On Fri, Feb 13, 2004 at 10:43:34PM +0200, Shaul Karl wrote: > Is it a bug that > > dpkg -p kernel-source-2.6.2 > > shows information about kernel-source-2.6.2 while > > dpkg -l kernel-source-2.6.2 > > claims the Version is <none> and the Description is (no description > available)? It looks like dpkg -l refers only to packages that are > installed, which is not the way I understand man dpkg.
'dpkg -p' lists whatever's in /var/lib/dpkg/available; 'dpkg -l' lists whatever's in /var/lib/dpkg/status. I understand that, if you never use dselect, available entries tend not always to be in status. -- Colin Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
