-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 06:02:41AM -0700, Serena Cantor wrote: >> aptitude search \!~i~sdoc only lists 4 packages. >> >> surely main of sarge has far more than that. >> >> I've got many replies, none solved my question. Thanks anyway. >> >> I'm java programmer, I'd rather write a program to parse a file in >> /var/lib/apt/lists >> to list desired packages. > > then do so. > > or try this > > apt-cache search --names-only doc
That misses (random pickings): apt-dpkg-ref apt-howto-common apt-howto-de apt-howto-en bible-kjv bible-kjv-text debian-policy debian-reference-common debian-reference-de debian-reference-en developers-reference .... and much more, all of which belong to the 'doc' section. Johannes -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFGQMGzC1NzPRl9qEURAnNiAKCAF1EcLjo/2k2zf9jgDS7bojZWAgCfYfqu M5xbDtDyu00eNGZzKx9ZR60= =xr8c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]