On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 02:21:06AM -0600, Peter Samuelson wrote: > Do you really think users who fail to notice an "Origin" tag from > apt-cache, and believe they're above using reportbug, will notice an > "-ubuntuN" suffix in the version number? I don't. I think you are > arguing on abstract philosophical grounds rather than trying to solve a > real problem.
The .deb control file itself does not include the Origin tag, so this only work if you have Ubuntu in your source.list at the time you run apt-cache. (and actually apt-cache show available packages attribute rather than attribute of installed packages). This is not particularly accurate nor robust. Cheers, -- Bill. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Imagine a large red swirl here. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
