On Mon, Sep 2, 2013 at 10:53 AM, Zenaan Harkness <[email protected]> wrote: > On 9/3/13, Curt <[email protected]> wrote: >> On 2013-09-02, Tom H <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> AFAICT, the "un" output of "-l" for vim-athena is because it's listed >>> in the "Recommends" field of vim-common, so it's recognized as a >>> package. >> >> It seems to me, from what I can discern on my own system, that you >> obtain the 'un' output in the initial field when there is no description >> available for the package. >> >> Or is that completely stupid? Am I confusing the cause with the effect? > > I actually thought the same for a bit, but apt-cache show vim-athena > seems to show description just fine.
apt-cache queries "/var/lib/apt/lists/*_Packages" whereas dpkg-query queries "/var/lib/dpkg/status". -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/CAOdo=SyjsfoUDD2NxUWiSFca=aicsa63bt5vnb3jjzhqubh...@mail.gmail.com
