Rob Weir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:

> On Thu, Jul 03, 2003 at 09:40:40AM +0200, Frank K?ster wrote:
>> Mika Fischer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb:
>> 
>> > Hi, Frank!
>> >
>> > * Frank Küster <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2003-07-02 19:13]:
>> >> MOLMOL. But when I entered "molmol" as the proposed name and reportbug
>> >> had queried the database, it said:
>> >> 
>> >> A package by this name already exists; continue? [y|N|?]? 
>> >> 
>> >> However, I cannot find a package of that name, neither in 
>> >
>> > Perhaps you've already packaged it and installed it locally? :)
>> 
>> Yes, I did a first try. But would reportbug use the information in my
>> local dpkg database instead of only querying the BTS?
>
> Yes, it does.  Try 'apt-cache policy foo' to see where apt think 'foo'
> comes from.  If it's /var/lib/dpkg/status, then the package is not in
> the archive, just installed on your local machine.

Ah, thank you. I guess I should write a patch to the reportbug
documentation and submit a bug. But I won't, not today and not next
week. 

Bye, Frank
-- 
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie


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