On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 10:44:25PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > On Mon, 27 Jun 2022, Roberto C. S?nchez wrote: > > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 03:31:01PM +0100, Tim Woodall wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > > > apt-get --only-source --download-only source <package> > > > > > > will download the latest version of the source package. > > > > > > Is there a one liner that will give me the version of the package > > > (including the epoch) without downloading the package and parsing the > > > dsc? > > > > > If you are not opposed to installing the devscripts package, then you > > can do this: > > > > $ rmadison -u debian -a source -s unstable firefox-esr > > firefox-esr | 91.10.0esr-1 | unstable | source > > > > Thanks! And that has given me another hint: > > $ apt-cache madison openssh > openssh | 1:9.0p1-1 | http://aptmirror17.home.woodall.me.uk/local > bullseye/main Sources > openssh | 1:9.0p1-1~tjw11r1 | http://aptmirror17.home.woodall.me.uk/local > bullseye/main Sources > openssh | 1:8.4p1-5 | http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian bullseye/main > Sources > openssh | 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u1 | http://security.debian.org > buster/updates/main Sources > openssh | 1:7.4p1-10+deb9u7 | http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stretch/main > Sources > openssh | 1:7.9p1-10+deb10u2 | http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian buster/main > Sources > openssh | 1:8.4p1-5 | http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian stable/main Sources > openssh | 1:8.4p1-5 | http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing/main Sources > openssh | 1:9.0p1-1 | http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian testing/main Sources > openssh | 1:8.4p1-5 | http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian sid/main Sources > openssh | 1:9.0p1-1 | http://ftp.uk.debian.org/debian sid/main Sources > > That shouldn't be too hard to parse. > > I didn't know what madison was but I recalled seeing it in the manpage. > > I'll need to investigate rmadison. Might be just what I need assuming it > can also support my local repo. Doesn't honour my apt proxy setting so > doesn't work out of the box for me. > The usefulness of 'apt-cache madison' versus 'rmadison' depends on what you mean by "lastest available version". If you mean "latest available version from the sources configured on my system", then 'apt-cache madison' will do just that. If you mean "latest available version in the Debian archive", then you need 'rmadison'.
Regards, -Roberto -- Roberto C. Sánchez
