Michael, you should not confuse *source* packages and *binary* packages. vte is a source package that produces multiple binary packages. "apt- cache show" works for binary packages, the right command here is "apt- cache showsrc". Here is an example:
$ apt-cache show libvte9 Package: libvte9 ... Source: vte ... $ apt-cache showsrc vte Package: vte Binary: libvte9, libvte9-udeb, libvte-dev, libvte-common, python-vte, libvte-doc ... -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to vte in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/885606 Title: terminator is always producing a zombie-process ([terminator] <defunct>) Status in Terminator: Invalid Status in Gnome Virtual Terminal Emulator: Invalid Status in “vte” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released Status in “vte” package in Debian: Fix Released Bug description: Using "terminator" always producing a zombie-process for each instant i start terminator& [1] 5239 ps aux | grep terminator michael 5239 7.2 2.3 195160 23924 pts/0 Sl 10:58 0:01 /usr/bin/python /usr/bin/terminator michael 5242 0.0 0.0 0 0 pts/0 Z 10:58 0:00 [terminator] <defunct> top Tasks: 136 total, 2 running, 131 sleeping, 0 stopped, 1 zombie output of "pstree" ├─terminator─┬─bash─┬─pstree │ │ └─terminator─┬─bash │ │ ├─terminator │ │ └─{terminator} │ ├─bash───ssh │ ├─terminator │ └─2*[{terminator}] ├─terminator─┬─bash │ ├─terminator │ └─{terminator} if i read the output from "pstree" correctly, terminator is always starting two instances and one of them is a zombie i cant find any disadvantages in the usage right know but i dont think this should be normal to have a zombie-process This bug never came up with 11.04 or earlier, just with 11.10 ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.10 Package: terminator 0.95-1 Uname: Linux 3.1.0-0301rc9-generic i686 ApportVersion: 1.23-0ubuntu4 Architecture: i386 Date: Thu Nov 3 10:59:39 2011 EcryptfsInUse: Yes InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release i386 (20110426) PackageArchitecture: all ProcEnviron: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash SourcePackage: terminator UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to oneiric on 2011-09-16 (48 days ago) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/terminator/+bug/885606/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp