Matt Hodges <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Kevin Ryde <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > > It'd be nice if M-x apt-utils-show-package, when it prompts for a
> > > package name, didn't build the list of possible names until you
> > > hit tab or whatever to try to complete from among them. The
> > > apt-cache program, or whatever builds the list, is very slow on
> > > my system and it's good to get the prompt without doing that,
> > > since of course you can type a package name without using the
> > > completions. The few lines below work for me, using a
> > > completions handler function.
>
> >>>>> Peter Galbraith writes:
>
> > I don't know whether you are subscribed to the package to receive
> > bug emails, but this is interesting.
>
> Hi Peter,
>
> I'm not opposed to something like the above, but it only delays the
> pain of building the package lists until the package name is entered.
>
> However, I notice at least two problems with the patch as it stands:
Well, you (two?) can either work in a better fix, or we can simply close
the bug. It's really up to you. Soryy that I hadn't looked at the bug
closely; just forwarded it to you.
:-)
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