Package: apt Version: 0.6.40.1 Severity: normal The man page says:
and if --names-only is given then the long description is not searched, only the package name is. But: griffon:~$ apt-cache search --names-only ming apache-common - support files for all Apache webservers [...] -- Package-specific info: -- apt-config dump -- APT ""; APT::Architecture "i386"; APT::Build-Essential ""; APT::Build-Essential:: "build-essential"; Dir "/"; Dir::State "var/lib/apt/"; Dir::State::lists "lists/"; Dir::State::cdroms "cdroms.list"; Dir::State::userstatus "status.user"; Dir::State::status "/var/lib/dpkg/status"; Dir::Cache "var/cache/apt/"; Dir::Cache::archives "archives/"; Dir::Cache::srcpkgcache "srcpkgcache.bin"; Dir::Cache::pkgcache "pkgcache.bin"; Dir::Etc "etc/apt/"; Dir::Etc::sourcelist "sources.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorlist "vendors.list"; Dir::Etc::vendorparts "vendors.list.d"; Dir::Etc::main "apt.conf"; Dir::Etc::parts "apt.conf.d"; Dir::Etc::preferences "preferences"; Dir::Bin ""; Dir::Bin::methods "/usr/lib/apt/methods"; Dir::Bin::dpkg "/usr/bin/dpkg"; DPkg ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs ""; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/bin/apt-listchanges --apt || test $? -ne 10"; DPkg::Pre-Install-Pkgs:: "/usr/sbin/dpkg-preconfigure --apt || true"; DPkg::Tools ""; DPkg::Tools::Options ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges ""; DPkg::Tools::Options::/usr/bin/apt-listchanges::Version "2"; Acquire ""; Acquire::http ""; Acquire::http::Proxy "http://192.168.2.1:3128/"; -- (no /etc/apt/preferences present) -- -- /etc/apt/sources.list -- deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ unstable main non-free contrib #deb http://security.debian.org/ stable/updates main contrib non-free #deb ftp://ftp.tux.org/pub/java/debian unstable main non-free deb ftp://ftp.nerim.net/debian-marillat/ unstable main -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Kernel: Linux 2.4.31 Locale: LANG=en_US.ISO8859-1, LC_CTYPE=en_US.ISO8859-1 (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages apt depends on: ii libc6 2.3.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an ii libgcc1 1:4.0.1-6 GCC support library ii libstdc++6 4.0.1-3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3 apt recommends no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]