>>"Dave" == Dave Sherohman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Dave> Sorry, I was unclear... I was wondering what advantages
Dave> grepping/emacsing/lessing /var/lib/dpkg/available has over
Dave> apt-cache.
Similar to the advantages dselect has, in a way -- I can look
at _all_ known packages, flip back and forth with simple pager
commands, as opposed to making new apt-cache queries, and having to
go back and forth between queries.
I don't have to apt-cache search; apt-cache show just
/ ^Package: *some-name
and all the details are laid out immediately.
Perhaps it is just the old unix persona showing through.
manoj
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