Bug#990451: apt: the --no-all-versions option not working as documented

2024-05-03 Thread Manny
> I think you meant All*Versions*, not Names. Oh, right.. must have been a copy-paste error. > fwiw: I don't know about aptitude and if you think it should get some > feature I suppose you should report it there, but for apt(-get) I have > to note that both display "download size" as the size of

Bug#990451: apt: the --no-all-versions option not working as documented

2024-05-03 Thread David Kalnischkies
On Thu, May 02, 2024 at 12:40:30PM +0200, Manny wrote: > Note that “-o APT::Cache::AllNames=false” is used in vain (it has no > effect but at least it does not interfere either). The work of I think you meant All*Versions*, not Names. The later is documented to effect `pkgnames` only. In some

Bug#990451: apt: the --no-all-versions option not working as documented

2024-05-02 Thread Manny
Package: apt Version: 2.6.1 Followup-For: Bug #990451 X-Debbugs-Cc: debbug.990...@sideload.33mail.com I just ran into this problem. Scenario: I am on a limited internet connection. So if I do “aptitude install $somepkg” which then pulls in many other packages, I need to know which packages will