Bug#675748: dselect no longer shows package descriptions, /var/lib/dpkg/available no longer contains them

To: Guillem Jover <guillem@debian.org>
Cc: 675748@bugs.debian.org, deity@lists.debian.org
Subject: Bug#675748: dselect no longer shows package descriptions, /var/lib/dpkg/available no longer contains them
From: "Adam M. Costello" <bug.amc+7+@nicemice.net>
Date: Tue, 23 Sep 2014 17:47:05 +0000
Message-id: <[🔎] 20140923174644.qfm~@nicemice.net>
Reply-to: "Adam M. Costello" <bug.amc+7+@nicemice.net>, 675748@bugs.debian.org
In-reply-to: <20120605090021.GA13449@gaara.hadrons.org>
References: <20120603054400.cbm~@nicemice.net> <20120603120009.GA3418@gaara.hadrons.org> <20120605080235.22m~@nicemice.net> <20120605090021.GA13449@gaara.hadrons.org>

In two years this bug seems to have gotten no attention from the apt 
maintainer.  Maybe it would help to change the bug description to
"apt-cache dumpavail omits full description, unlike apt-cache show".

Thanks,
AMC

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