Thanks for the help. I was surprised it didn't upgrade cron as I expected, but it did upgrade several other packages :) Cron must somehow be upgraded or the patched cron must still be considered unstable...
-paul -----Original Message----- From: Dave Baker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, October 29, 1999 8:13 AM To: Paul McHale Cc: Debian-User Subject: Re: apt-get not updating On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, Paul McHale wrote: > Looking at the debian security page, I see the cron utility has been upgrade > to fix a security problem. This was in august. When I run "apt-get update" > it appears to run correctly. When I run "apt-get dist-upgrade", nothing > happens. > > Here is the /etc/apt/sources.list file: > > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free > deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable non-US > > Should I have other paths? > deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian dists/proposed-updates/ -dave -- | oOOooO / --| oOobodoO / [EMAIL PROTECTED] --| ooOoOo / | II / The wise man tells you where you have fallen | II / and where you may fall - Invaluable secrets.