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and subject line Re: apt-file: return non-zero if 'list' command fails to find 
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regarding apt-file: return non-zero if 'list' command fails to find entries
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Package: apt-file
Version: 2.5.1
Severity: normal

See the following:

    $ apt-file --fixed-string list nothing-to-be-found; echo $?
    bsd-mailx: /etc/mail.rc
    bsd-mailx: /usr/bin/bsd-mailx
    bsd-mailx: /usr/share/bsd-mailx/mail.help
    bsd-mailx: /usr/share/bsd-mailx/mail.tildehelp
    bsd-mailx: /usr/share/doc/bsd-mailx/README.Debian.gz
    bsd-mailx: /usr/share/doc/bsd-mailx/changelog.Debian.gz
    bsd-mailx: /usr/share/doc/bsd-mailx/changelog.gz
    bsd-mailx: /usr/share/doc/bsd-mailx/copyright
    bsd-mailx: /usr/share/man/man1/bsd-mailx.1.gz
    0

>>  $ apt-file --fixed-string list nothing-to-be-found ; echo $?
    0

Please return a non-zero status code if the "list" command does not
produce output (no package found), so that this status code can be
checked e.g. in scripts

     apt-file ... list "$1" || ... handle user input error

-- System Information:
Debian Release: 7.0
  APT prefers testing
  APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)

Kernel: Linux 3.2.0-4-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_DK.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_DK.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash

Versions of packages apt-file depends on:
ii  curl                              7.26.0-1+wheezy2
ii  libapt-pkg-perl                   0.1.26+b1
ii  libconfig-file-perl               1.50-2
ii  liblist-moreutils-perl            0.33-1+b1
ii  libregexp-assemble-perl           0.35-7
ii  perl                              5.14.2-21
ii  perl-modules [libfile-temp-perl]  5.14.2-21

Versions of packages apt-file recommends:
ii  python      2.7.3-4
ii  python-apt  0.8.8.2

Versions of packages apt-file suggests:
ii  openssh-client  1:6.0p1-4
ii  sudo            1.8.5p2-1+nmu1

-- debconf-show failed

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Version: 3.0~exp

On Sun, 05 May 2013 08:04:31 +0300 Jari Aalto <[email protected]> wrote:
> Package: apt-file
> Version: 2.5.1
> Severity: normal
> 
> See the following:
> 
>     [...]
> 
> Please return a non-zero status code if the "list" command does not
> produce output (no package found), so that this status code can be
> checked e.g. in scripts
> 
>      apt-file ... list "$1" || ... handle user input error
> 
> [...]

Hi,

This was implemented in apt-file/3.0~exp.

~Niels

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