Bug#140379: marked as done (apt-cache show option to display only the top entry)
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From: Ben White <ben@keme.net>
To: Debian Bug Tracking System <maintonly@bugs.debian.org>
Subject: apt-cache show option to display only the top entry
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Package: apt
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Hi, I can't find a way to get apt-cache show <pkg> to show only the top
entry.
I generally use it just to display the info about the most recent version
of a package available.
Is it possible to add a flag so that only the top entry is shown.
Thanks.
Ben
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Debian Release: 3.0
Architecture: i386
Kernel: Linux didge 2.4.18 #1 Wed Feb 27 13:01:32 GMT 2002 i686
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.2.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libstdc++2.10-glibc2.2 1:2.95.4-5 The GNU stdc++ library
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Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2003 16:05:48 -0400
From: Matt Zimmerman <mdz@debian.org>
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Subject: Re: apt-cache show option to display only the top entry
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