[Aptitude-devel] feature request: show version of pkg in search result

[U.Mutlu]

Axel Beckert wrote, On 01/23/2015 11:16 AM:
> Hi,
>
> U.Mutlu wrote:
>> is it possible to output also the version (and architecture) of a
>> pkg when doing a search?
>
> Yes.
>
>> For example this command shows the version of the installed pkg:
>>
>> # dpkg -l | grep -i lxc
>> ii  lxc   1:1.0.6-6   amd64   Linux Containers userspace tools
>>
>> But aptitude search unfortunately doesn't show any version number:
>>
>> # aptitude -V -t testing search lxc
>> i   lxc    - Linux Containers userspace tools
>>
>> Or did I miss a program switch?
>
>  From the man page:
>
>         -F <format>, --display-format <format>
>
>            Specify the format which should be used to display output
>   	  from the search and versions commands. For instance,
> 	  passing “%p %V %v” for <format> will display a package's
> 	  name, followed by its currently installed version and its
> 	  available version (see the section “Customizing how
>            packages are displayed” in the aptitude reference manual
> 	  for more information).
>
>            The command-line option --disable-columns is often useful in
> 	  combination with -F.
>
>            For search, this corresponds to the configuration option
> 	  Aptitude::CmdLine::Package-Display-Format; for versions,
> 	  this corresponds to the configuration option
> 	  Aptitude::CmdLine::Version-Display-Format.
>
> To take your example with the example from the man page:
>
> $ aptitude search -F '%p %V %v' lxc
> libclxclient-dev  3.9.0-2        <none>
> libclxclient3     3.9.0-2        <none>
> lxc 		  1:1.0.6-6      1:1.0.6-6
> lxc-dbg 	  1:1.0.6-6      <none>
> lxctl 		  0.3.1+debian-3 0.3.1+debian-3
> nova-compute-lxc  2014.1.3-9     <none>

Oh, that's cool; it's already available in the program.
Sorry, I should've consulted the manual before posting... :-)

Thx
Uenal

> You can get the full aptitude manual in English at
> https://aptitude.alioth.debian.org/doc/en/. Other languages are
> available at https://aptitude.alioth.debian.org/doc/.
>
> 		Regards, Axel
>