On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 11:52:51AM -0700, Kai Martens wrote: > > Hi guys, > > Running apt out of dselect by default. Recently my machines one after the > other seem to refuse to really update the apt cache; they contact the > server, get all the HITs, but no more GETs for the package files. > Consequently there never is anything to update these days.
I've actually seen a similar thing on my desktop machine at work. Now, when I update, I frequently can't see packages with "dpkg -l", but I can install them. That is to say, if the package libmumble exists but is not installed, and I run "dpkg -l '*mumble*'" I used to get a line starting with "un". Now, dpkg tells me that nothing matches '*mumble*'. If, now, I run "apt-get install libmumble", the installation proceeds without any apparent problems. This doesn't happen with all packages, and I have not been able to characterize which ones it happens with. This is with a brand new stable installation. Here is the contents of my sources.list: deb http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://non-us.debian.org/debian-non-US stable/non-US main contrib non-free deb http://security.debian.org stable/updates main contrib non-free deb-src http://http.us.debian.org/debian stable main contrib non-free deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/distributions/debian unstable main deb http://spidermonkey.helixcode.com/evolution/distributions/Debian ./ -- Lex clavatoris designati rescindenda est. Bill White [EMAIL PROTECTED] Etnus, LLC http://www.etnus.com 111 Speen St. Framingham, MA 01701 508-875-3030 x324
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