Control: tag -1 pending On Tue, Aug 31, 2004 at 01:18:50AM +0200, Matthias Ferdinand wrote: > Package: apt > Version: 0.5.27 > Severity: wishlist > > > example: "apt-cache show xterm" > > I have more than one Debian release configured in my > /etc/apt/sources.list file. From the output of the above command > it is not possible to associate the version listed to one of the > releases. > Only "apt-cache showpkg" lists a local pathname for the Packages > file in which the package name was found, and from that you can > deduce the Debian release name. > > I would love to see a line like > Debian-Release: sarge > or anything like this in the output of "apt-cache show" >
Hi, something like this is part of git now, for apt show: $ apt show dpkg Package: dpkg Version: 1.18.2 [...] APT-Sources: http://httpredir.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages Description: Debian package management system This package provides the low-level infrastructure for handling the installation and removal of Debian software packages. . For Debian package development tools, install dpkg-dev. -- Julian Andres Klode - Debian Developer, Ubuntu Member See http://wiki.debian.org/JulianAndresKlode and http://jak-linux.org/. Be friendly, do not top-post, and follow RFC 1855 "Netiquette". - If you don't I might ignore you.
