tags 488293 + pending thanks Hi,
On Fri, 27 Jun 2008, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -p, --print-avail package-name... > Display details about package-name, as found in > /var/lib/dpkg/available. > > Perhaps mention that -p missed important details like Tags, and one > should use e.g., "apt-cache show package-name" to see them. -p should not be used anyway, as the available file is useless except for dselect. I already fixed a bug of yours by changing the documentation to say so... please stop filing new bugs about a deprecated command that people should not be using. > -f, --showformat=format ... > ...The following fields are recognised: > > ...Tag > > How will one see tags if they are not apparently stored > /var/lib/dpkg/* ? /var/lib/dpkg/* stores what is inside the .deb (and some specific fields for internal usage). If the .deb doesn't have the corresponding (non-internal) field, then it doesn't get it. As simple as that. If you want information provided inside "Packages" file, then use apt-based tools. And the dpkg-query manual page says that the fields are "recognised" not that they are always available. > And also > ...The following fields are recognised, HOWEVER not all are > indeed stored in /var/lib/dpkg/* in the first place, so... When you spend so much time explaining the small inconsistency found it would be nice to come up with a patch ready to apply. Otherwise you're making us spend significant amount of time on minor improvements of the doc when in fact we have many more pressing issues to handle... and if we don't handle bugs as they come, most bugs are guaranteed to languish for a long time (which is not desirable either). I pushed a fix for this one now. Cheers, -- Raphaël Hertzog Le best-seller français mis à jour pour Debian Etch : http://www.ouaza.com/livre/admin-debian/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
