[Bug 1843812] Re: apt info "please use the '-a' switch"

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This bug was fixed in the package apt - 1.9.5

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apt (1.9.5) experimental; urgency=medium

  [ Julian Andres Klode ]
  * Parse 'show' arguments for the 'info' alias as well (LP: #1843812)
  * patterns: Add base class for regular expression matching
  * patterns: Add ?version
  * patterns: Add ?source-name and ?source-version
  * patterns: Add ?archive
  * patterns: Add ?origin
  * patterns: Add ?any-version
  * patterns: Implement ?narrow(...), as ?any-version(?and(...))
  * patterns: Add ?all-versions
  * patterns: Add ?section
  * netrc: Restrict auth.conf entries to https by default (Closes: #945911)

  [ Anatoly Borodin ]
  * README.md: fix dead anonscm link

  [ Алексей Шилин ]
  * Search in all available description translations (Closes: #490000)
  * strutl: Add APT::String::DisplayLength() function
  * Fix progress bar width for multibyte charsets

  [ Chris Leick ]
  * German manpage translation update

  [ David Kalnischkies ]
  * Use correct filename on IMS-hit reverify for indices
  * Remove failed trusted signature instead of index on IMS hit

  [ Anthony Papillon ]
  * Fix a mistake in man french translation

 -- Julian Andres Klode <jak at debian.org>  Mon, 02 Dec 2019 18:17:56
+0100

** Changed in: apt (Ubuntu)
       Status: Fix Committed => Fix Released

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Title:
  apt info "please use the '-a' switch"

Status in apt package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  When getting info about a package, I see a notice asking me to "Please
  use the '-a' switch", but the apt program does not accept an '-a'
  switch.

  Steps to reproduce:
  $ apt info docker.io
  ...
  N: There is 1 additional record. Please use the '-a' switch to see it
  $ apt -a info docker.io
  $ apt info -a docker.io
  $ apt info docker.io -a

  Expected outcome:
  same output as `apt info docker.io` but with the 1 additional record.

  Seen outcome:
  E: Command line option 'a' [from -a] is not understood in combination with the other options.

  Also seen:
  `apt info $pkg` gives the same output as `apt show $pkg` including the Notice message, but where `apt info -a $pkg` fails, `apt show -a $pkg` succeeds.

  Workaround:
  Use `apt show -a $pkg` instead.

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 19.04
  Package: apt 1.8.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.0.0-23.24-generic 5.0.15
  Uname: Linux 5.0.0-23-generic x86_64
  NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia
  ApportVersion: 2.20.10-0ubuntu27.1
  Architecture: amd64
  CurrentDesktop: KDE
  Date: Thu Sep 12 14:16:09 2019
  InstallationDate: Installed on 2018-10-30 (316 days ago)
  InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS "Bionic Beaver" - Release amd64 (20180725)
  SourcePackage: apt
  UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to disco on 2019-04-18 (147 days ago)
  modified.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.apport: [modified]
  modified.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.apt: [modified]
  mtime.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.apport: 2018-12-13T12:13:33.355709
  mtime.conffile..etc.logrotate.d.apt: 2018-12-13T12:13:41.355709

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