This has been fixed in aptitude 0.7.4 as in Ubuntu 16.04 Xenial. ** Bug watch added: Debian Bug tracker #801460 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=801460
** Also affects: aptitude (Debian) via http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=801460 Importance: Unknown Status: Unknown ** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed => Fix Released -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1545309 Title: aptitude doesn't display "long descriptions" To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/aptitude/+bug/1545309/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs