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Bug#1065429: dpkg -s: spurious error "dpkg-query: error: --status needs a valid package name"

From	Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.bugs.dist, linux.debian.maint.dpkg
Subject	Bug#1065429: dpkg -s: spurious error "dpkg-query: error: --status needs a valid package name"
Date	2024-03-07 04:30 +0100
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On 2024-03-07 03:34:08 +0100, Guillem Jover wrote:
> > "apt-cache show libc6-dev" also lists this package.
> 
> apt behaves differently, this has been also a known discrepancy, but
> then they operate in general differently when it comes to their CLI
> arguments anyway.

The difference is bad for the user, making simple copy-paste
impossible, and usage more difficult: the user doesn't know
in advance whether the package name given by apt needs to be
completed for dpkg (systematically adding the main architecture
does not work for "Architecture: all" packages).

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Bug#1065429: dpkg -s: spurious error "dpkg-query: error: --status needs a valid package name" Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-03-04 14:00 +0100
  Bug#1065429: dpkg -s: spurious error "dpkg-query: error: --status needs a valid package name" Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-03-04 14:00 +0100
  Bug#1065429: dpkg -s: spurious error "dpkg-query: error: --status needs a valid package name" Vincent Lefevre <vincent@vinc17.net> - 2024-03-07 04:30 +0100

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