Public bug reported:
In the man page apt-file(1) we can read this:
search Search in which package file is included. A list of all package
containing the pattern pattern is returned.
list List the contents of a package matching the pattern pattern.
This action is very close to the dpkg -S command except the
package does not need to be installed or fetched.
It is not "list" action which is close to "dkpg -S" command but "search"
action. So it should be moved to "search". Or maybe author wanted to say "dpkg
-L" instead of "dkpg -S".
It would be possible to apply these two things, which would become:
search Search in which package file is included. A list of all package
containing the pattern pattern is returned.
+ This action is very close to the dpkg -S command except the
+ package does not need to be installed or fetched.
list List the contents of a package matching the pattern pattern.
- This action is very close to the dpkg -S command except the
+ This action is very close to the dpkg -L command except the
package does not need to be installed or fetched.
** Affects: apt-file (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: Unconfirmed
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man page - error in explained likeness between dpkg and apt-file commands
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/107004
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