On Thu, 23 May 2013, Greg Madden wrote: > On Monday 20 May 2013 22:47:46 you wrote: > > On Mon, 20 May 2013, Cláudio E. Elicker wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 May 2013 14:04:25 -0700 > > > > > > Patrick Bartek <bartek...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > One would think from what is said in the mans that the -t option > > > > would do that. Don't know why it doesn't. > > > > > > > > Also, I just noticed a funny thing: Today, when I do 'apt-cache > > > > show libreoffice-writer' both the 3.5 and new 4.0 versions are > > > > listed. > > > > > > Same here. > > > > > > > Same output with or without the -t wheezy-backports. I'm > > > > beginning to think that the LibreOffice 4 packages have been > > > > moved out of backports, if they were ever there, and into the > > > > stable repos. Guess I'll have to find another package for my > > > > search tests. > > > > > > LibreOffice 4 packages are in wheezy-backports. Compare the > > > results of aptitude search -F"%p %v %V" '^libreoffice-writer$' > > > and > > > aptitude -t wheezy-backports search -F"%p %v %V" > > > '^libreoffice-writer$' and > > > apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer > > > > After making the above statement, somewhat facetiously, about > > LibreOffice 4 being moved out of backports, I did some additional > > searches similar to the ones you gave above, and discovered that > > LibreOffice 4 is indeed in backports. > > > > B > > > I use 'apt-cache policy <package name>' to 'search' for a package. > > ~$apt-cache policy libreoffice-writer > libreoffice-writer: > Installed: (none) > Candidate: 1:3.5.4+dfsg-4 > Version table: > 1:4.0.3-2~bpo70+1 0 > 100 http://debian.osuosl.org/debian/ wheezy-backports/main > amd64 Packages > 1:3.5.4+dfsg-4 0 > 500 http://debian.osuosl.org/debian/ wheezy/main amd64 > Packages > > I don't have to use script fu, the results are minimal/manageable > here.
Thanks. Your method is the simplest so far. Even though it's not exclusively a backports search, it would be simple to filter the results to make it so. Thanks, again. B -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20130523182636.614b1...@debian7.boseck208.net
