Hi, [email protected] wrote: > > apt list ~e^science is an example > > i'm interested in the details of how apt go about doing whatever it's > > doing
Dan Ritter wrote: > Code for all Debian packages is available, and if you have > source repos enabled, as close as > apt source PACKAGE Or online: https://tracker.debian.org/pkg/apt This page points by link "browse source code" to https://sources.debian.org/src/apt/3.1.8 where i guess https://sources.debian.org/src/apt/3.1.8/apt-private/private-list.cc#L100 would be the start of exploration. (It's C++. So answers for implementation questions may be burried at any place in the code.) Have a nice day :) Thomas

