On 5/22/19, Guilherme Vieira <super.driver....@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi folks! > > But as you can see there's still no update for firefox-esr, which is still > at version 60.6.1: > > $ apt show firefox-esr > Package: firefox-esr > Version: 60.6.1esr-1~deb9u1
Hi back! Greg's idea sounds good there (about update being commented out). Am writing to say: I use that "show", well, my brain defaults to "apt-cache show" for looking at descriptions mostly. Once in a while, I'll use "show" to see if it includes a home website or potential contact info, maybe.. I also use "apt-cache policy". I use that one for taking a quick peek at whether or not something's installed. It has the added benefit of referencing a package's upgrade [standing]: $ apt-cache policy firefox-esr firefox-esr: Installed: 60.6.2esr-1 Candidate: 60.6.3esr-1 There are a couple other lines that go with that I need to personally research to understand their value. They obviously wouldn't be there if they weren't of potential importance at some point. "apt-cache policy" was something I'd seen in the past but it didn't stick in mind until I saw it repeated a few times here on Debian-User. It's in use probably at least every other day ever since now. In *my* case, it just makes it so easy to quickly visually compare those numbers because of how they're stacked there. Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with birdseed *
