Bug#735086: apt: `apt-cache show` should show the repository
Package: apt
Version: 0.9.14.2
Severity: wishlist
Dear Maintainer,
`apt-cache show` should show which repository the package belongs to.
I now have a trouble figuring out which repository certain package belongs to.
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-- Package-specific info:
-- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) --
-- /etc/apt/sources.list --
deb http://ftp.de.debian.org/debian testing main contrib non-free
deb http://security.debian.org/ jessie/updates main contrib non-free
#Third Parties Repos
#deb http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/debian-multimedia/ jessie main
#deb-multimedia.org
deb http://www.deb-multimedia.org jessie main non-free
deb http://gq.net.ru/debian wheezy xneur
-- System Information:
Debian Release: jessie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (500, 'testing')
Architecture: i386 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 3.10-2-amd64 (SMP w/8 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2012.4
ii gnupg 1.4.15-3
ii libapt-pkg4.12 0.9.14.2
ii libc6 2.17-97
ii libgcc1 1:4.8.2-12
ii libstdc++6 4.8.2-12
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.6.8.2-1.2
ii dpkg-dev 1.17.5
ii python-apt 0.9.1
ii synaptic 0.80.4
ii xz-utils 5.1.1alpha+20120614-2
-- no debconf information
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