On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:14:24 +0200
Christoph Martin <[email protected]> wrote:
>> apt-show-versions now knows absolutely nothing about any package that
>> isn't already installed:
>>
>> # apt-show-versions -a mplayer
>> mplayer not installed (available for: amd64)
>
> This is weird. You did not say on what release your maschine is, but I
> think it could be on unstable/testing.
It's a recent 7.1 installation, which has been partially upgraded to
"testing".
> On a Wheezy system it is working for uninstalled packages but not for
> some packages which have a binary release like mplayer =
> 2:1.0~rc4.dfsg1+svn34540-1+b2 or nano = 2.2.6-1+b1.
apt-show-versions v0.20 :
# apt-show-versions -a gdb
Not installed
gdb 7.4.1+dfsg-0.1 stable ftp.us.debian.org
No stable-updates version
gdb 7.6-5 testing ftp.us.debian.org
gdb 7.6-5 unstable ftp.us.debian.org
gdb not installed
apt-show-versions v0.22.2 :
# apt-show-versions -a gdb
gdb not installed (available for: amd64)
No changes between these two tests other than apt-show-versions itself.
> On a Sid system it is not working for all uninstalled packages.
some other relevant package versions:
# dpkg -l | egrep '( |lib)apt( |-)'
ii apt 0.9.9.4 amd64
ii apt-listchanges 2.85.11 all
ii apt-show-versions 0.22.2 all
ii apt-utils 0.9.9.4 amd64
ii libapt-inst1.5:amd64 0.9.9.4 amd64
ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.29+b1 amd64
ii libapt-pkg4.12:amd64 0.9.9.4 amd64
ii python-apt 0.8.8.2 amd64
ii python-apt-common 0.8.8.2 all
# dpkg -l | egrep '(ii |lib)perl'
ii libperl4-corelibs-perl 0.003-1 all
ii libperl5.18 5.18.1-3 amd64
ii perl 5.18.1-3 amd64
ii perl-base 5.18.1-3 amd64
ii perl-modules 5.18.1-3 all
> Thanks for the hint, we will try to find a fix.
If there's any other relevant information I can provide, let me know.
-- Ian Bruce
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