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FR: apt-cache search should show version

Bug #606126 reported by John Doe
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: apport

It would be nice if there were a way to allow apt-cache to query the version of all the software that it returns in search, such as with another flag like --software-version

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Micah Gersten (micahg) wrote :

Moving to apt

affects: apport (Ubuntu) → apt (Ubuntu)
Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Wishlist
summary: - [Suggestion] Apt-cache fails to report version
+ apt-cache search should show version
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Victor Vargas (kamus) wrote : Re: apt-cache search should show version

Maybe this requirement is the same as bug http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=236270?

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Incomplete
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John Doe (johndoe32102002) wrote :

This looks like the same bug as that URL, except the bug has gone UNFIXED for SIX YEARS!

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Julian Andres Klode (juliank) wrote :

This bug is completely different to the debian one (this is output, that one is input)

Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: Incomplete → New
Torsten Spindler (tspindler)
Changed in apt (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
summary: - apt-cache search should show version
+ FR: apt-cache search should show version
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