Package: dpkg Version: 1.4.1.3 When listing packages with dpkg, package names will be truncated. The example below illustrates the problem with the package named libwine0.0.990523.
Suggestion: Maybe additional list options to dpkg could be introduced - options that would list only package name, version, status, or description etc. At least a way to display the full name. oskar:~$ dpkg -l libwine\* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===============-==============-============================================ ii libwine-dev 0.0.990523-1 WINdows Emulator (Development Files) ii libwine0.0.9711 0.0.990523-1 WINdows Emulator (Library) Oskar Liljeblad
