aptitude: release of package?

Nivram · 07-19-2006, 05:06 PM

I'm wondering if in aptitude (not command line version ) there is the possibility to get the information of which release (stable, testing, unstable) a given package (version number) is from. That would tell me more than just the version number.

pljvaldez · 07-19-2006, 08:58 PM

I don't know, but when I navigate my Sarge aptitude menu, the version number of a package is usually something like 2.37-sarge2... Is it that way for testing/unstable?

JackieBrown · 07-19-2006, 09:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pljvaldez

I don't know, but when I navigate my Sarge aptitude menu, the version number of a package is usually something like 2.37-sarge2... Is it that way for testing/unstable?

No it is not

HappyTux · 07-19-2006, 09:23 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by pljvaldez

I don't know, but when I navigate my Sarge aptitude menu, the version number of a package is usually something like 2.37-sarge2... Is it that way for testing/unstable?

That combination with a sarge? in the version number would be telling you that it is a security updated package. To Nivram you may want to check into apt-show-versions it does what you want I believe.

Code:

apt-cache show apt-show-versions
Package: apt-show-versions
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Installed-Size: 34
Maintainer: Christoph Martin <christoph.martin@uni-mainz.de>
Architecture: all
Version: 0.09
Depends: perl | perl-5.005 | perl-5.004, apt, libapt-pkg-perl, libstorable-perl
Filename: pool/main/a/apt-show-versions/apt-show-versions_0.09_all.deb
Size: 18872
MD5sum: 9b61912855fdd5808779dee4e4cb9acf
SHA1: 7fc3606ca42b786ed67004e5232e438eee6fe3e8
SHA256: f27985bb3faad8b8bf916983547d65f75cef9d52ccb9a690527bb03a324629c3
Description: lists available package versions with distribution
 apt-show-versions parses the dpkg status file and the APT lists for
 the installed and available package versions and distribution and
 shows upgrade options within the specific distribution of the selected
 package.
 .
 This is really useful if you have a mixed stable/testing environment
 and want to list all packages which are from testing and can be
 upgraded in testing.
Tag: admin::package-management, interface::commandline, made-of::lang:perl, suite::debian, use::checking, works-with::software:package

Nivram · 07-20-2006, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HappyTux

Code:

apt-cache show apt-show-versions

Yeah, that's the same that i get from the aptitude command line (aptitude show...).

But imagine, i'm in aptitude, fumbling with my package versions, and then aptitude wants me to decide, if i should take 1.0.2-1 or 1.6.5-4?!? Now, do i have to leave aptitude and use the aptitude command line?!? That's absurd. The info is available in aptitude, so just show me.

I mean i should at least know whether i'm entering unstable (experimental)...