Re: APT 0.1.9 (yes, 0.1.9!) is released!
Steve Dunham <[email protected]> writes:
[snip]
> > $ dpkg --print-avail afterstep
>
> This fits the second request with one exception: "apt-get update"
> doesn't update /var/lib/dpkg/available. (That why I suggested using
> the available cache.) Assuming "/var/lib/dpkg/available" were
> updated, a simple perl script, using "Dpkg::Package" would do the
> trick.
The `/usr/lib/dpkg/methods/apt/update' script _does_ update
/var/lib/dpkg/available, which is what I always use instead of just
`apt-get update'.
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