Bug#1030935: apt-file: patch proposal for #988105 and change its output to add release and arch

2023-02-10 Thread David Kalnischkies
On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 07:54:21PM +0100, Patrice Duroux wrote: > Will apt sooner or later provide similar functionality to apt-file? > So that the development would become more integrated/consistent. Maybe, maybe not. Personally, I am not much of a fan of rewriting X in Y for (close to) no

Bug#1030935: apt-file: patch proposal for #988105 and change its output to add release and arch

2023-02-09 Thread Patrice Duroux
Many thanks for your advices. Will apt sooner or later provide similar functionality to apt-file? So that the development would become more integrated/consistent. In a first approach I tried using 'dpkg-query -W' but found 'apt list' more direct for purposes. How can I get also the release of

Bug#1030935: apt-file: patch proposal for #988105 and change its output to add release and arch

2023-02-09 Thread David Kalnischkies
Hi, On Thu, Feb 09, 2023 at 03:10:39PM +0100, Patrice Duroux wrote: > Dear Maintainer, (Disclaimer: I am not an apt-file, but an apt maintainer) > The first is regarding the sub std_release that I add to match the 'apt list' You are not allowed to use 'apt' in a script. We could change its

Bug#1030935: apt-file: patch proposal for #988105 and change its output to add release and arch

2023-02-09 Thread Patrice Duroux
Package: apt-file Version: 3.3 Severity: wishlist Dear Maintainer, Here is a patch. Working on this proposal some questions come to my mind. The first is regarding the sub std_release that I add to match the 'apt list' that gives 'unstable' even if the apt sources.list is using 'sid' and then