On Wed, 11 Sep 2013 13:14:24 +0200 Christoph Martin <mar...@uni-mainz.de> wrote:
>> apt-show-versions now knows absolutely nothing about any package that >> isn't already installed: >> >> # apt-show-versions -a mplayer >> mplayer not installed (available for: amd64) > > This is weird. You did not say on what release your maschine is, but I > think it could be on unstable/testing. It's a recent 7.1 installation, which has been partially upgraded to "testing". > On a Wheezy system it is working for uninstalled packages but not for > some packages which have a binary release like mplayer = > 2:1.0~rc4.dfsg1+svn34540-1+b2 or nano = 2.2.6-1+b1. apt-show-versions v0.20 : # apt-show-versions -a gdb Not installed gdb 7.4.1+dfsg-0.1 stable ftp.us.debian.org No stable-updates version gdb 7.6-5 testing ftp.us.debian.org gdb 7.6-5 unstable ftp.us.debian.org gdb not installed apt-show-versions v0.22.2 : # apt-show-versions -a gdb gdb not installed (available for: amd64) No changes between these two tests other than apt-show-versions itself. > On a Sid system it is not working for all uninstalled packages. some other relevant package versions: # dpkg -l | egrep '( |lib)apt( |-)' ii apt 0.9.9.4 amd64 ii apt-listchanges 2.85.11 all ii apt-show-versions 0.22.2 all ii apt-utils 0.9.9.4 amd64 ii libapt-inst1.5:amd64 0.9.9.4 amd64 ii libapt-pkg-perl 0.1.29+b1 amd64 ii libapt-pkg4.12:amd64 0.9.9.4 amd64 ii python-apt 0.8.8.2 amd64 ii python-apt-common 0.8.8.2 all # dpkg -l | egrep '(ii |lib)perl' ii libperl4-corelibs-perl 0.003-1 all ii libperl5.18 5.18.1-3 amd64 ii perl 5.18.1-3 amd64 ii perl-base 5.18.1-3 amd64 ii perl-modules 5.18.1-3 all > Thanks for the hint, we will try to find a fix. If there's any other relevant information I can provide, let me know. -- Ian Bruce -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org