Package: aptitude
Version: 0.8.13-3
Severity: wishlist
Tags: patch
This patch improves the documentation of the state indicator letters, used
in the output of the "search" and "why" actions.
-- Package-specific info:
Terminal: rxvt-unicode-256color
$DISPLAY is set.
which aptitude: /usr/bin/aptitude
aptitude version information:
aptitude 0.8.13
Compiler: g++ 10.2.1 20210110
Compiled against:
apt version 6.0.0
NCurses version 6.2
libsigc++ version: 2.10.4
Gtk+ support disabled.
Qt support disabled.
Current library versions:
NCurses version: ncurses 6.2.20201114
cwidget version: 0.5.18
Apt version: 6.0.0
aptitude linkage:
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007fff06399000)
libapt-pkg.so.6.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libapt-pkg.so.6.0
(0x00007fa53929c000)
libncursesw.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libncursesw.so.6
(0x00007fa539261000)
libtinfo.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libtinfo.so.6
(0x00007fa539232000)
libsigc-2.0.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsigc-2.0.so.0
(0x00007fa539229000)
libcwidget.so.4 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libcwidget.so.4
(0x00007fa539123000)
libsqlite3.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsqlite3.so.0
(0x00007fa538fe0000)
libboost_iostreams.so.1.74.0 =>
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libboost_iostreams.so.1.74.0 (0x00007fa538fc5000)
libxapian.so.30 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxapian.so.30
(0x00007fa538da3000)
libpthread.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread.so.0
(0x00007fa538d81000)
libstdc++.so.6 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libstdc++.so.6
(0x00007fa538bb4000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fa538a70000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1
(0x00007fa538a56000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fa53888f000)
libresolv.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libresolv.so.2
(0x00007fa538875000)
libz.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libz.so.1 (0x00007fa538858000)
libbz2.so.1.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libbz2.so.1.0
(0x00007fa538845000)
liblzma.so.5 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblzma.so.5 (0x00007fa53881d000)
liblz4.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/liblz4.so.1
(0x00007fa5387fa000)
libzstd.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libzstd.so.1
(0x00007fa53871d000)
libudev.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libudev.so.1
(0x00007fa5386f5000)
libsystemd.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libsystemd.so.0
(0x00007fa538640000)
libgcrypt.so.20 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcrypt.so.20
(0x00007fa538520000)
libxxhash.so.0 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxxhash.so.0
(0x00007fa538507000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fa5398c1000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fa538501000)
librt.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/librt.so.1 (0x00007fa5384f4000)
libuuid.so.1 => /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libuuid.so.1
(0x00007fa5384eb000)
libgpg-error.so.0 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgpg-error.so.0
(0x00007fa5384c5000)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: 11.0
APT prefers testing-security
APT policy: (500, 'testing-security'), (500, 'testing')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 5.10.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU threads)
Locale: LANG=en_US.utf8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.utf8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages aptitude depends on:
ii aptitude-common 0.8.13-3
ii libapt-pkg6.0 2.2.4
ii libboost-iostreams1.74.0 1.74.0-9
ii libc6 2.31-13
ii libcwidget4 0.5.18-5
ii libgcc-s1 10.2.1-6
ii libncursesw6 6.2+20201114-2
ii libsigc++-2.0-0v5 2.10.4-2
ii libsqlite3-0 3.34.1-3
ii libstdc++6 10.2.1-6
ii libtinfo6 6.2+20201114-2
ii libxapian30 1.4.18-3
Versions of packages aptitude recommends:
ii libdpkg-perl 1.20.9
ii sensible-utils 0.0.14
Versions of packages aptitude suggests:
pn apt-xapian-index <none>
pn aptitude-doc-en | aptitude-doc <none>
pn debtags <none>
ii tasksel 3.68
-- no debconf information
--- aptitude-0.8.13/doc/en/manpage.xml 2020-05-20 23:32:38.000000000 -0400
+++ aptitude-0.8.13-edited/doc/en/manpage.xml 2021-07-27 15:21:10.599153571
-0400
@@ -696,32 +696,12 @@
ihA raptor-utils - Raptor RDF Parser utilities</screen>
<para>
- Each search result is listed on a separate line. The
- first character of each line indicates the current state
- of the package: the most common states are
- <literal>p</literal>, meaning that no trace of the package
- exists on the system, <literal>c</literal>, meaning that
- the package was deleted but its configuration files remain
- on the system, <literal>i</literal>, meaning that the
- package is installed, and <literal>v</literal>, meaning
- that the package is virtual. The second character
- indicates the stored action (if any; otherwise a blank
- space is displayed) to be performed on the package, with
- the most common actions being <literal>i</literal>,
- meaning that the package will be installed,
- <literal>d</literal>, meaning that the package will be
- deleted, and <literal>p</literal>, meaning that the
- package and its configuration files will be removed. If
- the third character is <literal>A</literal>, the package
- was automatically installed.
+ Each search result is listed on a separate line. See
+ <xref linkend='state_indicators'/> for details.
</para>
<para>
- For a complete list of the possible state and action
- flags, see the section <quote><link
- linkend='secAccessingPackageInformation'>Accessing Package
- Information</link></quote> in the &aptitude; reference
- guide. To customize the output of
+ To customize the output of
<literal>search</literal>, see the command-line options
<link
linkend='cmdlineOptionFormat'><literal>-F</literal></link>
@@ -948,6 +928,11 @@
i A desktop-base Suggests gnome | kde | xfce4 | wmaker
p kde Depends kdepim (>= 4:3.4.3)</screen>
+ <para>
+ Each relevant package is listed on a separate line. See
+ <xref linkend='state_indicators'/> for details.
+ </para>
+
<para>
The command <literal>why</literal> finds a dependency
chain that installs the package named on the command line,
@@ -2405,6 +2390,92 @@
</variablelist>
</refsect1>
+ <refsect1 id='state_indicators'>
+ <title>State indicators</title>
+
+ <para>Some actions produce a listing of packages, one per line.
+ The first character of each line indicates the current state of
+ the package.</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>p</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ No trace of the package exists on the system.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>c</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The package was deleted but its configuration files
+ remain on the system.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>i</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The package is installed.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>v</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The package is virtual.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>The second character indicates the stored action (if any;
+ otherwise a blank space is displayed) to be performed on the
+ package.</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>i</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The package will be installed.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>d</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The package will be deleted.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>p</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The package and its configuration files will be removed.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>The third character conveys additional information.</para>
+
+ <variablelist>
+ <varlistentry>
+ <term><literal>A</literal></term>
+ <listitem><para>
+ The package was automatically installed.
+ </para></listitem>
+ </varlistentry>
+ </variablelist>
+
+ <para>
+ For a complete list of the possible state and action
+ flags, see the section <quote><link
+ linkend='secAccessingPackageInformation'>Accessing Package
+ Information</link></quote> in the &aptitude; reference
+ guide.
+ </para>
+
+ </refsect1>
+
<refsect1>
<title>Environment</title>
