[Bug 1703199] Re: dpkg -l shortens output without hint

[Karl-Philipp Richter]

Seems to be fixed in 17.10.

** Changed in: dpkg (Ubuntu)
       Status: Incomplete => Fix Committed

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Title:
  dpkg -l shortens output without hint

Status in dpkg package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Committed

Bug description:
  In output in a 80 character terminal like

      > sudo dpkg -l deluge
      Desired=Unknown/Install/Remove/Purge/Hold
      | Status=Not/Inst/Conf-files/Unpacked/halF-conf/Half-inst/trig-aWait/Trig-pend
      |/ Err?=(none)/Reinst-required (Status,Err: uppercase=bad)
      ||/ Name           Version      Architecture Description
      +++-==============-============-============-=================================
      rc  deluge         2.0.0.dev705 all          Deluge BitTorrent Client

  it's impossible to tell whether the version column  has been truncated
  or not. That's not very useful.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 17.04
  Package: dpkg 1.18.10ubuntu2
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 4.10.0-24.28-generic 4.10.15
  Uname: Linux 4.10.0-24-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl zcommon znvpair
  ApportVersion: 2.20.4-0ubuntu4.1
  Architecture: amd64
  Date: Sun Jul  9 14:19:53 2017
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2015-04-20 (810 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu-Server 14.10 "Utopic Unicorn" - Release amd64 (20141022.2)
  SourcePackage: dpkg
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to zesty on 2017-05-05 (64 days ago)
  modified.conffile..etc.cron.daily.dpkg: [deleted]

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