[Bug 1404381] Re: dpkg option -p bug in 14.10

[Adam Conrad]

The whole point of "dpkg -p" is to print info from the "available" file,
it's working as advertised.  However, if you're using an apt-based
frontend (as most people do), you should use "apt-cache" instead.

For the record, if you really want to use "dpkg -p" (and, thus, the
available file), the easiest way to keep it up to date is to use "sudo
dselect update" instead of "sudo apt-get update".

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Invalid

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Title:
  dpkg option -p bug in 14.10

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Invalid

Bug description:
  The dpkg option -p is reading the file /var/lib/dpkg/available.

  But in 14.10, this file is not updated anymore, the file updated is
  /var/lib/dpkg/status

  So there's a bug,for exeample with a kernel-image:

  $ dpkg -p linux-image-3.16.0-24-generic
  dpkg-query: le paquet « linux-image-3.16.0-24-generic » n'est pas disponible
  Utilisez dpkg --info (= dpkg-deb --info) pour examiner les fichiers
  archives, et dpkg --contents (= dpkg-deb --contents) pour afficher leur
  contenu.

  Here you can see a screen of the folder, with the dates of update:
  http://pix.toile-libre.org/?img=1419021081.png

  /var/lib/dpkg/available is last modified in 10/26/2014 (date of my migration to 14.10), and
  /var/lib/dpkg/status last modified today, 05/19/2014

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