[Grml] Re: Adjusted packages

[T]

On Fri, 11 Aug 2006 11:09:51 +0200, Michael Prokop wrote:

> * T <mlist4suntong at yahoo.com> [20060811 06:15]:
> 
>> I have a suggestion, next time you blog what packages get removed/added,
>> could you add the description to the package names as well? So we get a
>> brief idea what are added/deleted, without to look them up.
> 
> Just copy/paste the selection and run:
> 
>   apt-cache show $SELECTION

That's what I meant by "look them up". For guys like me who has no clue
about 99% of what those packages are, especially the added ones, looking
them up one by one is just a PITA.

> But if there's enough space for descriptions I'll add them next time.

Thanks, FYI, here is how I showed the info. As you can tell, it will not
work 100% of time.

dpkg -l | grep -E
'3ware-3dm2-binary|3ware-cli-binary|acpi-support|aircrack-ng|ajaxterm|btscanner|cdck|cdpr|cedet-common|classpath|classpath-common|cmospwd|cpp-4.1|cpuid|cpulimit|crywrap|cupsys-common|curlftpfs|debdelta|debian-goodies|dwm|eieio|emcast|facter|freeglut3|fusesmb|fvwm|fvwm-crystal-minimal|g++-4.1|gcc-4.1|gconf2-common|grep-dctrl|grml-policyrcd|habak|id3|ipmitool|ipw-firmware|ipw3945-ucode|ipw3945d|jamvm|jikes|lame|latexmk|linuxlogo|lspowertweak|madwifi-doc|magicrescue|mesa-utils|mktemp|modconf|mp3val|mrb|mrxvt|mrxvt-common|mysql-client-5.0|ndisc6|ndiswrapper-common|ndiswrapper-utils-1.1|ndiswrapper-utils-1.7|ndiswrapper-utils-1.8|nethogs|ntfs-3g|num-utils|open-iscsi|p3nfs|pcopy|pekwm|pktstat|policyrcd-script-zg2|powertweak-gtk|powertweakd|prism54-firmware|pymacs|python-celementtree|python-central|python-elementtree|python-minimal|python-mode|python-support|remind|snmp|sudoku|syrep|tdb-dev|tetrinet-client|thc-ipv6|tinysnmp-tools|tpm-tools|trayer|trousers|tshark|twolame|txt2pdbdoc|tzdata|unclutter|unionfs-tools|uswsusp|vbindiff|vobcopy|vsftpd|weechat|weechat-scripts|wikipediafs|wireshark|wireshark-common|wyrd|xbitmaps|xclip|xcursor-themes|xfonts-biznet-100dpi|xfonts-biznet-75dpi|xfonts-biznet-base|xfonts-encodings|xfonts-utils|xkb-data|xorg|xutils-dev'

Thank.
And thanks of the info of each individual packages as well. 

Tong