Hi! On Fri, 2014-01-03 at 23:17:10 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > Package: dpkg > Version: 1.17.5 > Severity: minor
> When "dpkg -l" is executed with output redirected (instead of being > sent to the terminal), dpkg computes the width of the columns so > that everything fits. However, after installing some packages, the > width of the "Name" column was increased without any valid reason. > Indeed, the longest name among the new packages was: > > libghc-extensible-exceptions-dev > > while the following package, with a longer name, was already in the > list: > > libaqbanking-plugins-libgwenhywfar60 The issue I was already aware of related to --list, is that the code counting the needed columns does not perform the same filters as the actual listing code, so this can happen in several scenarios. In your case, given that you are just using «dpkg -l», I'd assume to see selections present in your system? Try doing «dpkg -l *» and you might see the culprit package. I'll try to improve a bit the columns counting code but probably not at the expense of a performance hit. Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
