[Bug 38889] Re: Aptitude losing larger strings on output

[Paul White]

Upstream bug fixed on 2016-02-21
Fixed in version 0.7.6-1
Verified using Ubuntu 18.04, aptitude 0.8.10-6 and upstream example
Marking "Fix Released" to close

** Changed in: aptitude (Ubuntu)
       Status: Confirmed => Fix Released

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Title:
  Aptitude losing larger strings on output

Status in aptitude:
  Fix Released
Status in Linux Mint:
  Confirmed
Status in aptitude package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  If we do this command "aptitude search '~i'" for list all installed
  packages, aptitude print this list to standard output.

  Something like this:
  ii   mc-4.1.1-ubuntu                        This is Midnight Commander.
  ii   linux-image-2.6.16-ubuntu-generic-k8   This is a linux kernel.
  ii   screen-1.0                             This is VT-100 terminal.

  But if we redirect output to file "> file.txt" or piped "| less" or
  grepped "| grep linux-image" aptitude loose some strings!

  Something like this:
  ii   mc-4.1.1-ubuntu   This is Midnight Commander.
  ii   linux-image-2.6   This is a linux kernel.
  ii   screen-1.0        This is VT-100 terminal.

  And now we do not know what exact version of linux-image is installed.
  Aptitude loosing only larger strings. Possible solution is use program
  "screen" in large window and list in screen history, but we can not
  still use pipe or grep.

  PS: "dpkg --get-selections" working well and do not loosing larger
  strings and we can use pipe or grap also without problems. Is it
  possible fix aptitude and is this fix in planning?

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