Bug#269131: "apt-cache show" shows no "Status: " line
Package: apt
Version: 0.5.27
Severity: normal
Hello,
unlike the APT-Howto at
http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/apt-howto/ch-search.en.html
says, the command
apt-cache show <pkgname>
does not give a line like
Status: install ok installed
from which to see which version of a package is installed.
Regards
Matthias
-- Package-specific info:
-- apt-config dump --
APT "";
APT::Architecture "i386";
APT::Build-Essential "";
APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential";
APT::Default-Release "sarge";
Dir "/";
Dir::State "var/lib/apt/";
Dir::State::lists "lists/";
Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list";
Dir::State::userstatus "status.user";
Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status";
Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/";
Dir::Cache::archives "archives/";
Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin";
Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin";
Dir::Etc "etc/apt/";
Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list";
Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d";
Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf";
Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d";
Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences";
Dir::Bin "";
Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods";
Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg";
DPkg "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs "";
DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true";
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
#
#deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main
#deb-src http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ testing main
#
#deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
#deb-src http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ unstable main
#
#deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main
#deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main
deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ sarge main
deb-src http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ sarge main
deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ sarge/non-US main
deb-src http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian-non-US/ sarge/non-US main
deb http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main
deb-src http://ftp2.de.debian.org/debian/ sid main
deb http://security.debian.org/ woody/updates main
deb http://security.debian.org/ sarge/updates main
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 3.1
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.26-1-686
Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.4.1-7 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.4-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
-- no debconf information
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