Bug#520652: apt: [apt-cache] trailing whitespace in 'showpkg' output
Package: apt
Version: 0.7.20.2
Severity: normal
Please remove the trailing whitespace from output.
$ apt-cache showpkg tar | cat -A
Package: tar$
Versions: $
1.20-1 (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fi.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages) (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fi.debian.org_debian_dists_testing_main_binary-amd64_Packages) (/var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fi.debian.org_debian_dists_unstable_main_binary-amd64_Packages) (/var/lib/dpkg/status)$
Description Language: $
File: /var/lib/apt/lists/ftp.fi.debian.org_debian_dists_stable_main_binary-amd64_Packages$
MD5: 48033bf96442788d1f697785773ad9bb$
$
$
Reverse Depends: $
file-roller,tar 1.13.25$
newlib-source,tar 1.16$
dump,tar 1.13.92-3$
backuppc,tar 1.13$
vfu,tar 1.20-1$
newlib-source,tar 1.16$
file-roller,tar 1.13.25$
dvbackup,tar 1$
dump,tar 1.13.92-3$
backuppc,tar 1.13$
backup2l,tar 1.13.17$
amanda-common,tar 1.12$
Dependencies: $
1.20-1 - libc6 (2 2.7-1) bzip2 (0 (null)) ncompress (0 (null)) cpio (1 2.4.2-38) cpio (0 (null)) $
Provides: $
1.20-1 - $
Reverse Provides: $
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-1-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2009.01.31 GnuPG archive keys of the Debian a
ii libc6 2.9-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libgcc1 1:4.3.3-3 GCC support library
ii libstdc++6 4.3.3-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none> (no description available)
ii aptitude 0.4.11.11-1 terminal-based package manager
ii bzip2 1.0.5-1 high-quality block-sorting file co
ii dpkg-dev 1.14.25 Debian package development tools
ii lzma 4.43-14 Compression method of 7z format in
ii python-apt 0.7.8 Python interface to libapt-pkg
ii synaptic 0.62.5 Graphical package manager
-- no debconf information
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