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From: Tom H on 2 May 2010 01:40
On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Daniel Burrows <dburrows(a)debian.org> wrote:
> On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 12:46:13AM -0400, Tom H <tomh0665(a)gmail.com> was heard to say:
>> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Mike Viau <viaum(a)sheridanc.on.ca> wrote:
>> >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 01:26:45PM -0400, Tom H <tomh0665(a)gmail.com> was
>> >> heard to say:
>> >> > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Anand Sivaram <aspnair(a)gmail.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > > You could find what all packages from sid are installed in your system
>> >> > > by
>> >> > > apt-show-versions |  grep unstable
>>
>> "aptitude search ~Aunstable~i"
>
>  That'll show packages that are available from sid and that are
> installed on your computer.  That could include packages you installed
> from testing, but that are also available from sid.  If you want to
> check that the installed version is also available from sid, you'll need
> to wrap it in '?narrow':
>
> $ aptitude search '?narrow(?archive(unstable), ?installed)'

Many thanks. I have finally understood the purpose of narrow (and had
my misunderstanding of "and" corrected!).


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From: James Stuckey on 2 May 2010 06:40
On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 7:30 AM, Tom H <tomh0665(a)gmail.com> wrote:

> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 1:25 AM, Daniel Burrows <dburrows(a)debian.org>
> wrote:
> > On Sat, May 01, 2010 at 12:46:13AM -0400, Tom H <tomh0665(a)gmail.com> was
> heard to say:
> >> On Sat, May 1, 2010 at 12:04 AM, Mike Viau <viaum(a)sheridanc.on.ca>
> wrote:
> >> >> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 01:26:45PM -0400, Tom H <tomh0665(a)gmail.com>
> was
> >> >> heard to say:
> >> >> > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 1:18 PM, Anand Sivaram <aspnair(a)gmail.com>
> >> >> > wrote:
> >> >> > >
> >> >> > > You could find what all packages from sid are installed in your
> system
> >> >> > > by
> >> >> > > apt-show-versions | grep unstable
> >>
> >> "aptitude search ~Aunstable~i"
> >
> > That'll show packages that are available from sid and that are
> > installed on your computer. That could include packages you installed
> > from testing, but that are also available from sid. If you want to
> > check that the installed version is also available from sid, you'll need
> > to wrap it in '?narrow':
> >
> > $ aptitude search '?narrow(?archive(unstable), ?installed)'
>
> Many thanks. I have finally understood the purpose of narrow (and had
> my misunderstanding of "and" corrected!).
>
>
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> So if I use the narrow version it will show me what all packages I have
installed from sid? If so, then I have a great many packages from sid. Why?
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