[plug] The Debian Experience

[Craig Ringer]

bob wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-08-02 at 02:00, Craig Ringer wrote:
> 
>>>apt-cache search blah 
>>
>>Unfortunately, the fact that this isn't obvious to a new debian user 
>>when they fire up aptitude/dselect/whatever is an issue, and indicates a 
>>need (IMHO) for better integration of search features.
> 
>  
> Agree. It seems a little strange to have the facility available as
> apt-cache search but not available in some of the more advanced package
> utils. It would be nice if it were implemented as a two level search
> facility, level 1 does just file names and level 2 does the whole
> shooting match.
> 

Level 1:
	dpkg -l \*<filename-substr>\*
Level 2:
	apt-cache search <keywords>

Ugly, but effective.

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Craig Ringer
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