On 1/24/18, to...@tuxteam.de <to...@tuxteam.de> wrote: > On Wed, Jan 24, 2018 at 09:05:08AM -0600, David Wright wrote:
>> So forget using this page for anything really vague like kernel-image, >> even if you set suite, section and then architecture; it can't even >> show you the most basic generic versions like linux-image-686-pae, but >> only "You have searched for packages that [sic] names contain >> kernel-image >> in suite(s) stretch, all★ sections, and architecture(s) amd64." and >> "Your keyword was too generic. Please consider using a longer keyword >> or more keywords." > > I do use that page as a second source, whenever I don't understand > what apt/aptitude are trying to tell me -- or whenever I'm looking > up something for a distribution I currently don't have access to. > For that, the page is invaluable to me, despite its defficiencies. > > YMMV, and all that :-) Absolutely. Searching packages for releases I don't have parked on a partition at the moment is the biggest reason I turn to that webpage these days. That type of search will most often be because of an inquiry someone has made here on Debian-User. Seems like most often it will be about the availability of packages that maybe Developers have held back or some suchly.. :) Cindy :) -- Cindy-Sue Causey Talking Rock, Pickens County, Georgia, USA * runs with duct tape *
