On Thu, 14 Mar 2002 14:06:20 +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: >On Wednesday 13 March 2002 21:58, Colin Watson wrote: >> On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 08:36:00PM +0100, Raffaele Sandrini wrote: >> > Can two Debian 3 systems with the exact same sources.list file have >> > diferent packages avalible lists? I have on some packages diffrent >> > version numbers and some packages are missing... >> >> Perhaps you're updating with 'apt-get update' rather than 'dselect >> update', and then using some tool (like 'dpkg -p' or dselect) that >> expects dpkg's available database to be up to date? >exactly. >I didn't eaven know that dselect uses a difrent DB... >I did a deselect update and everything was perfect.
OK, I am confused (not an unusual state). Would dselect update cover for apt-get update? Or, should both be done? On a further note, do I understand correctly that apt-get update updates the current installed base, while dselect update updates all packages? -- gt Yes I fear I am living beyond my mental means--Nash
