Bug#181073: acknowledged by developer (Doesn't make sense)
- To: 181073@bugs.debian.org
- Subject: Bug#181073: acknowledged by developer (Doesn't make sense)
- From: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jul 2003 08:21:02 +0800
- Message-id: <[🔎] 8765lqp28h.fsf@jidanni.org>
- Reply-to: Dan Jacobson <jidanni@jidanni.org>, 181073@bugs.debian.org
- In-reply-to: <handler.181073.D181073.105913741329330.notifdone@bugs.debian.org> (Debian Bug Tracking System's message of "Fri, 25 Jul 2003 08:03:22 -0500")
- References: <20030725125007.GJ8935@alcor.net> <E18jqne-0003k9-00@jidanni.org> <handler.181073.D181073.105913741329330.notifdone@bugs.debian.org>
D> apt-cache policy is not supposed to show the status of an installed package.
D> apt-cache show does that.
No it doesn't. apt-cache show doesn't even tell you if a package is
installed or not.
dpkg does though:
$ dpkg -l ibmonitor
iF ibmonitor 1.0.1-4 Interactive Bandwidth Monitor
I.e. F for Failed installation. I was just thinking it would be
appropriate for apt-cache policy to note that something is wrong in
its otherwise beaming reports about a package's status.
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