Douglas Allan Tutty wrote: >> > > dpkg -l lists info for debs it knows about, ie. installed ones. It
dpkg also lists packages that are not installed (2.6.21 is listed below because I just now installed it): $> dpkg -l linux-image-2.6.* Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-===================-===================-====================================================== pn linux-image-2.6.15- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.15- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.15- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.15- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.15- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.16- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.16- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.16- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.16- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.16- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.16- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.16- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.16- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.16- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.16- <none> (no description available) ii linux-image-2.6.17- 2.6.17-9 Linux 2.6.17 image on 486-class pn linux-image-2.6.17- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.17- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.17- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.17- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.17- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.17- <none> (no description available) pn linux-image-2.6.17- <none> (no description available) ii linux-image-2.6.18- 2.6.18-7 Linux 2.6.18 image on x86 ii linux-image-2.6.21- 2.6.21-5 Linux 2.6.21 image on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/P4 -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
