On 17 July 2013 04:53, Daniel Hartwig <mand...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 17 July 2013 07:40, Reuben Thomas <r...@sc3d.org> wrote: > > Public bug reported: > > > > Running "aptitude show fdflush" doesn't work, even though there's a > > package "fdflush". I checked my spelling very carefully. "apt-cache > > search fdflush" works fine. "aptitude show" works fine for other package > > names I tried it with. > > Provide the full output of these commands: > > $ apt-cache policy fdflush > $ apt-cache search fdflush > $ aptitude show fdflush >
$ apt-cache policy fdflush fdflush:i386: Installed: (none) Candidate: 1.0.1.3 Version table: 1.0.1.3 0 500 http://gb.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ raring/universe i386 Packages $ apt-cache search fdflush fdflush - Flush out-of-date disk buffers $ aptitude show fdflush E: Unable to locate package fdflush -- http://rrt.sc3d.org -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1202001 Title: aptitude show doesn't work for some existing packages To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1202001/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs