songbird composed on 2025-03-22 08:16 (UTC-0400):
> Felix Miata wrote:
>> I'm not sure the subject is asking the right question, but determining
>> available
>> versions of any Debian package has always vexed me. In opensuse, it's pretty
>> simple
>> from shell prompt to get a list of packages available in currently
>> configured repos,
>> one line each, including package name with version. I have yet to find an
>> equivalent
> ...
> i'm not able to dig into this further (way behind on this list)
> but rmadison works ok for something like that:
> ...
> root(5)~# rmadison linux-image-amd64
> linux-image-amd64 | 4.19+105+deb10u16 | oldoldstable | amd64
> linux-image-amd64 | 5.10.127-2~bpo10+1 | buster-backports | amd64
> linux-image-amd64 | 5.10.223-1 | oldstable | amd64
> linux-image-amd64 | 6.1.90-1~bpo11+1 | bullseye-backports | amd64
> linux-image-amd64 | 6.1.124-1 | stable-updates | amd64
> linux-image-amd64 | 6.1.129-1 | stable | amd64
> linux-image-amd64 | 6.12.12-1~bpo12+1 | stable-backports | amd64
> linux-image-amd64 | 6.12.17-1 | testing | amd64
> linux-image-amd64 | 6.12.19-1 | unstable | amd64
> linux-image-amd64 | 6.13.7-1~exp1 | experimental | amd64
Looks perfect, but for 43 things:
# rmadison linux-image
Command 'rmadison' not found, but can be installed with:
apt install devscripts
# apt-get install devscripts
Reading package lists... Done
Building dependency tree... Done
Reading state information... Done
The following additional packages will be installed:
dpkg-dev libb-hooks-op-check-perl libclass-method-modifiers-perl
libclass-xsaccessor-perl libclone-perl libdevel-callchecker-perl
libdynaloader-functions-perl libencode-locale-perl
libfile-dirlist-perl libfile-homedir-perl libfile-listing-perl
libfile-touch-perl libfile-which-perl libhtml-parser-perl libhtml-tagset-perl
libhtml-tree-perl libhttp-cookies-perl
libhttp-date-perl libhttp-message-perl libhttp-negotiate-perl
libimport-into-perl libio-html-perl libio-pty-perl libio-socket-ssl-perl
libipc-run-perl liblwp-mediatypes-perl
liblwp-protocol-https-perl libmodule-runtime-perl libmoo-perl
libnet-http-perl libnet-ssleay-perl libparams-classify-perl librole-tiny-perl
libsub-quote-perl libtimedate-perl
libtry-tiny-perl liburi-perl libwww-perl libwww-robotrules-perl
lto-disabled-list patchutils perl-openssl-defaults wdiff
Suggested packages:
adequate at autopkgtest bls-standalone bsd-mailx | mailx build-essential
check-all-the-things cvs-buildpackage debhelper diffoscope disorderfs
dose-extra duck elpa-devscripts faketime
gnuplot how-can-i-help libauthen-sasl-perl libdbd-pg-perl
libfile-desktopentry-perl libterm-size-perl libyaml-syck-perl mmdebstrap mutt
piuparts postgresql-client pristine-lfs quilt
ratt reprotest svn-buildpackage w3m debian-keyring equivs
libgitlab-api-v4-perl libsoap-lite-perl pristine-tar libdata-dump-perl
libio-compress-brotli-perl libcrypt-ssleay-perl
libscalar-number-perl libxstring-perl libsub-name-perl libbusiness-isbn-perl
libregexp-ipv6-perl libauthen-ntlm-perl wdiff-doc
Recommended packages:
dctrl-tools dput | dupload libdistro-info-perl libgit-wrapper-perl
libjson-perl liblist-compare-perl libstring-shellquote-perl licensecheck
lintian python3-magic python3-unidiff
build-essential gcc | c-compiler fakeroot libalgorithm-merge-perl
libhtml-format-perl libnamespace-clean-perl libdata-dump-perl libhtml-form-perl
libhttp-daemon-perl libmailtools-perl
The following NEW packages will be installed:
devscripts dpkg-dev libb-hooks-op-check-perl libclass-method-modifiers-perl
libclass-xsaccessor-perl libclone-perl libdevel-callchecker-perl
libdynaloader-functions-perl
libencode-locale-perl libfile-dirlist-perl libfile-homedir-perl
libfile-listing-perl libfile-touch-perl libfile-which-perl libhtml-parser-perl
libhtml-tagset-perl libhtml-tree-perl
libhttp-cookies-perl libhttp-date-perl libhttp-message-perl
libhttp-negotiate-perl libimport-into-perl libio-html-perl libio-pty-perl
libio-socket-ssl-perl libipc-run-perl
liblwp-mediatypes-perl liblwp-protocol-https-perl libmodule-runtime-perl
libmoo-perl libnet-http-perl libnet-ssleay-perl libparams-classify-perl
librole-tiny-perl libsub-quote-perl
libtimedate-perl libtry-tiny-perl liburi-perl libwww-perl
libwww-robotrules-perl lto-disabled-list patchutils perl-openssl-defaults wdiff
0 upgraded, 44 newly installed, 0 to remove and 14 not upgraded.
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