Devuan bug report logs - #228
Long description truncated from packages when using 'apt cache search'

Package: amprolla; Maintainer for amprolla is Devuan Developers <devuan-dev@lists.dyne.org>;

Reported by: Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-ujm2000@yahoo.com>

Date: Mon, 16 Jul 2018 17:33:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Done: Mark Hindley <mark@hindley.org.uk>

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Version: 1.0.9.8.4

As described here:
https://git.devuan.org/devuan/devuan-project/issues/75

and here:
https://dev1galaxy.org/viewtopic.php?id=2231

it seems most packages (most likely only those imported straight from
Debian) have the long description truncated.

Example: on a Debian Jessie system:

$ apt-cache search keyer
tlf - console based ham radio contest logger
tucnak2 - VHF/UHF/SHF Hamradio contest log version 2
$

On a Devuan Jessie system:

$ apt-cache search keyer
$

In which case the user will miss valuable information.

Regards

-- 
Ottavio Caruso


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