Report forwarded to debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org, Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>:
Bug#60528; Package dpkg.   debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.orgWichert Akkerman  Subject: Bug#60528: Unknown and Not Installed packages Reply-To: "János Holányi" , 60528@bugs.debian.org Resent-From: "János Holányi" Resent-To: debian-bugs-dist@lists.debian.org Resent-CC: Wichert Akkerman Resent-Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:03:15 GMT Resent-Message-ID: Resent-Sender: owner@bugs.debian.org X-Debian-PR-Message: report 60528 X-Debian-PR-Package: dpkg X-Debian-PR-Keywords: X-Loop: owner@bugs.debian.org Received: via spool by bugs@bugs.debian.org id=B.9532161844030 (code B ref -1); Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:03:15 GMT Date: 16 Mar 2000 15:13:30 +0100 From: "János Holányi" To: submit@bugs.debian.org X-Orcl-Application: InterOffice Version4.1.2.22.20 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Oracle InterOffice (version 4.1.1.3.40) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID:<12Vb4U-0006J7-00@gate.westel900.hu> Package: dpkg Version: 1.6.9 Severity: wishlist I wish 'dpkg -l ' didn't list packages with 'Unknown' Desired Status and 'Not Installed' Status. An extra option (--verbose or --all maybe?) should allow it, though... someone might find it useful. Presently this kind of listing (dpkg -l '*' apparently lists all available packages...!) is pretty uninformative and suggests a dirty package system status: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ un 3c5x9utils (no description available) un 3dchess (no description available) Regards csani@lme.linux.hu   Acknowledgement sent to "János Holányi" <HOLANYIJ@westel900.hu>:
New Bug report received and forwarded. Copy sent to Wichert Akkerman <wakkerma@debian.org>.   -t  From: owner@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) To: "János Holányi" Subject: Bug#60528: Acknowledgement (Unknown and Not Installed packages) Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <12Vb4U-0006J7-00@gate.westel900.hu> References: <12Vb4U-0006J7-00@gate.westel900.hu> X-Debian-PR-Message: ack 60528 Thank you for the problem report you have sent regarding Debian. This is an automatically generated reply, to let you know your message has been received. It is being forwarded to the developers mailing list for their attention; they will reply in due course. Your message has been sent to the package maintainer(s): Wichert Akkerman If you wish to submit further information on your problem, please send it to 60528@bugs.debian.org (and *not* to bugs@bugs.debian.org). Please do not reply to the address at the top of this message, unless you wish to report a problem with the Bug-tracking system. Darren Benham (administrator, Debian Bugs database)   Received: (at submit) by bugs.debian.org; 16 Mar 2000 14:16:24 +0000 Received: (qmail 4021 invoked from network); 16 Mar 2000 14:16:22 -0000 Received: from gate.westel900.hu (194.176.224.33) by master.debian.org with SMTP; 16 Mar 2000 14:16:22 -0000 Date: 16 Mar 2000 15:13:30 +0100 From: "János Holányi" To: submit@bugs.debian.org Subject: Unknown and Not Installed packages X-Orcl-Application: InterOffice Version4.1.2.22.20 MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Oracle InterOffice (version 4.1.1.3.40) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID:<12Vb4U-0006J7-00@gate.westel900.hu> Package: dpkg Version: 1.6.9 (i386) Severity: wishlist I wish 'dpkg -l ' didn't list packages with 'Unknown' Desired Status and 'Not Installed' Status. An extra option (--verbose or --all maybe?) should allow it, though... someone might find it useful. Presently this kind of listing (dpkg -l '*' apparently lists all available packages...!) is pretty uninformative and suggests a dirty package system status: Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge | Status=Not/Installed/Config-files/Unpacked/Failed-config/Half-installed |/ Err?=(none)/Hold/Reinst-required/X=both-problems (Status,Err: uppercase=bad) ||/ Name Version Description +++-==============-==============-============================================ un 3c5x9utils (no description available) un 3dchess (no description available) Regards csani@lme.linux.hu