dpkg uninstalled packages, problem solved

2004-12-09 Thread Alexander Pohl
a simple "dselect update" made information for most uninstalled packages available. There are still some packages with no description, but I guess these are packages which are indeed not available. Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/

Re: dpkg uninstalled packages

2004-12-09 Thread Travis Crump
Alexander Pohl wrote: I'm using a freshly installed and up to date version of Debian Sarge. In Woody uninstalled packages had a description for installed as well as uninstalled packages by default. I would like to get the descriptions back as it is really bad when you don't see the description of a

Re: dpkg uninstalled packages

2004-12-09 Thread Maurits van Rees
On Thu, Dec 09, 2004 at 09:40:04PM +, Alexander Pohl wrote: > hello, > > the dpkg package manager doesn't give a package description for > uninstalled packages. A sample output of dpkg -l '*mysql*' is given below: > > Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold > | Status=Not/Installed/Config-f

dpkg uninstalled packages

2004-12-09 Thread Alexander Pohl
hello, the dpkg package manager doesn't give a package description for uninstalled packages. A sample output of dpkg -l '*mysql*' is given below: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X