Apt-get: how to check version number before installation?

[Peter Garrett]

On Tue, 11 Dec 2007 11:57:52 -0400
Derek Broughton <news at pointerstop.ca> wrote:

> Peter Garrett wrote:
> 
> > There must be a story behind "madison" - it seems pretty obscure! ;-)
> 
> "apt-cache's madison command attempts to mimic the output format and a
> subset of the functionality of the Debian archive management tool,
> madison." (man!)

Yes, I knew that much ...
> 
> Of course, why Debian called their tool madison...

That's the story that interests me :)

Peter
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