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From: Paul Scott (paslist_at_ultrasw.com)
Date: 09/18/05

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    Date: Sun, 18 Sep 2005 08:33:25 -0700
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    Simo Kauppi wrote:

    >On Sun, Sep 18, 2005 at 11:27:24AM +0100, Clive Menzies wrote:
    >
    >
    >>On (18/09/05 12:26), Simo Kauppi wrote:
    >>
    >>
    >>>Is there an easy way to search for packages which are installed and have
    >>>more than one version available to see which version is currently
    >>>installed?
    >>>
    >>>The reason for asking is that I just accidentally noticed that
    >>>php4-common, libapache2-mod-php4 and php4-mysql had a newer version in
    >>>security-updates but they had not been automatically upgraded. Manually
    >>>installing the newer versions of those had no problems.
    >>>
    >>>I would like to find out if I have more packages which would have a
    >>>newer version available but haven't been upgraded.
    >>>
    >>>I'm using Debian etch AMD64.
    >>>
    >>>
    >>dpkg -l | grep ii
    >>
    >>will show everything installed on your system
    >>
    >>
    >
    >That it does.
    >
    >
    >
    >>apt-cache search <package> [or part name]
    >>
    >>will show you available packages
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Yes but without the version numbers
    >
    >
    While in aptitude, "v" will show you all the versions of a package
    available as determined by your /etc/apt/sources.list

    Paul Scott

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