On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 11:04:16 -0800, Loren M. Lang wrote: > On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 12:15:32PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote: > > On Wed, Feb 05, 2025 at 00:00:13 +0700, Max Nikulin wrote: > > > - apt-patterns(7) > > > > Why isn't this linked/referenced from apt(8) or apt-get(8) or aptitude(8)? > > I just checked all three, and it's not on any of them. > > It is references in the SEE ALSO section of the apt(8) man page which is > how I found it,
Not in Bookworm, it isn't. But you're saying it's been improved in Trixie or something? That's good! > Also, it is references earlier under the > list subcommand: > > list > list is somewhat similar to dpkg-query --list in > that it can display a list of packages satisfying > certain criteria. It supports glob(7) patterns for > matching package names, apt-patterns(7), as well as > options to list installed (--installed), > upgradeable (--upgradeable) or all available > (--all-versions) versions. Hah. All the things I asked for in the message I wrote 5 minutes ago are apparently already done in some future version of Debian. > I am still trying to figure out where that data comes from. Maybe it > literally is just what I asked for, matching packages from the installed > list and without a matching entry in a current Apt repository list file? Yes. That's all there is. > So, then will my broadcom driver appear in the obsolete list if I > comment out the non-free-firmware section from sources.list? I'll have > to test that out. You also have to run "apt update" or an equivalent.
