Bug#269130: wish: "apt-cache show" should show repository of a package
On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 01:18:50AM +0200, Matthias Ferdinand wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.27
> Severity: wishlist
>
>
> example: "apt-cache show xterm"
>
> I have more than one Debian release configured in my
> /etc/apt/sources.list file. From the output of the above command
> it is not possible to associate the version listed to one of the
> releases.
> Only "apt-cache showpkg" lists a local pathname for the Packages
> file in which the package name was found, and from that you can
> deduce the Debian release name.
>
> I would love to see a line like
> Debian-Release: sarge
> or anything like this in the output of "apt-cache show"
The output format of apt-cache show mirrors the Packages file, and that is
unlikely to change. Perhaps you would find "apt-cache madison" useful.
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- mdz
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