
> applicable to the show command. Configuration Item:
> APT::Cache::AllVersions.
>
> that's funny. i was looking for a way to stop this apparently
> atrocious _default_ behavior.
At the top of the OPTIONS section:
OPTIONS
All command line options may be set using the configuration file, the
descriptions indicate the configuration option to set. For boolean
options you can override the config file by using something like
-f-,--no-f, -f=no or several other variations.
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