en/debian/x-ann/grep-dctrl-2.7.txt
2005-06-09
Announcing dctrl-tools 2.7 in experimental (NEW)
I have just uploaded a new version of the grep-dctrl package to experimental. It is empty.
Yes, you read that right. As of version 2.7, grep-dctrl is no longer the only dctrl-tool in existence. Accordingly, the package has been renamed to dctrl-tools, and the old grep-dctrl package is kept as a transitional package.
For users of grep-dctrl, this version brings nothing new: grep-dctrl here is essentially the same as it is in the just-uploaded 2.6.6. However, there is a new tool, sort-dctrl. Here's some appetizers from the manual page:
EXAMPLES
Here are some sample invocations of the program:
sort-dctrl /var/lib/dpkg/available
Output the dpkg available file sorted by the package name.
sort-dctrl -k Version:v /var/lib/dpkg/available
Output the dpkg available file sorted in ascending order of
version numbers.
sort-dctrl -k Version:vr /var/lib/dpkg/available
Output the dpkg available file sorted in descending order of
version numbers.
sort-dctrl -k Package,Version:v /var/lib/dpkg/available
Output the dpkg available file sorted primarily in ascending
order of package names and secon darily in descending order of
version numbers.
sort-dctrl -k Installed-Size:n,Size:nr /var/lib/dpkg/available
Output the dpkg available file sorted primarily in ascending
order of installation sizes and secondarily in descending
order of package sizes.
Of course, more tools will be forthcoming later.
This package will be delayed by NEW processing. In the mean time, get it from my own experimental repository at
deb http://antti-juhani.kaijanaho.info/dctrl-tools-experimental/ ./ deb-src http://antti-juhani.kaijanaho.info/dctrl-tools-experimental/ ./
If you use these APT lines, I recommend also subscribing to dctrl-tools-devel, which gets, among other things, the changes files of all my uploads to that repository.
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