Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 11:43:28AM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > On 28/07/21 7:55 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > https://bugs.debian.org/991578 > > Nice. > > I looked at the patch, but I'm not familiar with what processing gets done > on that code. > > Does your reference to the reference manual,

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-27 Thread Richard Hector
On 28/07/21 7:55 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: https://bugs.debian.org/991578 Nice. I looked at the patch, but I'm not familiar with what processing gets done on that code. Does your reference to the reference manual, in the last of the diff, get expanded to tell me where to find the reference

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-27 Thread tomas
On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 03:55:27PM -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: [...] > https://bugs.debian.org/991578 Wow. Thanks for making Debian better :-) Cheers - t signature.asc Description: Digital signature

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 07:28:30AM -0400, The Wanderer wrote: > On 2021-07-27 at 07:25, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > I would suggest taking the paragraph that describes what the letters > > mean, which is currently under the "search" subcommand, and doing two > > things to it: > > > > 1) Reformat it a

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-27 Thread The Wanderer
On 2021-07-27 at 07:25, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 03:38:31PM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: >> But experience suggests that A means 'automatically installed' (and p stands >> for purged, which linguistically doesn't really mean 'maybe has been purged; >> maybe has never been in

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-27 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Tue, Jul 27, 2021 at 03:38:31PM +1200, Richard Hector wrote: > My main issue with aptitude documentation is that most of it isn't in the > manpage, but in the 'aptitude reference manual' which is referred to without > a link. The path given in the SEE ALSO section might be that, but it doesn't >

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-26 Thread Richard Hector
On 27/07/21 5:22 am, Greg Wooledge wrote: P.S. If we're complaining about the lack of documentation for the cryptic output of the Debian tool set, can we say some words about aptitude? Seriously. This command searches for packages that require or conflict with the given p

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-26 Thread Javier Barroso
Hello Greg, On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 7:22 PM Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 01:01:59PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > # man dpkg-query > > ... > > Desired action: > > u = Unknown > > i = Install > > > v lightdm-greeter

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-26 Thread Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside
Hi, On 2021-07-26 1:22 p.m., l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > Hi, > > 26 juil. 2021, 19:01 de mrma...@earthlink.net: > >> # man dpkg-query >> ... >> Desired action: >> u = Unknown >> i = Install >> h = Hold >> r = Remove >> p = Purge >> >> Package status: >> n = Not-installed >> c = Config-files

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-26 Thread Felix Miata
Andrei POPESCU composed on 2021-07-26 21:54 (UTC+0300): > Greg Wooledge wrote: >> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 07:22:49PM +0200, l0f4r0 wrote: >>> Felix Miata wrote: # man dpkg-query >>> aptitude man page: >>> "Each search result is listed on a separate line. The first >>> character of each

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 26 iul 21, 13:22:12, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > P.S. If we're complaining about the lack of documentation for the cryptic > output of the Debian tool set, can we say some words about aptitude? There are many things to be said about aptitude. Lack of documentation wouldn't make my list. Cry

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-26 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Lu, 26 iul 21, 13:40:46, Greg Wooledge wrote: > On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 07:22:49PM +0200, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > > 26 juil. 2021, 19:01 de mrma...@earthlink.net: > > > # man dpkg-query > > > aptitude man page: > > > > "Each search result is listed on a separate line. The first > > character

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 07:22:49PM +0200, l0f...@tuta.io wrote: > 26 juil. 2021, 19:01 de mrma...@earthlink.net: > > # man dpkg-query > aptitude man page: > > "Each search result is listed on a separate line. The first character of each > line indicates the current state of the package: the most

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-26 Thread l0f4r0
Hi, 26 juil. 2021, 19:01 de mrma...@earthlink.net: > # man dpkg-query > ... > Desired action: > u = Unknown > i = Install > h = Hold > r = Remove > p = Purge > > Package status: > n = Not-installed > c = Config-files > H = Half-installed > U = Unpacked > F = Half-configured > W = Tri

Re: explanation of first column "v" is hiding

2021-07-26 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 01:01:59PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > # man dpkg-query > ... > Desired action: > u = Unknown > i = Install > v lightdm-greeter - I'm guessing it means "virtual". Let's see: unicorn:~$ apt-cache show lightd