[Bug 1178173] Re: 'apt-cache policy pkgname' gives wrong version of installed package

2013-05-09 Thread William Grant
That `apt-cache policy` output shows that the package 'transmission' is not installed at all. The `dpkg -l` output shows that 'transmission-gtk' and 'transmission-common' are version 2.77 -- but it doesn't show 'transmission' at all, because it's not installed. ** Project changed: launchpad =

[Bug 1178173] Re: 'apt-cache policy pkgname' gives wrong version of installed package

2013-05-09 Thread LAZA
oh YES, you are right! BUT the both ii at the beginning are for ME, that the packages are installed... - and transmission is a metapackage. Also: Transmission IS installed and working fine - or do YOU know my PC better than i? So the bug is shurely not Invalid! ** Description changed: - If

[Bug 1178173] Re: 'apt-cache policy pkgname' gives wrong version of installed package

2013-05-09 Thread William Grant
transmission is a metapackage, yes, but that means you use it to install the other packages -- not that the metapackage gets automatically installed when you install the other packages. The Transmission application that you are using is in the transmission-gtk package, which you have installed.

[Bug 1178173] Re: 'apt-cache policy pkgname' gives wrong version of installed package

2013-05-09 Thread LAZA
But this is the problem i described! Nobody can know all the ten thousands(!) of packages by there 'real' name - but they do know the metapackage 'Transmission', 'Wesnoth', 'LiberOffice' whatever. So if they look with sudo apt-cache policy transmission after the installed package they get the