Bug#335325: #335325

["Michael Gilbert" <michael.s.gilbert@gmail.com>]

> Iäm not sure if that addresses the wishlist bug. When you seach for
> soemthing:
>
>     apt-get search....
>
> You would not know if some package is official or not. The command
>
>     apt-cache policy
>
> Needs a package name, and is not useful when you search. Did I miss the
> point?

the bug submitter's message isn't entirely clear about what he wants
to be able to do.  another option is apt-show-versions.  for example,
if you are running etch:

$ sudo apt-get install apt-show-versions
$ apt-show-versions | grep -v etch

would show all packages currently installed that did not come from the
etch repository.

if this does not sufficiently address the original request, please reopen.