Bug#660851: apt: "apt-cache -f search" shows only package name and description

To: Kusanagi Kouichi <slash@ac.auone-net.jp>
Cc: 660851@bugs.debian.org
Subject: Bug#660851: apt: "apt-cache -f search" shows only package name and description
From: Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>
Date: Wed, 4 Mar 2015 21:32:36 +0100
Message-id: <[🔎] 20150304203236.GA6518@rotes76.wohnheim.uni-kl.de>
Reply-to: Eduard Bloch <edi@gmx.de>, 660851@bugs.debian.org
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Hallo,
* Kusanagi Kouichi [Tue, Apr 08 2014, 10:32:40PM]:
> The attached patch fixes the bug.

Does this also search in various meta fields?

The troublemaker I have in mind is:

$ apt-cache search svn2git -f
NOTHING. But:
$ apt-cache show svn-all-fast-export | grep svn2git
Homepage: http://gitorious.org/svn2git

Regards,
Eduard.

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