Public bug reported:
Output of `apt-cache policy` is still confusing people. As it was stated
by Julian Andres Klode (juliank) in
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/565364/comments/8>:
"The pin value displayed after the version does not actually
correspond to the version, but is the pin value of the candidate
version. This is confusing, yes, we might want to change this in a
future release".
For example, in
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/565364/comments/7>
it was written:
mysql-client-5.5:
Installed: (none)
Candidate: 5.5.31-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Package pin: 5.5.31-0ubuntu0.12.04.1
Version table:
5.5.31-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 1002
500
http://srv11-msk.msk.mirantis.net/ubuntu-repo/mirror.yandex.ru/ubuntu/
precise-security/main amd64 Packages
500
http://srv11-msk.msk.mirantis.net/ubuntu-repo/mirror.yandex.ru/ubuntu/
precise-updates/main amd64 Packages
5.5.28-23.7ubuntu0.12.04.2+mirantis.wsrep3 1002
1001 http://srv11-msk.msk.mirantis.net/ubuntu-repo/precise-fuel-folsom/
precise-2.1.0.1/main amd64 Packages
5.5.22-0ubuntu1 1002
500
http://srv11-msk.msk.mirantis.net/ubuntu-repo/mirror.yandex.ru/ubuntu/
precise/main amd64 Packages
and that 1002 was shown for "5.5.31-0ubuntu0.12.04.1",
"5.5.28-23.7ubuntu0.12.04.2+mirantis.wsrep3" and "5.5.22-0ubuntu1 1002"...
altough it was related only to "5.5.31-0ubuntu0.12.04.1" (the candidate
version).
One row should bring particular information about that row, information
that is common to all rows should appear in a separate place.
I was misleaded, too, by the same kind of problem, and after searching
and searching... I found those explanations by Julian Andres Klode and
more confused users in
<https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/apt/+bug/565364>.
Anyway, thanks for all the good software!
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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