Em Sex, 2006-01-06 às 15:24 +0100, Clayton escreveu:
> columns... Package and Version. What does this tell me? The version
> available or the version installed? It doesn't say (although from my
If you mean "Hide non-upgrades" it's quite easy to understand that the
version show is the available. How? (a) you selected to view the
packages that would upgrade something (so why should it show an old
version?) and (b) the package is NOT selected (so it's not installed,
but it only shows because it's intended to upgrade some other installed
package).
> Also... assuming it's showing the available version, I can't easily see
> what version I already have installed (in fact, I can't see any obvious
Select the package, the check the "Relations" tab. You wouldn't see this
information directly on text mode either, unless you do "smart upgrade
--explain".
> Look at how Synaptic presents the same info... Package, Installed
> Version, Available version. It's this installed vs repository version
It's just a choice of interface, but it could obviously be changed if
enough reasons are given. You're free to fill a request for it.
> now... hopefully I won't encounter this again :-) I do have an uncanny
> ability to find creative ways to break software (that's why they always
People like you are always welcome to test. :)
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