There is a bug afterall. Sorry for messing around. --no-all-versions does work for the 'show' command but not for policy.
$ apt-cache show --no-all-versions apache2 ... <ok> $ apt-cache policy --no-all-versions apache2 E: Command line option --no-all-versions is not understood -- Casper Gielen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org