retitle 600010 document that apt-cache search operates only on candidates severity 600010 wishlist thanks
On Tue, Oct 12, 2010 at 21:07, Willi Mann <[email protected]> wrote: > I discovered this when searching for the new rc6 kernel in experimental. A > search > for the package name (or parts of it) returns no result despite the package > being > available as shown by a-c policy: > > # apt-cache search linux-image 2.6.36 > # apt-cache search linux-image-2.6.36-rc6-amd64 > # apt-cache policy linux-image-2.6.36-rc6-amd64 > linux-image-2.6.36-rc6-amd64: > Installiert: (keine) > Kandidat: (keine) > Versionstabelle: > 2.6.36~rc6-1~experimental.1 0 > -10 http://127.0.0.1/ftp.at.debian.org/debian/ experimental/main amd64 > Packages You have pinned all versions of this package below zero so, as policy tells you, this package has no candidate: What can't be installed isn't really useful as a search result, so APT doesn't include the package in the result list - expected behavior. (a quick look suggests that it is nowhere documented that apt-cache search only does searching in candidate versions) You might want to pin to 1 instead of -10 (which is the default for experimental), so APT can choose this experimental version as candidate for this package (as no other "better" archive provides a version of this package) and can therefore include it in search results… Best regards David Kalnischkies -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
