Bug#525813: apt-file: Doesn't work very well when multiple package versions are available

2024-02-29 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Fri, 2024-02-23 at 08:09 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > > Against what would one file such request? ftp.debian.org? > That would be my best guess indeed. Done so in #1065123. Cheers, Chris.

Bug#525813: apt-file: Doesn't work very well when multiple package versions are available

2024-02-22 Thread Niels Thykier
Christoph Anton Mitterer: On Thu, 2024-02-22 at 08:59 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: One challenge we have here is that a package can have multiple versions in a given suite at the same time; notably in unstable. And multiple arches... Indeed. Though, `apt-file` has the information needed to

Bug#525813: apt-file: Doesn't work very well when multiple package versions are available

2024-02-22 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
On Thu, 2024-02-22 at 08:59 +0100, Niels Thykier wrote: > One challenge we have here is that a package can have multiple > versions > in a given suite at the same time; notably in unstable. And multiple arches... > For people that want better support here, please request the archive >

Bug#525813: apt-file: Doesn't work very well when multiple package versions are available

2024-02-22 Thread Niels Thykier
Christoph Anton Mitterer: Hey. I took the liberty to forcemerge these two bugs (578727 and 525813) as they seem to be about the same thing. My suggestion would be that per default, the apt-file should print the package name with =version. Perhaps with the exception if only one version is

Bug#525813: apt-file: Doesn't work very well when multiple package versions are available

2024-02-21 Thread Christoph Anton Mitterer
Hey. I took the liberty to forcemerge these two bugs (578727 and 525813) as they seem to be about the same thing. My suggestion would be that per default, the apt-file should print the package name with =version. Perhaps with the exception if only one version is available (or maybe there should