synaptic should be able to tell you which repository a package came from
Bug #63111 reported by
Robert Persson
This bug report is a duplicate of:
Bug #235440: Package's Properties window doesn't mention which repository it's in.
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| Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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| synaptic (Ubuntu) |
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Wishlist
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Ubuntu Desktop Bugs | ||
Bug Description
Binary package hint: synaptic
Synaptic should be able to tell you which repository a package came from.
For example I just compiled a detailed bug report concerning the package "realplay" (it installs realplayer 10, not 8) and then discovered that launchpad didn't want it because it wasn't an ubuntu package, despite the fact that the maintainer has an ubuntu.com email address. I just cannot remember where it really came from. This was quite confusing and a real waste of time. Maybe it was one automatix brought in from Edgy. I guess I'll have to check.
Such a feature would also help you work out if a particular 3rd party repository were causing mayhem on your machine.
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| Mateusz Drożdżyński (matid) wrote | #1 |
| Changed in synaptic: | |
| assignee: | nobody → desktop-bugs |
| importance: | Undecided → Wishlist |
| status: | Unconfirmed → Confirmed |
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Thanks for your bug report. I fully agree that this feature would be useful. Hopefully, we will see it in Edgy+1.