On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Tom H <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Daniel Burrows <[email protected]> > wrote: > > On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 12:46:13AM -0400, Tom H <[email protected]> was > heard to say: > >> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Mike Viau <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 01:26:45PM -0400, Tom H <[email protected]> > was > >> >> heard to say: > >> >> > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Anand Sivaram <[email protected]> > >> >> > wrote: > >> >> > > > >> >> > > You could find what all packages from sid are installed in your > system > >> >> > > by > >> >> > > apt-show-versions | grep unstable > >> > >> "aptitude search ~Aunstable~i" > > > > That'll show packages that are available from sid and that are > > installed on your computer. That could include packages you installed > > from testing, but that are also available from sid. If you want to > > check that the installed version is also available from sid, you'll need > > to wrap it in '?narrow': > > > > $ aptitude search '?narrow(?archive(unstable), ?installed)' > > Many thanks. I have finally understood the purpose of narrow (and had > my misunderstanding of "and" corrected!). > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [email protected] > Archive: > http://lists.debian.org/[email protected] > > So if I use the narrow version it will show me what all packages I have installed from sid? If so, then I have a great many packages from sid. Why?
