Subject: dpkg: --print-avail lies sometimes Package: dpkg Version: 1.9.19 Severity: normal
dpkg --print-avail is telling a different story than dpkg --list and grep-status -PX. --print-avail is wrong. Please let me know if I can provide any further information. % dpkg --print-avail gnome-session Package: gnome-session Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 740 Maintainer: Christian Marillat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: i386 Source: gnome-core Version: 1.4.0.6-2 Replaces: gnome-core (<= 1.4.0.2-1), gnome-panel-data (<= 1.4.0.5-2) Provides: x-session-manager Depends: gdk-imlib1, libart2 (>= 1.2.13-5), libaudiofile0, libc6 (>= 2.2.4-4), libcapplet1 (>= 1:1.5.4), libdb3 (>= 3.2.9-1), libesd0 (>= 0.2.23-1) | libesd-alsa0 (>= 0.2.23-1), libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 (>= 0.16.0-1), libgdk-pixbuf2 (>= 0.16.0-1), libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libgnome32 (>= 1.2.13-5), libgnomesupport0 (>= 1.2.13-5), libgnomeui32 (>= 1.2.13-5), libgnorba27 (>= 1.2.13-5), libgtk1.2 (>= 1.2.10-4), liborbit0 (>= 0.5.13), libwrap0, xlibs (>> 4.1.0), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.3), gnome-panel (>= 1.4.0.2-3), gnome-core (>= 1.4.0.2-3), gnome-bin (>= 1.2.12-2), debianutils (>= 1.14), scrollkeeper (>= 0.1.4-1) Suggests: gmc, doc-base Filename: dists/potato/main/binary-i386/x11/gnome-session_1.0.55-2.deb Size: 287840 MD5sum: da7f222a56fbeda4094e58b569092909 Description: The Gnome Session Manager Gnome is the "GNU Network Object Model Environment" . It is a project to build a complete, user-friendly desktop based entirely on free software. . This package contains a X11-compliant "session manager" (similar to xsm) with Gnome extensions. When you log out, the session manager will save the state of all your Gnome apps. When you log back in, the session manager will restore your session. % dpkg --list gnome-session Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ ii gnome-session 1.4.0.4-ximian The Gnome Session Manager % grep-status -PX gnome-session Package: gnome-session Status: install ok installed Priority: optional Section: x11 Installed-Size: 1020 Maintainer: Ximian, Inc. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Source: gnome-core Version: 1.4.0.4-ximian.11 Depends: gdk-imlib1 (>= 1.8.1-1), libart2 (>= 1.2.0), libaudiofile0, libc6 (>= 2.1.2), libdb2 (>= 1:2.4.14-7), libesd0 (>= 0.2.16) | libesd-alsa0 (>= 0.2.16), libgdk-pixbuf-gnome2 (>= 0.9.0), libgdk-pixbuf2 (>= 0.9.0), libglib1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libgnome32 (>= 1.2.0), libgnomesupport0 (>= 1.2.0), libgnomeui32 (>= 1.2.0), libgtk1.2 (>= 1.2.0), libwrap0, libz1, xlib6g (>= 3.3.6-4), gnome-core (>= 1.4.0.4-ximian.11), gnome-panel Description: The Gnome Session Manager Gnome is the "GNU Network Object Model Environment" . It is a project to build a complete, user-friendly desktop based entirely on free software. . This package contains a X11-compliant "session manager" (similar to xsm) with Gnome extensions. When you log out, the session manager will save the state of all your Gnome apps. When you log back in, the session manager will restore your session. . Important! You need to modify your .xsession or .xinitrc in order to use this. Don't worry - it's not difficult to do. -- System Information Debian Release: 3.0 Kernel Version: Linux squirtle 2.2.17 #1 Sun Jun 25 09:24:41 EST 2000 i686 unknown Versions of the packages dpkg depends on: ii libc6 2.2.5-3 GNU C Library: Shared libraries and Timezone ii libncurses5 5.2.20020112a- Shared libraries for terminal handling ii libstdc++2.10- 2.95.4-3 The GNU stdc++ library
