Bug#781203: cmdline API breakage -- "E: Command line option --installed is not understood"
Package: apt
Version: 1.0.9.7
Severity: important
File: /usr/bin/apt-cache
I just have discovered that our scripts broke on jessie because of now
--installed apparently is not supported, although still referred to in the
manpage and changelog doesn't point to any deprecation. So I just assume that
it is a bug: this functionality works on wheezy but not on jessie
$> apt-cache search --installed xserver
E: Command line option --installed is not understood
$> man apt-cache | grep -A3 -e --installed
--installed
Limit the output of depends and rdepends to packages which are currently installed. Configuration Item: APT::Cache::Installed.
$> schroot -c wheezy-i386 -- apt-cache search --installed xserver | head
glx-diversions - prepare for using accelerated GLX implementations from GPU vendors
xserver-xorg-video-ivtv - X.Org X server -- IVTV display driver
xserver-xorg-video-ivtv-dbg - X.Org X server -- IVTV display driver (debug symbols)
...
If fix is trivial (or not ;) ) it would be great if it was fixed for
jessie to come
-- Package-specific info:
-- /etc/apt/preferences --
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing
Pin-Priority: 900
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=testing-proposed-updates
Pin-Priority: 991
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=unstable
Pin-Priority: 600
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian,a=experimental
Pin-Priority: 300
Package: *
Pin: release o=Debian-Kernel archive,a=kernel-dists-trunk
Pin-Priority: 200
Package: *
Pin: release o=rumba
Pin-Priority: 310
Package: *
Pin: release c=*,o=Debian
Pin-Priority: 100
Package: *
Pin: release o=Ubuntu
Pin-Priority: 50
-- (/etc/apt/sources.list present, but not submitted) --
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 8.0
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (900, 'testing'), (600, 'unstable'), (300, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 3.17-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii debian-archive-keyring 2014.3
ii gnupg 1.4.18-7
ii libapt-pkg4.12 1.0.9.7
ii libc6 2.19-15
ii libgcc1 1:4.9.2-10
ii libstdc++6 4.9.2-10
apt recommends no packages.
Versions of packages apt suggests:
pn apt-doc <none>
ii aptitude 0.6.11-1+b1
ii dpkg-dev 1.17.24
ii python-apt 0.9.3.11
ii synaptic 0.81.2
-- no debconf information
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