On 2023-01-25 12:52:45 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> Documentation for apt patterns only lives in apt-patterns(7) and
> not referenced elsewhere. Patterns work in apt-cache show, apt show,
> apt list, and apt install-like commands (including in apt-get).
On this point, I was not aware of
On Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:45:53 +0100, Julian wrote:
> The --installed flag here behaves exactly as it is documented. It
> filters the output list by packages that are installed; it doesn't
> say anything about restricting matching to installed versions only
> - matching always happens on all
On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 12:05:06PM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> On 2023-01-25 10:45:53 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> > You want to use `apt list
> > '?any-version(?installed?depends(?exact-name(libpcre3)))'`
> > instead (with apt >= 2.5.4). In earlier versions you may use:
> > apt list
On 2023-01-25 10:45:53 +0100, Julian Andres Klode wrote:
> You want to use `apt list
> '?any-version(?installed?depends(?exact-name(libpcre3)))'`
> instead (with apt >= 2.5.4). In earlier versions you may use:
> apt list '?any-version(?archive(now)?depends(?exact-name(libpcre3)))'
Note that this
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On Wed, Jan 25, 2023 at 03:06:03AM +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 2.5.5
> Severity: normal
>
> "apt-cache rdepends --installed" outputs false positives.
> For instance:
>
> zira:~> apt-cache rdepends --installed libpcre3:amd64
> libpcre3
>
Package: apt
Version: 2.5.5
Severity: normal
"apt-cache rdepends --installed" outputs false positives.
For instance:
zira:~> apt-cache rdepends --installed libpcre3:amd64
libpcre3
Reverse Depends:
[...]
grep
[...]
But according to "dpkg -s grep":
Depends: dpkg (>= 1.15.4) | install-info
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