In <4a201c37.20018e0a.51f2.6...@mx.google.com>, sthu.d...@gmail.com wrote: >>It will print the list of installed packages which have "~bpo" in their >>names -- a common substring usually found in packages from >>backports.org. > >You say "usually"...
Well, I think it is backports policy to always have ~bpo in their version. See http://www.backports.org:80/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=contribute "Basic Rule" 4. It both identifies the package and ensures that the version is testing is considered 'higher'. 1.2-3~bpo < 1.2-3, according to dpkg. -- Boyd Stephen Smith Jr. ,= ,-_-. =. b...@iguanasuicide.net ((_/)o o(\_)) ICQ: 514984 YM/AIM: DaTwinkDaddy `-'(. .)`-' http://iguanasuicide.net/ \_/
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