dman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Fri, Mar 01, 2002 at 07:48:59AM -0800, Harry Putnam wrote: > | Mark Janssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > | > | > dpkg -l | head > | > > | > The first 3 lines of the dpkg output list what the letters mean. > | > > | > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/etc/courier/smtpaccess$ dpkg -l | head > | > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed > | > |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: > uppercase=bad) > | > ||/ Name Version Description > | > > +++-==============-==============-============================================ > | > | Thanks. > | > | I saw that stuff and couldn't make heads or tails of it. > | My feeling is that it explains nothing and is downright confusing. > > It is confusing, until you actually stop and read it and follow the > ascii-art. The ascii art is arrows pointing from the description line > to the column the description refers to. The letters are just the > first letter of the word they represent. It seems rather intuitive to > me (once I decided to actually read that output).
dman, must be gifted in some way I'm not. Not to press the point here, because I got good and thorough answers thanks to generous helpers here. But... It is confusing before, during, and after reading it closely and several times. In fact I dare say that even now that I know what it means I still see nothing in those lines to clue me in. For example, can you show me what, in there tells, what `ii' means? Yes, it would be a good guess that it means installed, but then what does the second i mean? Ditto with the others. So let me have my little fun when I get lined out here and submit a patch that even dopes like me can follow.
