Package: dpkg Version: 1.10.10 Severity: normal The man page says dpkg -l with no further arguments returns all packages in /var/lib/dpkg/available however it appears only installed packages are being returned
dpkg -l |grep package-name does not find an uninstalled package whereas dpkg -l package-name and grep "Package:.*package-name" /var/lib/dpkg/available do more interestingly, [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ dpkg -l |grep -v "^ii" 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 +++-==============-==============-============================================ [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~$ so no packages without installed status returned by dpkg -l -- System Information: Debian Release: testing/unstable Architecture: i386 Kernel: Linux gohan 2.4.20 #3 Tue May 6 12:10:13 IST 2003 i686 Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=C Versions of packages dpkg depends on: ii dselect 1.10.10 a user tool to manage Debian packa ii libc6 2.3.1-17 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information
