Bug#691281: apt-cache man page mentions wrong information
Package: apt
Version: 0.9.7.5
Severity: minor
Hi,
apt-cache man page in the description of the "stats" command says:
" Total distinct versions is the number of package versions found
in the cache; this value is therefore at least equal to the
number of total package names."
however if I use that command on my Debian testing, I get:
Total package names: 47466 (949 k)
Total package structures: 47466 (2658 k)
Normal packages: 36170
Pure virtual packages: 324
Single virtual packages: 4379
Mixed virtual packages: 1025
Missing: 5568
Total distinct versions: 37199 (2678 k)
and as you can see the number of total distinct versions (37199) is
lower than the number of total package names (47466)
I hope I am not wasting your time by missing something obvious.
Thanks,
Beatrice
-- Package-specific info:
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted...well yes, sorta) --
-- what follows is the content of my /etc/apt/sources.list stripped only
-- of the many comment lines. Please note that in /usr/local/debs there are only 5 debs.
deb http://ftp.fr.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb file:/usr/local debs/
deb http://security.debian.org/ testing/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src http://security.debian.org/ squeeze/updates main contrib
-- System Information:
Debian Release: wheezy/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-3-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=it_IT.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2012.4
ii gnupg 1.4.12-4+b1
ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.7.5
ii libc6 2.13-35
ii libgcc1 1:4.7.1-7
ii libstdc++6 4.7.1-7
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.6.8.1-2
ii dpkg-dev 1.16.8
ii python-apt 0.8.4
ii synaptic 0.75.12
ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-1
-- no debconf information
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