>>>>> "Maciej" == Maciej Kalisiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

    Maciej> Hello all, Just a quick question: what exactly does "dpkg
    Maciej> -l foo" show?

    Maciej> Let me explain: of recent, I've noticed that for certain
    Maciej> (few) packages if I do "dpkg -l foo" and it produces no
    Maciej> matches/output, a subsequent "apt-get install foo" *WILL*
    Maciej> find and install the desired package.  So if this package
    Maciej> exists, why isn't it listed in "dpkg -l foo"???

-l only lists installed packages...
?
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Brian May <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

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