On Sat, 3 Dec 2016 15:54:55 -0500 Felix Miata <mrma...@earthlink.net> wrote:
> I'm looking to see what version(s) of mc are present in enabled repos > on a Jessie installation. In openSUSE, I get desired results as > follows: > > # zypper se -s mc | grep 4.8 > il | mc | package | 4.8.17-114.1 | x86_64 | (System > Packages) vl | mc | package | 4.8.15-5.1 | x86_64 > | Update vl | mc | package | 4.8.14-3.8 | x86_64 > | OSS | mc | srcpackage | 4.8.15-5.1 | noarch | > Update l | mc-lang | package | 4.8.15-5.1 | noarch | > Update l | mc-lang | package | 4.8.14-3.8 | noarch | > OSS > > I can see by looking on > http://mirrors.us.kernel.org/debian/pool/main/m/mc/ > that 4.8.13 and 4.8.18 are present. > > I have > deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main > in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list > but attempts to find anything other than 4.8.13 with apt-cache, apt > list or apt show have proven futile. > > 1-How can I get similar results from apt as I get from zypper? > > 2-How can I discover if versions between 4.8.13 and 4.8.18 are > available somewhere? > > My underlying problem is 4.8.13 and 4.8.18 have problem bugs that are > solved or not yet arisen in 4.8.15 thru 4.8.17. http://snapshot.debian.org/binary/mc/ -- Joe