Quoting Colin Watson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Erik Steffl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > [quoting reordered to be in the normal reading order, from top to > bottom] > > >Peter Jay Salzman wrote: > >> when i do a dpkg -l "*netscape*", some of the output looks like: > >> > >> Name Version Description > >> pn netscape-java- <none> (no description available) > [snip] > >> is there a way to tell dpkg to show the entire name field? How about the > >> entire description field? > > > > you can resize your terminal window, > > > > the sad part is that it is always like the example below if you > >redirect/pipe it. > > Not with the newer dpkg in woody (say, version 1.7.0), where you can set > the COLUMNS environment variable to be the terminal width you want.
Well thank goodness for that. The potato version not only ignores it (yes, I rushed off to try), but even if you have export-ed COLUMNS=120 in an xterm, dpkg -l promptly resets it back to 80 (though not in a VC). Cheers, -- Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1908 653 739 Fax: +44 1908 655 151 Snail: David Wright, Earth Science Dept., Milton Keynes, England, MK7 6AA Disclaimer: These addresses are only for reaching me, and do not signify official stationery. Views expressed here are either my own or plagiarised.
