WordPress package

[Derek Broughton]

Patton Echols wrote:

> Is it possible to get a list of the things that we have installed _and_
> what repository they come from?  

Good question, and not afaik, simple.  You could use "apt-cache
pkgnames --installed" to get a list of all installed programs, and
then "apt-cache madison <package> | grep universe" for each one will show
the ones that are in universe.  I guess you could script that (I guess I
could if I practiced more...)

> Seems to me it would be a good idea to 
> periodically look around and see if there are patches if we know we have
> packages that are not supported by Ubuntu.  For example, reading this
> thread tells me that a patch to wordpress will not come to me
> automatically.  SOOOO, if I have it installed, I need to be proactive.

There are no guarantees that just because something is in Universe, there
won't be updates.  There won't be updates in "ubuntu-security", but there
may be in "ubuntu-updates" - but it's up to the maintainers.
-- 
derek