On 2024-03-07 03:34:08 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote: > > "apt-cache show libc6-dev" also lists this package. > > apt behaves differently, this has been also a known discrepancy, but > then they operate in general differently when it comes to their CLI > arguments anyway.
The difference is bad for the user, making simple copy-paste impossible, and usage more difficult: the user doesn't know in advance whether the package name given by apt needs to be completed for dpkg (systematically adding the main architecture does not work for "Architecture: all" packages). -- Vincent Lefèvre <[email protected]> - Web: <https://www.vinc17.net/> 100% accessible validated (X)HTML - Blog: <https://www.vinc17.net/blog/> Work: CR INRIA - computer arithmetic / AriC project (LIP, ENS-Lyon)
