On Sat, 2005-08-27 at 09:42 -0400, Greg Wooledge wrote: > 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
You're hitting an undocumented feature of `apt-cache search'. It's definitely a feature, as there are comments in the source code indicating that it's supposed to happen. :-) Specifically, search doesn't just examine package names, but also virtual package names. apache-common Provides: libapache-mod-roaming, which matches the supplied pattern. Try `apt-cache search --names-only mail-tran', for instance. Regards, Adam -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
