Since there is now a command-line tool which can be used to display this information outside of a GUI, this bug can probably be closed.
Package: apt-show-versions Priority: optional Section: admin Installed-Size: 21 Maintainer: Christoph Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Architecture: all Version: 0.03 Depends: perl | perl-5.005 | perl-5.004, apt Filename: pool/main/a/apt-show-versions/apt-show-versions_0.03_all.deb Size: 10106 MD5sum: 1359b42236e4e7a773979c096371e165 Description: Lists available package versions with distribution apt-show-versions parses the dpkg status file and the APT lists for the installed and available package versions and distribution and shows upgrade options within the specific distribution of the selected package. . This is really useful if you have a mixed stable/testing environment and want to list all packages which are from testing and can be upgraded in testing. -- - mdz -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

