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Subject: /usr/bin/apt-cache: apt-cache search libsigc++ works,
but not apt-cache show libsigc++
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Package: apt
Version: 0.5.22
Severity: normal
File: /usr/bin/apt-cache
This does not seem to make sense:
# apt-cache search libsigc++
[stuff deleted]
libsigc++-1.2-5c102 - Type-safe Signal Framework for C++ - runtime
libsigc++-1.2-dev - Type-safe Signal Framework for C++ - development files
libsigc++-dev - Type-safe Signal Framework for C++ - development files
libsigc++0c102 - Type-safe Signal Framework for C++ - runtime
[stuff deleted]
# apt-cache show libsigc++
W: Unable to locate package libsigc++
E: No packages found
# apt-cache show libsigc++-1.2
W: Unable to locate package libsigc++-1.2
E: No packages found
# apt-cache show libsigc++-1.2-dev
Package: libsigc++-1.2-dev
[stuff deleted]
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: i386 (i686)
Kernel: Linux 2.4.23-ow1
Locale: LANG=zh_TW.Big5, LC_CTYPE=zh_TW.Big5
Versions of packages apt depends on:
ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-11 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libgcc1 1:3.3.3-0pre3 GCC support library
ii libstdc++5 1:3.3.3-0pre3 The GNU Standard C++ Library v3
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Subject: Re: Bug#232893: /usr/bin/apt-cache: apt-cache search libsigc++ works,
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On Sun, Feb 15, 2004 at 11:48:14AM -0500, Ambrose Li wrote:
> Package: apt
> Version: 0.5.22
> Severity: normal
> File: /usr/bin/apt-cache
>
> This does not seem to make sense:
>
> # apt-cache search libsigc++
> [stuff deleted]
> libsigc++-1.2-5c102 - Type-safe Signal Framework for C++ - runtime
> libsigc++-1.2-dev - Type-safe Signal Framework for C++ - development files
> libsigc++-dev - Type-safe Signal Framework for C++ - development files
> libsigc++0c102 - Type-safe Signal Framework for C++ - runtime
> [stuff deleted]
> # apt-cache show libsigc++
> W: Unable to locate package libsigc++
> E: No packages found
> # apt-cache show libsigc++-1.2
> W: Unable to locate package libsigc++-1.2
> E: No packages found
> # apt-cache show libsigc++-1.2-dev
> Package: libsigc++-1.2-dev
> [stuff deleted]
apt-cache search's argument is a regular expression, while apt-cache show
expects package names. There is no such package "libsigc++", nor
"libsigc++-1.2", while "libsigc++-1.2-dev" does exist.
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