note: I'm a normal Debian user On 09/03/21 19:42, Patrice Duroux wrote:
I am surprised to find multiple entries for a given package and architecture having different versions
there are some case that you can have multiple entries for the same package: * different hardware architecture * virtual package * different repositories (for example: security, main) * ...
curl -s https://ftp.debian.org/debian/dists/experimental/main/source/Sources.xz | xzgrep -A 7 "Package: sphinx"
wow experimental!
gives: Package: sphinx
sphinx is a virtual package https://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/debian-faq/pkg-basics.en.html#virtual
And more over UDD is not showing this one:
I think that udd don't show virtual package, probably it show only real packages. I don't know, I never used udd (https://wiki.debian.org/UltimateDebianDatabase)
Ciao Davide
