Guillaume TESSIER wrote:
Tony Godshall wrote:
According to Marty,
Tony Godshall wrote:
According to Marty,
Basajaun wrote:
For understanding what version you are running, and what packages
will
get updated (or not), take a look at "man apt_preferences".
Good point. Specifically, the apt conffile /etc/apt/apt.conf must
indicate the debian version. e.g. mine contains:
APT::Get::Show-Upgraded "true";
APT::Default-Release "sarge";
APT::Cache-Limit 25165824;
Oddly, I have no such file. None of my machines do.
What does that mean?
Maybe you accidentally removed it. Here is my result from
running "dlocate apt.conf":
debconf: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d
debconf: /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/70debconf
apt: /usr/share/man/fr/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
apt: /usr/share/man/ja/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
apt: /usr/share/man/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
apt: /usr/share/man/es/man5/apt.conf.5.gz
apt: /usr/share/doc/apt/examples/apt.conf
This means it's an conffile of the package "apt".
Running "dpkg --no-act -P apt" gives me this:
dpkg: dependency problems prevent removal of apt:
wajig depends on apt.
apt-utils depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
gnome-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
python-apt depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
libapt-pkg-dev depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
aptitude depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
synaptic depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
libapt-pkg-perl depends on libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3; however:
Package libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is not installed.
Package apt which provides libapt-pkg-libc6.3-5-3.3 is to be removed.
So it looks like unless you have apt-related packages your systems
should be fine. apt is just a dpkg front end, so theoretically you
could manage fine without it, but it's a lot more work, and upgrades
become problematic.
Uh, your dlocate seems to show no /etc/apt/apt.conf file either.
I do have a directory /etc/apt/apt.conf.d
I'll shut up now and let this thread return to the original
question.
Same things here :
i always had a apt.conf.
Prove :
- my laptop runs testing "sarge" not upgraded since March and it has a
apt.conf. This is actually where i specified the proxy of the company
i work in.
- my desktop runs testing sarge of the 04/06/05 (2 days before the
great switch) and it doesn't have apt.conf file
- I never lost a conf file!!
So what?
Another point :
in sources.list : changing testing by stable or testing by sarge
returns me error when updating. Like apt can't find the repositories....
Does someone remember the command to reconfigure to get the choice of
mirrors?
G
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