Hello Greg, On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 7:22 PM Greg Wooledge <g...@wooledge.org> wrote:
> On Mon, Jul 26, 2021 at 01:01:59PM -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > > # man dpkg-query > > ... > > Desired action: > > u = Unknown > > i = Install > > > v lightdm-greeter - > > I'm guessing it means "virtual". Let's see: > > unicorn:~$ apt-cache show lightdm-greeter > N: Can't select versions from package 'lightdm-greeter' as it is purely > virtual > N: No packages found > > Yeah, seems likely. > > P.S. If we're complaining about the lack of documentation for the cryptic > output of the Debian tool set, can we say some words about aptitude? > Seriously. > > Please see /usr/share/doc/aptitude/README Probabbly the most complete README in Debian Archive I would not complaint about aptitude documentation, but yes about all that packages that are shipping with a poor /usr/share/doc/xxx directory and without package-doc package (which would be nice to have). At my system: 1364 /usr/share/doc/xxx directories with a README file (seems fine to me) 3591 /usr/share/doc/xxx directories without a README file (many of that packages sure have manpages and/or info files) I think it would be a improvement that README file be present at each package, at least providing a mininum info about the package / program / library. i know it is a utopy, but would be beatiful an unified README file with sections like: What it is? Why it is installed? Is it configurable? What manpage or doc to read? Links to webs I know, it is Debian, you want, you can start to do the work ... It is only a suggestion that would be Debian better for me. Sometimes I says , oh no, another /usr/share/doc/xxx package only with changelog (necessary for me too!) and license (perfect too!!) ! Where could I learn about what is that library or that program! ? i know how to search manpages, and search on the internet and search at https://packages.qa.debian.org/common/index.html ... but it would be useful to have a nice README for every package. Well I hope this mail not disturb anybody, it is only a simple idea Regards!
