Thus spake Erik Steffl: > Colin Watson wrote: > > > > On Fri, Sep 21, 2001 at 12:23:19AM -0700, Erik Steffl wrote: > > > dpkg and grep-available only report kernel-source packages up to 2.4.5 > > > (which is what I have installed), even though I just did apt-get update: > > > > 'apt-get update' doesn't update dpkg's available file. Use 'dselect > > update' instead, which does 'apt-get update' and then merges it with > > dpkg's records. > > > > Also, 'dpkg -l' looks in dpkg's status file, which doesn't necessarily > > record all uninstalled packages unless you use dselect on a regular > > basis. It'll record installed packages reliably, though. > > thanks for explanation, > > is there any way to have correct info about system (installed and > available packages and their status) without using deselect? > > I thought that dselect is just one of many front-ends and that the > underlying functionality is provided by lower level tools and thus > basically same for all frontends (at least the basics - like status of > packages etc...).
apt-cache search kernel-package oughtto do what you're looking for - it reads from the updated apt lists. Good luck, Steve
