Package: aptitude Version: 0.5.3.1-1 Severity: minor %D and the other size related items on file:///usr/share/doc/aptitude/html/en/ch02s05s01.html#secDisplayFormat make output like 1581kB vlc 12.3MB vlc-dbg 6098B vlc-plugin-ggi which is nice, but not when one wants to sort them, whereupon one needs e.g.,
$ aptitude -F '%D %c%a%M %p# - %d#' search ~U| perl -pwle 's/^(\S+)kB/$1*1000/e||s/^(\S+)MB/$1*1000000/e||s/^(\S+)B/$1/||die'|sort -nr 24100000 i linux-image-2.6.30-1-686 - Linux 2.6.30 image on PPro/Celeron/PII 14800000 ihA emacs22-common - The GNU Emacs editor's shared, archite 13800000 i libgl1-mesa-dri - A free implementation of the OpenGL AP to restore their unabbreviated values. And even then, we can't shake off the affects of rounding. Therefore -F %D etc. needs a way to say 'just give me the raw number, no need for helpful MB, kB abbreviations today'. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
