On Sun, 29 Oct 2017, Mark Summerfield wrote: > ISTM that subcategories or some other finer-grained classification > would be a real help.
You're probably looking for debtags. For example, if I wanted something with a shell interface which was implemented in C++: aptitude search '?tag(implemented-in::c++)?tag(interface::shell)' or axi-cache search package implemented-in::c++ interface::shell; for example. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com Grimble left his mother in the food store and went to the launderette and watched the clothes go round. It was a bit like color television only with less plot. -- Clement Freud _Grimble_