Public bug reported:
daniel@daydream:~$ apt-cache show gedit> /dev/null; echo $?
0
daniel@daydream:~$ apt-cache showsrc gedit> /dev/null; echo $?
0
daniel@daydream:~$ LC_ALL=C apt-cache show gedita> /dev/null; echo $?
E: No packages found
100
daniel@daydream:~$ LC_ALL=C apt-cache showsrc gedita> /dev/null; echo $?
W: Unable to locate package gedita
0
Maybe it should return 100 as well for a non-existing source package.
** Affects: apt (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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Title:
apt-cache's return code should be != 0 if source package could not be
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