Package: aptitude Version: 0.6.4-1.2 Here we see search showing the line from the uninstalled version, even though having been given ~i.
The user then thinks he has a dummy package installed. # aptitude search ~i~nmodule-init-tools i module-init-tools - transitional dummy package (module-init-tools to kmod) # # aptitude show ~i~nmodule-init-tools Package: module-init-tools State: installed Automatically installed: no Version: 3.16-1 Priority: important Section: admin Maintainer: Marco d'Itri <m...@linux.it> Uncompressed Size: 369 k Depends: libc6 (>= 2.7), lsb-base (>= 3.0-6) Conflicts: modutils Description: tools for managing Linux kernel modules This package contains a set of programs for loading, inserting, and removing kernel modules for Linux. Homepage: http://www.kerneltools.org/ Tags: admin::kernel, implemented-in::c, interface::commandline, role::program, scope::utility # apt-cache policy module-init-tools module-init-tools: Installed: 3.16-1 Candidate: 3.16-1 Version table: 4.0.3-1 0 1 http://rocky-mountain.csail.mit.edu/debian/ experimental/main i386 Packages *** 3.16-1 0 500 http://rocky-mountain.csail.mit.edu/debian/ unstable/main i386 Packages 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
