On Sat, 2014-01-04 at 00:25:00 +0100, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > On 2014-01-04 00:12:57 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > > 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. > > The culprit is: libghc-extensible-exceptions-dev-0.1.1.4-255a3 > > It is actually a virtual package, and the cause of the bug may be the > > Provides: libghc-extensible-exceptions-dev-0.1.1.4-255a3 > > line of libghc-extensible-exceptions-dev, which is one of the packages > that have been installed.
Ah, yes virtual packages can generate those increased column artifacts, I'll do some non-intrusive changes to at least always handle the «dpkg -l» case correctly, and leave the pattern matching case alone for now. Thanks, Guillem -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
