[upstream] mintSystem 7.4.9: apt truncates descriptions

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[upstream] mintSystem 7.4.9: apt truncates descriptions

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http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.p ... 27#p169027

Make the terminal more than the default 80 chars wide, compare the following two commands:

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apt search firefox
aptitude search firefox
The custom apt script truncates it's output (at least on the search command)
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