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query_apt_version

Function query_apt_version 

Source
async fn query_apt_version(pkg: &str) -> Option<String>
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Parses apt-cache policy <pkg>’s Candidate: line — the version apt would actually install right now. Scoped to apt only, deliberately: dnf/pacman/zypper/apk each have a genuinely different query command and output format (dnf info, pacman -Si, zypper info, apk policy/apk info), and implementing all five for a display-only version label isn’t worth the surface area in one pass. Returns None for every other manager — the frontend falls back to unversioned copy, which is honest, not a stale guess pretending to be real.